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The Cities Blog

Two trains running

Two trains running

The Twin Cities' example of the golden spike for public transportation.
by Dan Olson

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Blacksmithing is so yesterday…

Blacksmithing is so yesterday…

Blacksmithing, especially in a piping hot Minnesota summer, is not for the faint of heart.
by Dan Olson

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Rybak quick to credit Obama for federal money

Rybak quick to credit Obama for federal money

When Minneapolis gets federal money, Mayor R.T. Rybak reminds voters it came from the "Obama Administration."
by Curtis Gilbert

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McDonald’s new billboard written in Hmong. Sort of.

Billboard slogans are usually short and catchy, but a new McDonald's billboard apparently reads more like a run-on sentence with most of the words mashed together, according to Pioneer Press reporter Frederick Melo.
by Madeleine Baran

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Bees on a bike: education by the mile

Bees on a bike: education by the mile

A Minneapolis business called Community Bees on Bikes educates the community about the lives of bees in an urban environment.
by Jon Collins

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Ban sales of consumable liquids

Ban sales of consumable liquids

More public bathrooms are the obvious but also expensive solution.
by Dan Olson

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Councilor suggests Minneapolis cops re-number car 420

Councilor suggests Minneapolis cops re-number car 420

City Council Member Gary Schiff spotted Minneapolis squad car 420, a number which has a second meaning for marijuana users.
by Curtis Gilbert

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Community College launches food shelf

Starting next week, North Hennepin Community College in Brooklyn Park will offer its students something new: free food. The idea for the Food Cupboard came from two students who conducted an informal survey as part of a class project, said Service Learning Director Troy Nellis, who will run the food shelf. “They found that there…
by Julie Siple

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