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Lake Calhoun name change gets another look in Minneapolis
The perennial question of renaming Lake Calhoun has been revived with a new directive to Park Board staff to look into the issue again as an online petition against the name topped 1,700 signatures.
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Four artists chosen to create new work on Minneapolis' Nicollet Mall
The art will include a large-scale signature piece and suspended lanterns for a "light walk."
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Minneapolis park board approves Graco easement for trail access
Vote does not settle the dispute with Graco.
West Metro
Fight intensifies over Mpls. plan to limit sale of flavored tobacco
Minneapolis to vote on being first city in state to ban such products in many locations.
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Plaque will mark bloody battle of 1934 truckers' strike in Minneapolis
Eighty-one years after striking truckers and police clashed on the streets of the Warehouse District, wounding 67 strikers and leaving two of them dead, a plaque will formally mark the location of that watershed moment in Minneapolis' labor history.
West Metro
17-year-old Minneapolis boy charged in toddler's death had troubled childhood of his own
Cody Feran-Baum was for years a focus for Hennepin County child protection.
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North Minneapolis turns to past to preserve youth baseball's future
Farview Park in north Minneapolis is barely 2 miles from the Twins' $555 million Target Field, but the distance in many ways seems much farther.
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Time is up for rare slice of old downtown Minneapolis
Building project will demolish century-old hub of eclectic Minneapolis businesses.
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Minneapolis businesses get city's help, stay open later during Ramadan
The temporary extended hours allow holy month adherents to be served during Ramadan.
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Graco easement proposal heads to Minneapolis Park Board
Land for riverfront trail not tied to firm's plans for adjacent Scherer site.
West Metro
Man sues city of Bloomington over Black Lives Matter records
Minneapolis man's lawsuit alleges Bloomington is withholding public data.
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With help from the city, Minneapolis businesses to stay open later for Ramadan
The temporary extended hours allow holy month adherents to be served during Ramadan.
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Minneapolis City Council seeks input as it considers new homeless-shelter location laws
Current zoning restrictions say only religious groups can offer shelter, unless it's downtown.
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Mpls. council gives soccer-stadium proposal its 1st formal boost
A proposal to build a soccer stadium near downtown Minneapolis may get its first formal boost at the Minneapolis City Council Friday morning.
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He tracks down stolen bikes in Minneapolis using memory, intuition
Latest recovery of a stolen bike by Stevens Square man wins praise
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Mpls. green lights Phillips water facility talks
A controversial plan to consolidate the city's public works operations in an expanded facility near the Midtown Greenway is moving forward.
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Minneapolis police make arrest in shooting of mother, child
On Friday afternoon, Minneapolis police announced they have made an arrest in shooting that injured a mother and her child the day before.
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Woman, child wounded by gunfire while walking in south Minneapolis
The victims were innocent bystanders who got caught in crossfire, police say. No one has been arrested.
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Twin Cities newspaper gives homeless a voice, a job and an income
A newspaper launched by a St. Paul man gives homeless people a voice, and needed income.
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