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September 30, 2015

Three Minneapolis students join Minnesota Youth Council

In 2013, the Minnesota Legislature created the council as a way for youth to provide advice and recommendations to the legislature and the governor on issues affecting young adults.
South Metro
September 30, 2015
FILE -- Minneapolis police Sgt. Grant Snyder photographed parking lot activity from a hotel room during a stakeout on an alleged sex-trafficking case

Stings to fight sex trafficking lead to charges across the metro

Charges have been filed against 19 men and about 50 other cases are pending. The men responded to Internet postings by investigators posing as underage girls.
Minneapolis
September 30, 2015
A detail from the cover of one of the Minneapolis school curriculum's controversial books shows a black girl named Lazy Lucy.

Another rally planned at Mpls. school meeting over controversial books

A group by the name of the Social Justice Education Movement organized a protest at Tuesday's board meeting, and they plan to disrupt the October school meeting as well.
Minneapolis
September 30, 2015
The start of the 2014 Twin Cities Marathon. Four days before more than 11,000 runners line up for the start of Sunday's marathon, the threat by protes

Twin Cities Marathon protest plan stirs fear, spurs backlash

The threat by Black Lives Matter protesters to disrupt the Twin Cities Marathon has some runners on edge about their safety, while others are angry that months of training could be jeopardized.
Minneapolis
September 30, 2015
Mpls.' historic Jackson Building gets financing to become hotel

Mpls.' historic Jackson Building gets financing to become hotel

U.S. Bank is providing the money to make the Hewing Hotel in Minneapolis a reality. The project involves a major rehabilitation of the historic Jackson Building in the trendy North Loop neighborhood.
Minneapolis
September 30, 2015

Protesters bring Mpls. school meeting to halt over controversial books

A group of 20 angered by Minneapolis Public Schools' contract with Reading Horizons forced an abrupt end to Tuesday's special meeting.
Minneapolis
September 30, 2015
Department of Human Services Inspector General Jerry Kerber discussed childcare deaths with the Star Tribune.

Hennepin County raids day-care centers as part of fraud investigation

Charges are pending against a number of people suspected of seeking subsidies for more children than they actually cared for.
Minneapolis
September 29, 2015

Man killed in Willard-Hay shooting identified

Authorities have identified a man shot and killed last week in the North Side's Willard-Hay neighborhood.
Minneapolis
September 29, 2015

Mpls. adds Promise Zone manager

The new hire in the City Coordinator's Office will oversee efforts on housing, economic development and other issues in north Minneapolis.
Minneapolis
September 29, 2015

Crash involving Redskins team buses will cost Mpls. $237K

A bus crash last year involving a Minneapolis police squad car and buses carrying the Washington Redskins will ultimately cost the city $237,254, split roughly evenly between the bus company and an insurance company.
Minneapolis
September 29, 2015
Cartons of Coca-Cola were displayed in a grocery in Des Plaines, Ill. The amount of full-calorie soda drunk by the average American has dropped 25 per

Mpls. looks to broaden fight against sugary drinks

An informational campaign is the first step in the City Council's fight; eventually, it could enact new laws or city policies.
Minneapolis
September 28, 2015

Police: Husband charged with killing wife, step-daughter

Police said slayings stemmed from a domestic situation.
Minneapolis
September 28, 2015
In the neighborhood of a double homicide that arose out of domestic violence on the 2200 block of 10th Avenue S. in September, Minneapolis Police Chie

Chief Harteau tours Mpls. after recent round of violent crimes

The Minneapolis police chief said she wanted to reassure people.
Minneapolis
September 27, 2015
The former home of the MTC bus barn is on part of the parcel proposed for a soccer stadium in St. Paul.

Tevlin: Posturing might cost Minneapolis a soccer stadium

Minneapolis
September 27, 2015
Robin Major, center, and Eric Larsen sized up Not all farms are in the country. Stones Throw Urban farm has converted 14 vacant lots in Minneapolis an

Stone's Throw Urban Farm finds city spaces to grow produce

Stone's Throw is a local leader in a limited scene.
Minneapolis
September 27, 2015
This sign posted Wednesday around Lake Calhoun uses one version of the Dakota name. The vote Wednesday night opted to use the preferred modern spellin

A Dakota name for Calhoun, but which Dakota name?

The conundrum over the lake's name has sharply divided Minneapolis and illustrates the difficulty of interpreting history through a 21st-century lens.
Minneapolis
September 26, 2015

Lake Calhoun: A lake with many names

Minneapolis
September 26, 2015

Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota marks 150th by saluting 150 'Great Neighbors'

Celebration pays tribute to 150 "Great Neighbors."

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