The Cities Blog

The newsroom received an interesting press release today from the Minneapolis Police Department. Apparently, reporters around town have been acting like -- wait for it -- journalists. And the police department isn't pleased.
The Boss brings in $17K for Minnesota hunger relief
Bruce Springsteen performs at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images) During his pair of concerts this week at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, rock star Bruce Springsteen called on fans to help fight hunger- and they answered. Fans donated more than $17,000 to Second Harvest Heartland food bank, about $6000 more…
Shoddy Mill moves to Stillwater
MnDOT moves the historic Shoddy Mill and Warehouse buildings to make way for the new St. Croix bridge.
Guinness: Twin Cities zombies are No. 1
Minnesota's undead clinch the world record.
Giant ice castle coming to Mall of America
A winter wonderland made of icicles grown from 4 million gallons of water will be created at the Mall of America this winter.
People filled the seats and stood along the walls of a church basement on St Paul’s east side Thursday to learn more about fatal police shootings of two suspects on the same day last week. Officers shot Victor Gaddy, 41, after he allegedly tried to ram officers with his car. A few hours later, officers…