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Minneapolis police say burglaries jumped in the week following the tornado that hit the north side of the city, but overall, crime went down last week.
Home prices keep dropping in Twin Cities, but news isn't all bad
The Twin Cities had the unfortunate distinction in March of having the biggest home price decline in the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller Home Price Index. Real estate experts say the numbers reflect continued weakness in the metro area's housing market. But they also caution against reading too much into the price decline.
One week later, services trickle in for tornado victims
It's been a week since a tornado devastated a wide swath of north Minneapolis and families are coming out of shock and taking the first few steps to put their lives back together. Yet many are still waiting for services and funds that will only come once a federal disaster area is declared.
Severe weather warnings are in effect in parts of the Twin Cities metro area Saturday afternoon.
The neighborhood's NorthPoint Community Food shelf has seen a twofold increase in people coming for help since the tornado. The Salvation Army reports it's given out more than 40,000 pounds of food to people in the area.
Franken tours north Minneapolis
Minneapolis city officials are encouraging people to sign up for a large single-day volunteer effort scheduled for June 4.
Minn.-Wis. senators push for new St. Croix bridge
The four U.S. senators from Minnesota and Wisconsin have introduced legislation to move forward on a new bridge over the St. Croix River designed to ease the frequent traffic jams at the Stillwater crossing.
Tornado shows how a few seconds can save a life
In the case of the tornado that hit north Minneapolis on Sunday, residents had at most eight minutes to find shelter after officials activated the first tornado sirens.
Three years after its tornado, Hugo has recovered and rebuilt
Hugo City Administrator Mike Ericson talked to MPR's Tom Crann about how his city reacted to the twister that killed one and destroyed 50 homes.
Tornado may signal a rebirth for north Minneapolis
Minneapolis may use same strategy it used to turn around abandoned homes during the foreclosure crisis to buy and rebuild some of the houses that were battered in the storm. Residents and housing advocates are hoping for a rebirth on some of the north side's most blighted blocks.