North Metro
February 20, 2017

Grade school planned for Sports Center property in Blaine

Plans call for new elementary to be built on land that's now National Sports Center campus.
Local
February 20, 2017
Sen Chris Eaton, D-Brooklyn Center reacted after watching the Dose of Reality video depicting a parent who can't wake her child who overdosed on an op

Could mandatory database curb opioid abuse?

Required Rx monitoring effective at detecting addicts, but objections center on practicality.
Politics
February 20, 2017
Rep. Tony Albright, R-Prior Lake, discusses Metropolitan Council reform at a news conference Monday. He was joined, left to right, by Blaine City Coun

GOP critics at Capitol take aim at Met Council structure

They say the Met Council isn't accountable enough to citizens it represents; critics say the proposal would create conflicts of interest.
St. Paul
February 20, 2017
St. Paul Police officers stood out front of The St. Paul Jewish Community Center after it was evacuated after receiving a bomb threat Monday February

St. Paul Jewish Community Center reopened after bomb threat

Police said students in the building in the Highland Park neighborhood were moved to a nearby fire station while the building was cleared.
Minneapolis
February 20, 2017
An aerial view shows a concept for Hall’s Island and the new park.

Minneapolis Park Board may act as developer for former Scherer Bros. site

Commissioners trying to work out a new approach for former Scherer Bros. Lumber site.
February 20, 2017
Photo taken at Edina Liquor store at 50th & France. The Minn. House is expected to vote Monday on a bill that would allow liquor stores to open on Sun

Minnesota House votes to undo Sunday liquor sales ban

Minnesota lawmakers on Monday put a massive crack in the state's ban on Sunday liquor sales, overwhelmingly voting to repeal the Prohibition-era law after years of failed attempts.
Minneapolis
February 20, 2017
Minneapolis City Hall and the privately owned InterPark ramp as seen through rain drops clinging to a skywalk in April 2016.

Parking garage swap would make way for new Mpls. offices

Minneapolis may sell the Government Center Ramp in exchange for $6.5 million and the ramp next door.
Minneapolis
February 20, 2017
For those aging out of Twin Cities gang life, retirement isn't so easy

For those aging out of Twin Cities gang life, retirement isn't so easy

North Side gang leader says he seeks to distance himself from his criminal past. It's not easy.
Local
February 20, 2017

Anne 'Chana' Ptaszek, Holocaust survivor and admired seamstress

South Metro
February 20, 2017
A road built for growth ends in farmland outside Elko New Market. The city is asking the Met Council to cap its debt from a sewer line.

Exurbs built sewer facilities for growth that never arrived

An idea by the Metropolitan Council 15 years ago to rein in sprawl by offering wastewater service to rural mini-cities hasn't panned out. It spent upward of $40 million building the sewer pipe for Elko New Market and a wastewater plant in East Bethel that the communities now can't afford.
St. Paul
February 20, 2017

Innovation cabinet to host networking event

Newly formed group to host "Conversations of Innovation" Tuesday.
Local
February 20, 2017

Train fatally hits pedestrian at crossing in NW. Minnesota

The train operated by Burlington Northern Santa Fe hit the person about 9 p.m. Saturday in Detroit Lakes at the Washington Avenue crossing, BNSF spokeswoman Amy McBeth said Sunday.
Local
February 20, 2017
The White House in Washington, in a 2008 file photo.

Minnesota and the presidents: Take our Presidents' Day quiz

No, there are no presidents from Minnesota. But Minnesota has had plenty of close connections to the White House. On this Presidents' Day, let's see how well you know them.
Local
February 20, 2017
Dogs and people alike were soaking in the sun on Sunday afternoon near the Mississippi River across from downtown Minneapolis.

Record highs continue, but rain today, snow maybe by week's end

Crystal reports reaching 70 as of midafternoon, but "high probabilities for greater than 10 inches of snow" loom for one part of state, according to the latest forecast.
Local
February 20, 2017
Heavy traffic congestion for the afternoon commute on Interstate 494 at France Avenue in Bloomington.

MnDOT brainstorming ways to decongest I-494, Crosstown

For drivers traveling on the Crosstown or Interstate 494 between Eden Prairie and the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, rush hour can be a nightmare any day. Throw in a crash or snowstorm and it can instantly turn into gridlock.
Local
February 20, 2017
A bar patron played electronic pulltabs in Coon Rapids. Allied Charities of Minnesota, the trade group representing 1,200 nonprofits with charitable g

Charitable gambling nonprofits say tax bills bigger than money left

Some nonprofits pay more in taxes on pulltabs, other gambling than they give out to community.
Local
February 20, 2017

What's open on Presidents' Day in the Twin Cities

A look at how a few entities handle the holiday.
South Metro
February 20, 2017
Stargate Bar and Nightclub is seen with a security vehicle parked outside it in the early morning on Friday, May 29, 2015.

Maplewood to address nightclub's future after 60 gunshots Saturday

Emergency meeting called after 60 shots were fired.
Local
February 19, 2017

Names released in murder-suicide in Rosemount

Authorities said Justin Joseph Keilen, 42, shot his wife, Alicia Ann Keilen, 33, multiple times before shooting himself. A gun was found near the bodies.
East Metro
February 19, 2017
Charlene Wold

Man kills mother near Hudson, shoots at police and kills himself in Minnesota

Wisconsin suspect led officers on chase before crashing car.

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