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Mudslide to keep West River Parkway closed until next summer
The Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board will vote on a $640,000 engineering contract for the project on Wednesday.
Minneapolis mom reflects on son and friend both lost to jihad
In photographs just a handful of years old, Douglas McAuthur McCain and Troy Castigar bear the confident yet goofy smiles of teenagers. But today, both are gone, claimed by a holy war that Castigar's mother insists wasn't theirs to fight.
St. Paul officer shoots, kills suspect on West Side
St. Paul Police Chief Tom Smith said officers responded to frantic 911 calls about a man acting violently.
Abu-Huraira Islamic Center proposed a mosque at the old Medtronic headquarters in St. Anthony at 3055 Old Highway 8. The City Council voted 4-1 in June 2012 not to issue a conditional use permit for the mosque, citing appropriate land use.