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Ep. 1: The people left Rondo, but Rondo didn't leave them

Ep. 1: The people left Rondo, but Rondo didn't leave them

St. Paul's Rondo neighborhood still embodies the values of a community torn asunder by the construction of I-94. In this first episode we look at how the Rondo neighborhood keeps going and helped make the city's first Black mayor, Melvin Carter III, who followed the “family business” of community service all the way to City Hall.
by Brandt Williams

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Reliving 150-year-old history a step, and a creak, at a time

Reliving 150-year-old history a step, and a creak, at a time

A Winnipeg man is fulfilling his quest for adventure by traveling, very slowly, from Winnipeg to St. Paul by oxcart. The journey is about history, adventure and faith.
by Dan Gunderson

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Minnesota's David Stalter wins Red Bull Dance Your Style National Finals

Minnesota's David Stalter wins Red Bull Dance Your Style National Finals

A Minneapolis dancer is a national champion. David Stalter – nicknamed “The Crown” – won the “Red Bull Dance Your Style” street dance competition in New Orleans last month.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gretchen Brown

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Exhibit explores early effort to desegregate Minneapolis schools

Exhibit explores early effort to desegregate Minneapolis schools

Currently at the Hennepin History Museum, “Separate Not Equal: The Hale-Field Pairing” tells the story of the 1971 effort to desegregate two elementary schools fewer than 2 miles apart and the lessons still relevant today.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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All-terrain track chairs come to Minnesota state parks

All-terrain track chairs come to Minnesota state parks

People with mobility disabilities who visit Minnesota state parks can now use all-terrain track chairs or an adaptive beach chair at several parks across the state.
by Sam Stroozas

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Family, friends demand answers on anniversary of police killing Winston Smith in Mpls

Family, friends demand answers on anniversary of police killing Winston Smith in Mpls

Dozens of community members showed up at Powderhorn Recreation Center in south Minneapolis on Friday afternoon to support 32-year-old Smith’s family, who still have little in the way of details about what transpired when police killed him a year ago. 
by Grace Birnstengel

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Jury finds Gregory Ulrich guilty of murder, 10 other charges in Minn. clinic attack

Jury finds Gregory Ulrich guilty of murder, 10 other charges in Minn. clinic attack

Ulrich shot five people Feb. 9, 2021 and set off three pipe bombs. Medical assistant Lindsay Overbay, 37, died of a gunshot wound. Four other clinic staffers survived but suffered serious injuries.
by Matt Sepic

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