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Details are limited, but University of Minnesota police say a group of students was assaulted by a knife-wielding man outside of Williams Arena early Saturday morning. According to police, the assault was reported around 1:10 a.m. Saturday, near the west side of Williams Arena, which is located at 1925 University...

A once-segregated stretch of Minneapolis has a new name — and a new legacy. What was formerly Edmund Boulevard, a street named for a real estate developer who helped enforce racial segregation, now proudly bears the name Lena Smith Boulevard, honoring Minnesota’s first Black woman attorney and one of the state’s...

A roadside explosion in Big Lake Township led deputies to what they describe as a filthy home-based explosives lab where a child was living amid guns, drugs and 3D-printed weapon parts — and to a second bomb packed with nails and BBs. Authorities say the Oct. 21 blast came from a white Dodge Challenger where Jantje...

Known only as Nomark, a young man from the Twin Cities has become an unexpected symbol of civic vigilance. A modern-day watcher who believes accountability starts with awareness. When photographer Marley Lessar and I first met Nomark, the November air carried that faint electric chill Minneapolis always gets before...

Guy Fieri has featured a ton of great Minnesota restaurants on his Food Network shows. Fieri recently revealed his favorite restaurants in Minnesota; see them at the bottom of this story. The Food Network is my go-to when there's nothing on, and more often than not, that means watching one...

On November 5, 2025, Averi M. Turner was sworn in as the District 2 Commissioner for the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. She will serve until January 2, 2026, after Becka Thompson resigned in October. District 2 includes North Minneapolis. The board held an application period from October 10 to October 24 to...

A 22-year-old Edina man is charged after police say he pointed a fake gun at a woman, demanded money, and hit her in the face before running from officers. According to the criminal complaint, police were called on Nov. 5 to the McDonald’s on Southdale Circle after reports that a man had pointed a firearm at a woman...

As a thirty-year St. Paul advocate for transit and active mobility (biking, walking), I have been following Rethinking I-94 and the Summit Avenue cycling trail issue. I have some immodest proposals. When rebuilding I-94, limit it to electric vehicles (EVs), bicycles, running and walking. Install a genuine bicycle...

A teen is accused of carrying out multiple armed carjackings across Minneapolis last summer. Prosecutors say he targeted food delivery drivers through fake orders and later stole another car at gunpoint after crashing a stolen one. According to a criminal complaint, 18-year-old Dijon Jacquez Davis is charged with...

The Minneapolis Small Business Forum at the Mosaic Venue, originally scheduled for last weekend, was rescheduled to Thursday, October 30, after State Sen. Omar Fateh had a family emergency. Mayor Jacob Frey, who did not attend the initial session, was also absent from the rescheduled event, citing growing campaign...