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Local food movement searches for better system

Local food movement searches for better system

Signs of a growing local food movement are everywhere. You can see them, at Saturday farmers markets and on restaurant menus. Local apples are now served at school cafeterias. There are community gardens in city neighborhoods and small towns.
by Dave Peters

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MnDOT to mark end of I-35W-Highway 62 reconstruction

Workers are putting the finishing touches on reconstruction of the Interstate 35W and Highway 62 interchange in the south metro.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Rifle squad honors vets with 57,000 goodbyes

Rifle squad honors vets with 57,000 goodbyes

Members of a special fraternity of veterans, now all together, offer final salutes to those who, like them, served long ago.

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The future of hands-free gaming

Microsoft Kinect is a controller-free addition to the Xbox 360 video gaming system that uses a camera and sensors to put you into the game. Players use their movements and voice to control the action, and experts think the game is giving competitors Wii and PlayStation a run for their money.
by Dan Ackerman

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New credit-card friendly parking meters arrive in Mpls.

New credit-card friendly parking meters arrive in Mpls.

New, solar-powered parking meters that give drivers the option to pay with a credit card could end the days of digging under the seat for quarters in Minneapolis.
by Anissa Stocks

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Mpls. park design competition finalists announced

Mpls. park design competition finalists announced

Design teams from New York, Boston, Beijing, and Berkeley, California will compete to revamp 5.5 miles of Mississippi riverfront north of downtown Minneapolis.
by Matt Sepic

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Pawlenty fails to bag deer on opener

Gov. Tim Pawlenty failed to bag a deer during his final Minnesota Governor's Deer Opener, which was held in the Little Falls area.

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4 injured in opening weekend of Minn. deer season

Two of the incidents were in separate incidents in Otter Tail County. No fatalities have been reported.

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Mpls. park design competition finalists to be announced Monday

Minneapolis Parks Foundation President Cecily Hines says the competition will produce a plan for a "vibrant" Minneapolis riverfront.
by Rupa Shenoy

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Minnesota firearms deer season opens

Hunters are taking to the woods and fields Saturday for opening day of Minnesota's firearms deer season.

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