Lil’ Explorers Plymouth child care center, former employee sued by parents
Katie Voigt, formerly a teacher at Lil' Explorers in Plymouth, was sentenced in October 2025 for the malicious punishment of a child after a video taken by another employee showed her pushing and yelling at children enrolled at the child care center. The child care center said she was fired...
Discover Minnesota’s Best-Kept Waterfall On This Easy Trail
The Lower Glen Trail at Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis might just be the worst-kept secret in Minnesota, except most people still don’t know about it. While tourists and locals alike crowd the upper viewing platforms, this easy trail offers an entirely different waterfall experience that feels like a personal...
The Minneapolis Pizza That Made Guy Fieri Say ‘This Is NOT Average’
Minneapolis might not be the first city that comes to mind when you think of incredible pizza, but Pizzeria Lola is changing that conversation. When Guy Fieri visited this Southwest Minneapolis gem, he found a wood-fired operation that takes pizza to a completely different level. A Copper-Covered French Pizza Oven.
Sneak Peek: Risata Cucina in Robbinsdale
If "most-Twin-Cities-restaurants-worked-at" was a competition (which it’s not, officially speaking), between the two of them, industry longtimers Brendan Denne and Bryan Gooding might just win. Gooding has worked at more than 40 in the past three decades, starting with a southern-suburbs pizza spot when he was 14;...
Heavy fire, explosions reported overnight at Minneapolis rail yard
The fire reportedly affected multiple semi-trailers parked in the yard.
Twin Cities Charter Rocked By Sudden Pay Cuts And Shutdown Jitters
Seven Hills Preparatory Academy is staring down a tight financial deadline, with its authorizer flagging serious money troubles and teachers at the Twin Cities K-8 charter suddenly seeing smaller paychecks. Staff at the Richfield and Burnsville campuses say surprise salary cuts were pinned on an accounting mistake...
Minneapolis mosque recognizes ICE observers for helping its community
As thousands of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents hit the streets of Minneapolis, thousands of neighbors followed, documenting and protesting the immigration operation for months. On Friday, a community that found itself in the federal government spotlight gave thanks to some observers.
Nearly six years later, arrest made in 2020 drive-by killing of 18-year-old Arionna Buckanaga
MINNEAPOLIS — After nearly six years with no major developments, authorities have charged a Minneapolis man in connection with the 2020 drive-by shooting death of 18-year-old Arionna Buckanaga in south Minneapolis. Newly filed court documents show that 33-year-old Malcolm Johnson confessed to firing shots at the car...
9 Twin Cities restaurants add ‘planet-friendly foods’ as part of Eat for Impact
Nine restaurants in the Twin Cities are participating in Eat for Impact, a project that challenges restaurants to build mouth-watering, plant-based meals with the climate in mind.
People Are Sharing The Funniest Things They’ve Ever Seen In Public, And I Can’t...
"A frazzled dad checking in at the pediatrician's office with his wife's panties fresh from the dryer stuck to his back."
