Local health workers have made progress in reducing the number of children poisoned by the dust from lead paint, but a federal grant will help clean up the lead from an additional 365 homes, Randy Furst reports.

Speaking of safety and children, I noticed last weekend that the dirt is moving at the million-dollar renovation of the playground next to the Lake Harriet bandshell. The Southwest Journal reported on it earlier this month. Gone are the worn metal monkey bars that generations somehow played on and survived, but whenever I feel nostalgic about the playgrounds of yore, I remember falling off a swing on my schoolyard and splitting my head open on the unyielding pavement.

Two Minneapolis landlords with a history of tangles with the city lost their license for five years last week, Jane Friedmann of the Star Tribune's Whistleblower team reports. It's part of the City Council's continuing crackdown on landlords who run afoul of the city's licensing rules.

The League of Catholic Women, based in a modest one-story building surrounded by office towers in downtown Minneapolis, celebrates 100 years of philanthropic work that has left its mark on the city and the region, Jean Hopfensperger reports.

From his lofty office overlooking Target Field, Twins owner Jim Pohlad tells La Velle E. Neal III in a lengthy interview that he's staying the course with the team's leadership, despite a "sickening" season, and predicts that the stadium will continue to draw crowds.