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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey named to Time 100 list
Frey’s entry in the magazine calls him the city’s “adopted son” who was drawn to Minneapolis after running a marathon. “His three terms as mayor have been an endurance test of another sort,” it reads.
As rural MN diversifies and grows, one expert says housing will be key to sustained growth
A new report shows many parts of greater Minnesota are diversifying and growing. However, sustained population growth looks unlikely. A rural sociologist says housing has a lot to do with these trends.
‘I’m still heartbroken’: Sam Nordquist’s family struggles to make sense of his death
Sam Nordquist of Oakdale traveled to New York state to meet the woman of his dreams. Nearly five months later, his body was found in a farmer’s field in a rural area. State investigators say he was held against his will for about a month in his girlfriend’s apartment.
Why this Minneapolis feminist art collective still matters 50 years later
A Minneapolis exhibition marks 50 years of WARM, a pioneering feminist art collective that created space for women artists and helped reshape the local and national art scenes.
Adult bathhouses were a part of Minneapolis nightlife. Then police and panic pushed them out
Forty years after the adult bathhouse ban was passed, the city council is considering reversing it. A myriad of components led to the ban, but for several decades, public sexual spaces in Minneapolis were an active part of downtown.
Winona-Rochester Bishop Robert Barron, a Trump ally, urges president to apologize to Pope
Conservative Catholic Bishop Robert Barron, who is a close ally of President Trump, sharply rebuked the president for his harsh rhetoric criticizing Pope Leo XIV, calling it “inappropriate and disrespectful.”
Minneapolis prepares to break ground at George Floyd Square
City staff are holding public informational meetings this week about reconstruction plans at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis ahead of a planned June groundbreaking.
'Fargo' 30 years later: How it put Minnesota on the map, for good and bad
To celebrate 30 years of “Fargo,” a special showing at the Fargo Theatre features one of its stars, Peter Stormare, who will watch the movie in its entirety for the first time. Here’s how the movie put Minnesota on the map and changed how people thought of the state.