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The mayor of Minneapolis received a nod for his response to Operation Metro Surge.

The Minneapolis City Council held a public hearing Wednesday on a proposed ordinance that would limit how landlords screen tenants, including banning questions about immigration status, but did not take a vote. The proposal would amend the city’s housing maintenance code to prohibit landlords from asking about a renter’s immigration...

Des Moines-based 801 Restaurant Group, the operator behind 801 Chophouse, is heading into Chapter 11 and has already pulled the plug on one of its two Minneapolis restaurants. The more laid-back downtown spinoff, 801 on Nicollet, closed suddenly after a short run that started late last year, leaving diners and staff wondering what this means for downtown’s dining comeback and existing reservations...

Gina Maria’s Pizza might not be a name that everyone knows on a national level, but the chain had its fans. That is how it was able to stay in business for 50 years. But, sadly, it looks like the half-century milestone could mark the end of the road for Gina Maria’s. People Magazine reported that the chain closed its four locations in...

Abdirashid Ismail Said, linked to a major Medicaid fraud case, vanished before his trial, prompting a manhunt by state and federal authorities.

An out-of-state restaurant group has closed one of its two eateries in downtown Minneapolis as the company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Less than six months after a rebrand, 801 on Nicollet has gone dark on the ground floor of U.S. Bancorp Center, with a sign at both entrances blaming “extenuating circumstances.”

Minnesota and the world lost a powerful voice and a true warrior on April 7, 2026. Yusef Mgeni is gone, but his legacy will echo for generations. Yusef was a brilliant historian, a community organizer, a former St. Paul educator, and a fierce advocate for Black people. He carried with him an extraordinary archive of speeches, books, articles, and photographs documenting the work of...

MINNEAPOLIS — Construction at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis, known as George Floyd Square, is set to begin in June. Work is expected to continue through the remainder of the year. The intersection where George Floyd was murdered in 2020 transformed into a public...

A nearly century-old landmark in downtown Minneapolis is facing foreclosure after its owner defaulted on its mortgage. The owner of the 32-story Foshay Tower, home to the the W Minneapolis hotel, failed to pay off its $51 million mortgage by its maturity date in May 2025, according to a lawsuit filed in Hennepin County District Court last week.

After a long, snowy winter where the landscape has been dominated by shades of white and gray, the halls of Galleria Edina have erupted into a riot of spring color. But among the fifteen one-of-a-kind floral masterpieces currently stopping shoppers in their tracks, one particular mannequin is standing out from the rest and that’s the outlier: North in Bloom from downtown...