One of the consequences of the collapse of downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul is the rise of “suburban downtowns” elsewhere. The Star Tribune reports: The concept of a “suburban downtown”…
The U.S. Attorney announced machine gun possession charges against two men in connection with the shootings at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis last month outside of the Wayzata High School graduation…
Another suburban high school graduation, another incident involving guns. Late last month, it was the Wayzata High School ceremony, held at the University of Minnesota’s Mariucci hockey arena. This weekend,…
Drilling down into local politics, we find an interesting story in the south Metro, illustrating a number of trends in state politics. The seven members of the Dakota County Board…
A reader sent me this piece in the MN Reformer, reporting on the ongoing efforts of Uber and Lyft to leave the Minneapolis market as the city implements new rideshare…
The most recent defendant charged in the case — Hoda Abdi (No. 70, in the official numbering) — was in federal court in Minneapolis this afternoon to file guilty plea…
The ever-alert Lou Raguse of KARE-11 TV noticed a late Friday press release from the office of the state Attorney General (AG) and promptly put out a Twitter (X) thread,…
Your correspondent ventures south of the river, again. A while back we documented the free-food connections to be found in the south metro suburban city of Burnsville. 1506 Southcross Drive…
The south metro suburban city of Burnsville boasts a population of 64,000 and the ski area Buck Hill. It also contains enough free-food distribution capacity (at least on paper) to…