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St. Paul residents suggest ideas to improve poor neighborhoods
St. Paul community leaders and residents met Thursday night to try to figure out how to use a $500,000 federal grant to improve one of the city's most impoverished areas.
Moving day for children's hospital
Staff and patients at the Amplatz Children's Hospital in Minneapolis are preparing for their big move to a new building on Saturday. It's a huge task to move 60 sick and injured children, their medical equipment and the rest of the hospital's contents in a matter of hours.
The Minneapolis City Council approved a measure Friday morning to provide some relief for property taxpayers next year.
The Nokomis library in south Minneapolis reopens Saturday, after closing for two years of renovations and expansion.
Supreme Court to decide age of shooting suspect
The attorney for a triple murder suspect will have another chance to argue for his client to be tried as a juvenile.
Rapson’s Riverside Plaza gets a makeover
The historic apartment complex is getting a $65 million renovation.
Home prices are falling in most major U.S. cities, and at least 10 major markets are at their lowest point since the housing bubble burst.
Southern Theater in Mpls. must raise $400K to remain open
The Southern Theater in Minneapolis told supporters Thursday night it needs to raise $400,000 by April 30 if it is to keep its doors open.
Ban on high-density zoning in Rondo OK'd by St. Paul council
The amendments limit new buildings east of Lexington Parkway to a height of three stories and reduced the minimum density for buildings near rail stations by half.