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Minneapolis City Council eyeing next step toward funding sidewalk clearing
The proposal from two council members would begin as soon as 2024 and cover the entire 2,000-mile city sidewalk network by 2027. There’s a public forum Wednesday night and a meeting Thursday.
Activists say diversifying police forces not best answer to cop misconduct
There’s been a drive for decades to diversify the nation’s mostly white police forces, including in the Twin Cities. But the recent fatal beating of a Black man by five Black Memphis police officers has renewed questions about the role police officer diversity plays in reducing officer misconduct or brutality. 
Minneapolis, Bemidji rallies advocate for missing, murdered Indigenous people
Hundreds of people gathered Tuesday in honor of missing and murdered Indigenous people. Marchers said that the issue needs to be taken more seriously with better help from media and law enforcement.
St. Paul's historic Justus Ramsey House is coming down. Slowly.
The 171-year-old stone house at the center of a preservation battle with a St. Paul restauranteur is coming down. But in a good way, carefully, with an eye toward reconstructing it on another site.
Aldi's exit shakes north Minneapolis, widens worries over food insecurity
Many residents in north Minneapolis were stunned this week when Aldi announced its north side store will close Sunday. This comes as Walgreens announced it too would shutter a north side store, making it harder for residents to access affordable fresh food and other vital products.
Stabbing at St. Paul's Harding High leaves boy, 15, dead; 16-year-old in custody
The school went into lockdown just before noon Friday. Police say the victim as well as the alleged assailant, were Harding students. Authorities say they’re still trying to understand what led to the stabbing.
Two injured in shooting at Uptown Minneapolis restaurant
Minneapolis police are investigating after someone shot and wounded two men inside an Uptown restaurant on Thursday.
Slow but 'fruitful' negotiations continue in state consent decree of MPD
Officials with the city of Minneapolis say they’re making progress in negotiations with the state that could lead to a consent decree governing the Minneapolis Police Department’s policies and practices.  
Winter Play: Melting the stress of frigid cold at a Minnesota bath house
As winter cold bites deep, MPR News is celebrating the best of the season through a new series called Winter Play. Our staff across the state set out to try a new-to-them winter pastime. MPR News producer Samantha Matsumoto and reporter Simone Cazares visited Watershed Spa in northeast Minneapolis to take a much-needed break from winter.