Twin Cities metro musicians release protest song to raise funds for the ACLU-MN
Musicians across the Twin Cities Metro area have released a protest song to raise money for the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota.
St. Louis Park’s Metropoint Tower Dumped at Fire-Sale Price
A 10-story office tower at 435 Ford Road in St. Louis Park, known as the Metropoint "435" building, just changed hands at a price that amounts to a massive haircut from its last sale. The deal is already stoking redevelopment chatter around the Metropoint campus and putting yet another spotlight on just how bruised...
Felony Charge Filed After 1-Year-Old Tests Positive for Cocaine
A woman is facing a felony charge after authorities say her one-year-old child tested positive for cocaine. Investigators say the boy tested positive for the drug after staying with his mother at a hotel in Coon Rapids in the days leading up to the hospital visit. Hailey Marie Iseri, 23,...
Viral Build-Your-Own Mac ‘n Cheese Place is Coming to Minnesota
Roni's Mac Bar offers build-your-own mac 'n cheese and it's gone viral on TikTok. Soon, they'll be opening two locations in Minnesota.
Sleep Number’s Minneapolis headquarters turns into a data center
MINNEAPOLIS — Debate over data centers continues to grow in the suburbs, but they're gaining ground in Minneapolis. The former Sleep Number headquarters building there just sold for $235 million and a small data center is now running inside it. Minneapolis Downtown Council CEO Adam Duininck says redevelopment like...
Busy stretch of I-394 to see construction beginning this weekend going through the fall
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Get ready for another summer of road construction. Starting this Sunday, work begins again on I-394 between downtown Minneapolis and Highway 100 in Golden Valley. According to MnDOT, westbound I-394 will be reduced to two lanes using the E-ZPass lanes, which will operate as normal...
Sonnesyn, Jager win Birkebeiner 50K race
Alayna Sonnesyn of Plymouth, Minnesota won her fifth American Birkebeiner 50-kilometer women’s cross-country skate-ski race between Cable and Hayward Saturday Feb. 21, while Luke Jager of Anchorage, Alaska, won the men’s 50K skate race. It was the first Birkie win for Jager, a member of the U.S. Ski Team who skis for...
I-494 closing for the weekend in south metro
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Drivers will want to steer clear of Interstate 494 in the south metro this weekend. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) will close the freeway in both directions between I-35W and Highway 77 in Bloomington and Richfield starting at 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20 and continuing through 5...
The pro-gun case liberals don’t want to hear
The Gray Area is now publishing twice a week on audio and video. Subscribe to Vox’s YouTube channel or listen wherever you get your podcasts. Tyler Austin Harper didn’t set out to become a culture warrior. He trained as a scholar. His PhD was in comparative literature. He...
Drivers Beware: Two major road projects in the Twin Cities will close freeways
Get ready for some winter roadwork and detours when you’re out and about this weekend in the Twin Cities metro. It already started in Bloomington-Richfield along 494, and starting Sunday a huge project on 394 will cause headaches for drivers.
