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Long stretch of Interstate 494 will be closed this weekend

Long stretch of Interstate 494 will be closed this weekend

If you’re driving in the southern Twin Cities metro area this weekend, you may want to allow some extra time to reach your destination. A long stretch of Interstate 494 in Bloomington will be closed in both directions.
by MPR News Staff

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MN Shortlist, May 30–June 5: Hitchcock with a live score, an outlaw musical and women muralists

MN Shortlist, May 30–June 5: Hitchcock with a live score, an outlaw musical and women muralists

This week’s MN Shortlist highlights a live score performance of Hitchcock’s “The Lodger,” a new musical about Minnesota outlaw Nellie King and a talk on Latin American women muralists.
by Jacob Aloi, Anika Besst, Alex V. Cipolle and Max Sparber

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She left a career in government auditing to advocate for farmers like her parents

She left a career in government auditing to advocate for farmers like her parents

Friendly Vang-Johnson’s parents were some of the first Hmong refugees to farm in Minnesota. She wasn’t planning to follow in her parents’ footsteps, but that changed when she started a delivery program that eventually became Friendly Hmong Farms, a wider effort to support farmers in Washington and Minnesota.
by Alanna Elder

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Sober house for military veterans with PTSD opens in southern Minnesota

Sober house for military veterans with PTSD opens in southern Minnesota

Research shows that veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder have higher rates of drug and alcohol use disorders, and higher rates of suicidal ideation. A new sober house in southern Minnesota will address those difficult challenges head on.
by Hannah Yang

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Faith leaders in Duluth rally behind homeless parking program while city weighs appeal

Faith leaders in Duluth rally behind homeless parking program while city weighs appeal

A program in Duluth that provides a secure parking lot for people experiencing homelessness to sleep in their vehicles has been temporarily closed while the city council considers an appeal from neighbors with safety, privacy and other concerns.
by Dan Kraker

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Art Hounds: War and healing, celebrating human creativity and a theatrical take on Virginia Woolf

Art Hounds: War and healing, celebrating human creativity and a theatrical take on Virginia Woolf

Art hounds recommend a multimedia exhibition grappling with war and healing, an art-and-music night focused on human creativity over AI and a theatrical meditation on identity and gender, co-created by a Minneapolis father-daughter duo.
by Emily Bright and Jacob Aloi

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Deadline approaching for filing claim in settlement over Minnesota’s tax-forfeited property sales

Deadline approaching for filing claim in settlement over Minnesota’s tax-forfeited property sales

Some Minnesotans whose property was seized because they didn’t pay property taxes stand to gain thousands of dollars. The settlement stems from a lawsuit involving a Minneapolis woman that went to the U.S. Supreme Court.
by Kirsti Marohn

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