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Accomplishments of the past high school season
There are four high school teams—Minneapolis South (boys basketball), Minneapolis Washburn (boys basketball), St. Paul Central (boys basketball), and Minneapolis Roosevelt (girls basketball—and one outstanding student-athlete, Juirad Hughes Jr., who made their mark this past high school season. Here is how each did it. South makes it back...
Community members mourn food justice worker
Friends, neighbors and colleagues, such as artist Joe Davis, remember Jeremey Paulson as someone passionate about his connection with himself, his friends, and the earth and spreading that knowledge to his community. Davis first met Paulson at the Northside Artspace Lofts, where they both lived. “I first met him living...
Downtown St. Paul looks to home and condo owners to help expand cleaning, public safety services
Who should pay additional dollars to keep downtown St. Paul safe and clean?. Since 2020, commercial and industrial property owners have provided the bulk of funding for the city’s Downtown Improvement District. But a plan to nearly triple the district’s footprint and double its operating budget would tap a new group of fee payers: downtown homeowners.
Minneapolis ready to welcome back the Aquatennial with events all week
A summer tradition starts this week in Minneapolis. The 2024 Aquatennial, the official civic celebration of the city, begins Wednesday. That night’s Torchlight Parade is bookended by fireworks over the riverfront Saturday with a whole lot in between.
Neighbors Working to Improve Irvine Park
Irvine Park, one of St. Paul’s best kept secrets, is seeing a resurgence of late. Known for its picturesque fountain and surrounded by historic homes, the park is in need of some much needed improvements. Neighbors with the Historic Irvine Park Association have been working hard this summer to...
Community Voices: Misconceptions and Two out of four ain’t bad…
Two out of four: On Wednesday, July 10 I was again not allowed into the Riverview Corridor’s “open” house at the Jewish Community Center. The first exclusion was at my local community center at Palace Recreation Center. My crime: I had an easel and poster that elaborated on bus rapid transit (BRT) option that the Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) instructed them to present along with two streetcar options. The second crime is that I had a handout spreadsheet that their River Corridor staff developed that compared the options, plus the Purple/Gold BRT extension.
North Minneapolis nonprofit Appetite for Change publishes cookbook
After a hard day at work, what Princess Titus wanted most was to “feed her heart,” which, at the time, craved fried chicken and hot sauce. Titus, senior engagement officer and one of three co-founders of Appetite for Change, a north Minneapolis organization centered on food and urban agriculture, was set to meet that night to cook with members of AFC’s youth program. But when they met, she told them there had been a change of plans. Instead of cooking food together, Titus told them to take her credit card and “go across the street and get 50 wings from Hooks.”
St. Paul Author Honored as Winner of Midwest Book Award
Lynne M. Kolze from St. Paul, MN won the award for Best Inspirational Non-fiction book for their book “Please Write: Finding Joy and Meaning in the Soulful Art of Handwritten Letters” at the Midwest Book Award gala on June 22, 2024. In her book, Kolze argues that the...
The 46-year-old man killed in north Minneapolis has been identified
TaVaughn LaMarr Combs, aged 46, has been identified as the victim of the homicide that occurred in Minneapolis on Friday. At around 7:40 a.m., Minneapolis PD received a call and found Combs deceased at the 2100 block of Thomas Ave North. He was discovered five hours after a ShotSpotter had been activated in the area of 21st Ave North and Uptown Ave North.
Minneapolis Man Pleads Guilty to 2022 Salon Bombing
A Minneapolis man has entered a guilty plea for the bombing of a Minneapolis hair salon, according to an announcement from United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger. Michael Allen Francisco, 59, admitted to using explosives in a malicious attack on the salon, which took place in the early hours of November 20, 2022.
Celebrate the final days of summer at your library
Fall will be here before you know it, but there is plenty of summer fun at the library this August. There is still time to visit libraries, get stickers and complete bonus challenges with the Discover Your Library Passport program through August 15. The Friends of the Library is offering prizes for completing some or all of the passport stops including t-shirts and other library merchandise, Minnesota United tickets and more. Stop in at any St. Paul Public Library location or visit thefriends.org/passport to learn more.
Five questions for Minnesota Gopher football at 2024 Big Ten Media Days
PJ Fleck will be the second head coach to speak at the podium at Big Ten Media Days on Thursday. Big Ten Media Days represent the unofficial kickoff of the Big Ten football season, and Minnesota coach PJ Fleck will bat second of Big Ten coaches with a podium press conference at 10:45 a.m. CT Thursday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
Tommie football single game tickets now on sale
ST. PAUL, MINN. – The University of St. Thomas football announced single game tickets are now on sale for the 2024 season. The Tommies will play seven home games in 2024, including the first ever Thursday night game of the Division I era. Single game tickets start as low...
Minneapolis Set for a Sunny Streak, Temperatures to Warm Gradually Through the Week
As the weather in Minneapolis braces for a series of sunny days, residents can expect a gradual climb in temperatures. According to the National Weather Service, today's forecast promises clear skies with a pleasant 79 degrees, followed by a balmy evening as lows will hover around 60. The tranquility of an east-northeast wind at approximately 5 mph contributes to the serene weather pattern set to grace the city.
Black Co-op Leaders Gather to Create National Network
In June, over 200 co-op members, co-op developers, supporters, and community organizers from across the country gathered in St. Paul, MN, for the Network for Developing Conscious Communities (NDCC)’s third annual national conference on the Black cooperative agenda. Addressing the conference, Melvin Carter, St. Paul’s first African American mayor, said the city wanted to become “the co-op capital of the world.”
State election directors fear Postal Service can’t handle crush of mail-in ballots
State election directors from across the country voiced serious concerns to a top U.S. Postal Service official Tuesday that the system won't be able to handle an expected crush of mail-in ballots in the November election.
Disabled hydrants, Lake Street construction hamper Uptown Minneapolis house fire fight
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis Fire Department crews had a difficult time finding working hydrants to keep a large house fire from spreading early Wednesday morning in Uptown.Crews were called out to a house off James Avenue South and West Lake Street at about midnight, just east of Bde Maka Ska.Deputy Chief Rita Juran says firefighters found flames on the second and third floor. She says the only person who lived in the house got out safely. Juran says crews kept the flames from spreading to surrounding buildings, but it wasn't easy because of all the construction in Uptown."We've got fire hydrants all the way up and down Lake Street that are shut off, so our crews who are trying to hook up water for our aerial ladder were looking for hydrants, all of them shut off," Juran said. "We had to bump out to Lagoon in order to find a hydrant that would work. We're also having water pressure issues, however the crews made it work here. They did an awesome job with an aggressive attack."Investigators are looking into the cause of the fire.
Minnesota school settles with professor who was fired for showing image of the Prophet Muhammad
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A former adjunct professor on Monday settled a federal religious discrimination lawsuit against a private Minnesota school after she was pushed out for showing a depiction of the Prophet Muhammad in class. Details of the settlement between Hamline University and Erika López Prater are...
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