RISE Dispensaries Begins Adult-Use Cannabis Sales in Minnesota
RISE Dispensaries began adult-use cannabis sales in Minnesota, with profits from the first day donated to local nonprofits. Green Thumb supports the community through donations to the Annunciation Hope & Healing Fund and partnerships with local organizations. In a recent press release, RISE Dispensaries, a cannabis...
Pizza Hut in downtown Minneapolis slated to become cannabis dispensary
A recreational cannabis dispensary is setting up shop in a downtown Minneapolis building that's currently occupied by a Pizza Hut. The 4,300-square-foot building at 1101 Hennepin Ave. sold for just over $1.5 million in early September, according to a Minnesota Department of Revenue filing. Pizza Hut's lease ends in...
How Mental Health Care in Schools Became the Norm in Minnesota
This girl just can’t seem to settle. Like a bird in search of a worm, she flits from spot to spot in Yolonda Rogers’ office — a desk, a couple of chairs and a beanbag in the corner of a multipurpose room at Heritage STEM Academy, a Minneapolis public high school. Rogers, a mental health […]
Eagle Street returns to St. Paul with new downtown sports bar
The Eagle Street, downtown St. Paul's newest sports bar, opened last week just across the road from the former Eagle Street Grille, to which the new establishment pays tribute. The new restaurant in the former Apostle Supper Club space is co-owned by Jim Flaherty and former Eagle Street Grille owner...
50,000 attend 40th Farm Aid in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS – An estimated 50,000 attended Farm Aid 40 at the University of Minnesota’s Huntington Bank Stadium Saturday. Among those attending were farmers. 36-year-old Matt Kruger grows corn, oats, sunflowers, and has 35 feeder cattle near Pine Island in southeastern Minnesota. He says markets are really poor in...
How much rain did we get?
WOODBURY, Minn. — A spectacular, sun-splashed day morphed into something else entirely on Sunday, leaving some metro communities soaked and others dented up from large hail. KARE 11's John Zeigler says the culprit is what's known as a quick-moving short wave, a shot of upper-level energy that rolled through the...
Storms drop hail, heavy rain on Twin Cities: photos
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Storms that pushed through the Twin Cities on Sunday night brought heavy rain, hail, and flashes of lightning. What we know: — Strong storms that moved through Sunday evening triggered severe thunderstorm warnings in the west metro and the Hudson area, with some threats of hail.
Watch Pro-Shot Footage of Bob Dylan’s Masterful Farm Aid Set
Forty years ago, Bob Dylan’s impromptu comments at Live Aid inspired Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp to stage the original Farm Aid in Champaign, Illinois. And on Saturday night, Bob Dylan returned to the Farm Aid stage to celebrate the event’s 40th anniversary at Huntington Bank Stadium in...
How a 19th cen. ‘doctor’ killed 15 people and got her start in Minnesota
MinnPost’s reporters work hard to bring you news about what’s happening in MN. Your tax-deductible donation today will show your support of our journalists and keep our stories paywall-free. In 1914, Linda Burfield Perry Hazzard’s unconventional healing methods landed her in prison in Washington State for...
Popular Minnesota Restaurant Now May Not Close After All
A familiar place is facing an uncertain future as patrons band together to save it. Can the community rally enough support?
