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Twin Cities News

Stay informed about Twin Cities news with local stories, breaking news, and more from MPR News, your hub for the latest updates in Twin Cities Minnesota.

Man charged in 1977 St. Paul murder

Man charged in 1977 St. Paul murder

A 59-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in a grisly homicide that has gone unsolved for 32 years.
by Madeleine Baran

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Richard T. Anderson Conservation Area

Richard T. Anderson Conservation Area

Pictures from along the Richard T. Anderson Conservation Area in Eden Prairie, Minn.
by Tom Crann

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Company fined in St. Paul storm sewer deaths

A construction company has agreed to pay $28,000 for violating state labor laws in the deaths of two workers who drowned when a flash flood swept a storm sewer in St. Paul.

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St. Paul plans relief fund for Central Corridor businesses

Small businesses that can prove hardship during construction of a proposed light-rail transit line along University Avenue in St. Paul may get some relief.
by Laura Yuen

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Minneapolis schools in line for major overhaul

Minneapolis schools in line for major overhaul

The Minneapolis School Board will vote tonight on a plan called "Changing School Options," which will close some buildings, reorganize others, and change bus routes.
by Tom Weber

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U of M postpones flu vaccinations

The University of Minnesota has postponed two seasonal flu vaccine clinics scheduled this week and next because of a vaccine shortage.
by Lorna Benson

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Construction to slow traffic on I-35W

Motorists will encounter detours and increased congestion on I-35W in Richfield this week, when the southbound lanes at Crosstown Commons close each night.
by Madeleine Baran

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Global seed company opens Minnetonka headquarters

Syngenta Seeds formally opened its new North American headquarters in Minnetonka this morning.
by Tom Scheck

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Met Council gets $1.1 million to buy hybrid buses

The Metropolitan Council secured $1.1 million in federal funding on Monday to purchase 35 small diesel and electric hybrid buses.
by Madeleine Baran

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Dog dies after exposure to toxic algae

Officials are warning people to keep children and pets away from any suspicious-looking algae blooms after they linked the death of a 3-year-old black lab to toxic blue-green algae on a southern Minnesota lake.

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