St. Paul
August 22, 2015
Protesters walked along Washington Avenue during a Black Lives Matter rally on April 29, 2015, in Minneapolis.

State Fair sellers focus of debate over Black Lives Matter protest

One vendor at the Minnesota State Fair calls a planned protest by Black Lives Matter valid, and its organizer says he sees few who look like him at the annual gathering. The fair's director says race isn't part of the vendor application process.
East Metro
August 21, 2015
The standoff at a Red Roof Inn near Interstate 494 and Valley Creek Road involved numerous hostages.

Family of St. Paul man fatally shot by Woodbury police files suit

The complaint says the unarmed man was trying to flee a hostage situation.
East Metro
August 21, 2015
St. Paul's Grand Old Day expands to two days in 2016

St. Paul's Grand Old Day expands to two days in 2016

The popular St. Paul summer kickoff will include Saturday as well as Sunday next year, organizers said.
East Metro
August 21, 2015
Weekend traffic shutdowns: I-394 HOT lanes, Hwy. 100 at Crosstown

Weekend traffic shutdowns: I-394 HOT lanes, Hwy. 100 at Crosstown

A host of changes are in store for I-35E drivers in St. Paul and the eastern suburbs as new lane configurations between Little Canada Road and Maryland Avenue will be phased in over the few days. Additionally a number of ramps along that stretch that have been closed since early spring will reopen while others will close.
East Metro
August 21, 2015

Tuj lub coming to Keller Regional Park

Court for traditional Hmong top-spin game groundbreaking set for Sept. 16.
East Metro
August 20, 2015

Semi rollover on eastbound I-94 in St. Paul causes delays, detour

St. Paul
August 20, 2015
Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue handed former St. Paul Mayor Jim Scheibel the Nagasaki City Honorary Certificate of International Friendship and Peace du

St. Paul renews sister-city relationship with Nagasaki

Ex-Mayor Jim Scheibel's efforts to place a Minnesota sculpture in Nagasaki's Peace Park honored by Japanese visitors.
St. Paul
August 20, 2015
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, left, and MLS president and deputy commissioner Mark Abbott looked out over CHS Field. They were discussing St. Paul's b

St. Paul City Council to weigh in on soccer stadium

Sponsors are confident the council will back a tax exemption for Midway stadium site.
St. Paul
August 20, 2015

Free lunch is coming to all St. Paul public schools

School district will expand year-old pilot program and provide more free meals in 2015-16.
East Metro
August 20, 2015

WEQY on East Side almost on the airwaves

St. Paul
August 20, 2015

St. Paul school board pulls plug on televised criticism

Public-comment period of meetings -- often critical of late -- to no longer be streamed online or broadcast on cable television.
St. Paul
August 19, 2015
St. Paul rowing coach Miriam Baer has spent years molding champions

St. Paul rowing coach Miriam Baer has spent years molding champions

She is one tough rowing coach, her young charges say. But she gets results – and she cares.
East Metro
August 19, 2015
Lavauntai Broadbent

No charges in fatal St. Paul shooting of alleged teen robber in park

Alleged robber was shot after brandishing a handgun at two people at Shadow Falls Park in St. Paul.
St. Paul
August 19, 2015

St. Paul man looking out for neighbor ends up being beaten, car stolen

Police recover car, arrest suspects the next day.
Minneapolis
August 19, 2015
At the end of the program, organizer Sarah Super, left, was hugged by Kaitlyn, one of a dozen women who shared their experiences at the "Break the Sil

Sexual assault survivors break their silence

About a dozen women and one man told their stories at a Minneapolis gathering called Break the Silence Day.
East Metro
August 18, 2015
Shooting victim won't forgive New Brighton man found guilty

Shooting victim won't forgive New Brighton man found guilty

Jennifer Cleven, girlfriend of the man killed and wounded herself in the shooting, also expressed frustration with the legal system after Neal Zumberge was convicted of first-degree murder and three other counts.
East Metro
August 18, 2015
Former St. Paul Mayor Larry Cohen, 1972-1976, listened to other mayors as they spoke to a crowd in a St. Paul Mayors Forum during the annual Saint Pau

Ramsey County earmarks funding for Larry Cohen tribute

The "recognition project" would honor a longtime public servant who retired in 2002.

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