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Frey recommends 3rd Police Precinct station not go back to Lake Street or nearby — for now

Frey recommends 3rd Police Precinct station not go back to Lake Street or nearby — for now

The City of Minneapolis is scrapping proposals to return the 3rd Police Precinct station to its former place on Lake Street or find the precinct a new home near 26th and Minnehaha avenues.
by Melissa Olson

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Teenage girl fatally shot in Minneapolis

Minneapolis police say a teenage girl was fatally shot in the city’s East Isles neighborhood early Monday morning.
by Tim Nelson

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Arts Briefs: Musicians in masks

Arts Briefs: Musicians in masks

In this week’s Arts Briefs, Target Field labor issues, new music from Lucy Michelle and the next season of performing arts at the Walker. Also, in Absolute Bleeding Edge: Did Jimi Hendrix breed musical wolves?
by Jacob Aloi, Alex V. Cipolle and Max Sparber

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I-94 closure among weekend road work in the Twin Cities

I-94 closure among weekend road work in the Twin Cities

A stretch of Interstate 94 in the east metro will be closed this weekend, along with part of Fairview Avenue in Roseville, Minn. A major road closure will begin Monday in Stillwater, Minn.
by Andrew Krueger

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Nature-based preschools encourage kids to connect with the world around them

Nature-based preschools encourage kids to connect with the world around them

Dodge Nature Preschool in West St. Paul was one of the first nature-based preschools in the country that helps kids learn and connect to nature year-round. The number of these schools has more than quadrupled since some of the first started in the early 2000s.
by Kyra Miles

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Minneapolis cafe, worker-run since 1974, reopens with new vision (and brunch)

Minneapolis cafe, worker-run since 1974, reopens with new vision (and brunch)

Seward Cafe has been a prominent part of south Minneapolis history for nearly 50 years. After its closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, collective members have focused on ushering in a new age of the cooperatively owned venue.
by Sam Stroozas

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Nineties Black cinema returns to Minneapolis this summer

Nineties Black cinema returns to Minneapolis this summer

The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, with the guidance of poet and New York Times bestseller Hanif Abdurraqib, is set to host a public summer screening series of five influential films from the ‘90s by Black filmmakers.
by Aaliyah Demry

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Harvard study calls on Minneapolis to create new model for safety and wellness services

Harvard study calls on Minneapolis to create new model for safety and wellness services

The Public Health and Safety Committee of the Minneapolis City Council is looking at a new report Wednesday afternoon. It’s a blueprint to help the city transform public safety.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gretchen Brown

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Ex-Minneapolis cop gets 9 months for killing driver in high-speed crash

Ex-Minneapolis cop gets 9 months for killing driver in high-speed crash

Then-officer Brian Cummings was chasing a stolen Kia along Lyndale Avenue North at speeds near 100 miles per hour in July 2021 when he crashed into Leneal Frazier's Jeep. Cummings had an “inordinate need for speed” one prosecutor said Wednesday.
by Matt Sepic

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