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Cub grocery store closes Uptown location in Minneapolis
Cub Foods abruptly closed its Uptown location for repairs over the weekend, with no reopening date announced.
Late DFL leader Melissa Hortman remembered as ‘shining light,’ consensus builder
During her two decades in elected office, Melissa Hortman positioned herself as a consensus builder and DFLer willing to work with Republicans. “Everybody liked her and respected her on both sides of the aisle,” said former GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
Stretch of I-94 in Twin Cities will be closed this weekend
An already-challenging summer of construction along Interstate 94 between downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul will get even tougher this weekend, as the freeway closes in both directions.
New rapid transit bus line connecting the Twin Cities is set to open Saturday
The Metro B Line essentially replaces Metro Transit’s slowest bus, Route 21. The 13-mile line is expected to run faster and stop less between Union Depot in St. Paul and Lake and France streets in Minneapolis
The murals spoke out: Reflecting on protest art in the wake of George Floyd's murder
After George Floyd’s murder, a group of Minneapolis artists formed Creatives After Curfew to process grief and demand justice through murals — work that once drew wide support but now faces fading interest and shifting cultural priorities.
Frey asks city attorney to help revive parts of dismissed federal agreement on MPD
Mayor Jacob Frey signed an executive order Tuesday directing the city to move forward with police reforms that would have been required under the federal consent decree that never came to be, after the 171-page agreement was abandoned by the Trump Administration and laid to rest by a judge.