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Twin Cities music lovers can rock out this August with these hot concerts
Summer is slipping away too fast, but there's still time to catch some great concerts. Why it matters: Rocking out is fun, especially when the shows are outdoors.The big acts: More than a half dozen major tours are scheduled in the Twin Cities over several days in mid-August.Local tourism officials are calling the lineup Super Stadium Weekend.Zoom in: Over that span of four days:Metallica's "M72" world tour plays U.S. Bank Stadium both Friday and Sunday, Aug. 16 and 18.Green Day and the Smashing Pumpkins headline "The Saviors Tour" at Target Field on Saturday, Aug. 17.Just two days later — on...
Minnesota on High Alert for Stunning Northern Lights Display until Tuesday
Minneapolis, MN – Minnesota residents are eagerly anticipating a rare opportunity to witness the Northern Lights on Monday night into Tuesday. The aurora borealis, typically seen at higher latitudes, could make a spectacular appearance in Minnesota due to increased geomagnetic activity. According to the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center,...
St. Paul's Kellogg-Third Street Bridge shuts down for 3 years for complete revamp
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A busy St. Paul bridge closed Monday, and it won't reopen for three years.The Kellogg/Third Street Bridge connecting Downtown to the city's east side is being rebuilt.Ten years ago, the bridge was found to be "structurally deficient." The city has restricted traffic since then as a Band-Aid fix, and only now has the work begun to replace the bridge with a safer design."It's more than starting a bridge from scratch," said Sean Kershaw, St. Paul's Public Works Director. "You're tearing down a complete bridge then starting a new one from scratch."Kershaw says the bridge carries 14,000...
Minnesota sees rise in reports of kids left alone at day care
Stories of kids left unsupervised by Minnesota child-care providers appear nearly every week in state investigative reports. Child-care workers in Rochester and Montrose left 2-year-olds unsupervised on playgrounds, according to documents posted in mid-July. The week before, a memo described a 3-year-old slipping through a St. Paul center's unlocked gate and walking onto University Avenue. Reports published earlier this month chronicled how a toddler and preschooler were briefly left alone in Brooklyn Park and Chaska classrooms.
Mitchell Hamline sued for racial discrimination in ‘pathways’ program
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - The Equal Protection Project has filed a federal civil rights complaint against the Mitchell Hamline School of Law for hosting on its campus what it describes as a "racially-discriminatory mentorship program" for aspiring lawyers. What we know. The Equal Protection Project of the Legal...
St. Paul native Suni Lee qualifies for Olympic gymnastics all-round final in Paris
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - There was some big news out of the Olympics on Sunday for St. Paul's hometown hero, Suni Lee. The reigning all-around gold medal gymnastics champion has officially qualified to defend her crown in Paris. Lee had to qualify as one of the top two...
Kellogg-3rd Street Bridge closes in St. Paul for renovation project
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - St. Paul city leaders say 14,000 cars pass over the Kellogg-Third Street Bridge each day. But as of this week, that number is now down to zero. On Monday, the bridge was closed for a three-year, $92 million reconstruction project. "It’s a complicated and...
Attorney General Keith Ellison wins reforms to fraudulent business practices of used-car dealer Midwest Car Search
July 30, 2024 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison today announced that the Court overseeing the Attorney General’s consumer-protection lawsuit against Fridley used-car dealer Midwest Car Search and owner Scott Spiczka has ordered the defendants to modify their business practices in accordance with the Attorney General’s demands. The Court’s order requires the defendants to:
MN prepares for Iowa's abortion laws going into effect on Monday
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Minnesota medical providers and public officials are preparing to welcome patients traveling from Iowa, where a ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy goes into effect Monday. On Thursday, Minnesota's Democratic Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan toured the Whole Woman’s Health of Minnesota, a...
Moriarty vows to press ahead with reforms despite growing backlash
MINNEAPOLIS — Voters in Minnesota’s largest county elected Mary Moriarty as their top prosecutor after she promised to deliver change in a community where George Floyd was murdered and a nationwide reckoning on racism in the criminal justice system was born. After Moriarty, a former public defender, became...
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