Contentious Debate: Minneapolis Mayor Frey’s Unfulfilled Promise to Eradicate Homelessness and His Apparent Lack...
racketmn.com - 10/27/2025 08:40:00 PM. In 2017, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey made a pledge to end homelessness in the city. However, years later, the city continues to struggle with this issue. Despite Frey's claim of only 27 unsheltered homeless individuals, reports suggest numbers ranging between 230 and 400. His...
Minneapolis Police Chief says officers will get more domestic abuse training but previous victims...
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara says officers will get more training on how to handle domestic abuse cases. But previous abuse victims say police are already trained and it won’t help. “They are trained. They’re just simply not doing it.”
Minneapolis pizza joint suddenly closes its Uptown location
After 14 years in business, Mesa Pizza, known for its Macaroni and Cheese pizza, has abruptly closed its restaurant in Minneapolis' Uptown neighborhood. Its final night of service was Halloween, a one-night boon for costumed revelers, with the impending closure announced at around lunchtime Friday. "It is with heavy...
Michigan State robbed by multiple referee blunders in overtime at Minnesota
Michigan State got robbed by one of the worst overturn calls in recent memory as Minnesota had a pass interference overturned.
PJ Fleck Learns Nothing; Gophers Bring Embarrassment Home
The Minnesota Gophers squeaked by Michigan State on Saturday and P.J. Fleck brought the embarrassment from Iowa City back to Minneapolis.
The Kowalski Family Celebrates 40 Years in White Bear Lake
If you ask any Twin Citian to free-associate with the words “grocery store” or “supermarket,” there are likely just a few names that come up—and perhaps only one that truly captures the essence of the small, neighborhood grocer in a world where that paradigm is quickly disappearing.
Halloween night shooting in Dinkytown leaves 1 dead, 2 injured
One person is dead and two others were injured – one of them a teenage boy and the other a University of Minnesota student – as gunfire erupted in the heart of Minneapolis' Dinkytown neighborhood on Halloween night. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara says an officer was alerted...
Guy Fieri’s Top 7 Pizzas: TWO Are Right Here in MN
Discover Guy Fieri's favorite Minnesota restaurants and foodie hot spots, including the two Minneapolis pizzas that made his top 7 pizzas in America list!
Mpls. teachers set November 11th to walk off the job
Minneapolis teachers say they will talk off the job for the second time in two years on November 11th if there is no contract agreement with the school district
Hennepin County, MN – Traffic Stop Turns Into Life-or-Death Gunshot Emergency
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Hennepin County, MN – A routine traffic stop in Hennepin County quickly escalated into a life-or-death emergency Sunday after deputies discovered a gunshot victim inside the vehicle, according to the...

















