Tuesday roundup: Police oversight board in turmoil, inspections showed no troubles on bridge, stadium developments

City news roundup for Tuesday, Feb. 21

February 21, 2012 at 4:45PM

What's making news in Minneapolis:

New names, old pains on police review panel: Citizen board that takes complaints against police faces unsure future. Police Chief Tim Dolan and Mayor R.T. Rybak face criticisms as city's police civilian review board says it's being ignored. (Matt McKinney and Randy Furst)

Light rail service, traffic disrupted for second day by closed bridge: Minneapolis engineers found no sign of trouble during their last inspection of the 18 sets of cables that support the Martin Olav Sabo Bridge and make it a striking landmark over Hiawatha Avenue. Five months later, a cable broke loose from the top of the span and fell about 100 feet onto the bridge. (Maya Rao and Paul Walsh)

Tentative stadium deal for U, Vikings, and city says Target Center still at center of plan: Adding 3,000 seats to TCF Bank Stadium would give team a place to play during construction. Also, Minneapolis says Target Center improvements still on table. (Eric Roper and Mike Kaszuba)

Employee cooked up scam that may cost charity $192K: An employee of Open Arms of Minnesota, whose headquarterss is at 25th and Bloomington, had set up phantom food contracts with four suburban Meals on Wheels programs. (Jean Hopfensperger)

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