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Finance and Commerce
April 20, 2018
Long-vacant land, retail space and aging offices in three Minneapolis neighborhoods may soon see apartment projects rise on their sites. But these projects are quite a bit smaller than the typical complexes and towers built in the Twin Cities apartment boom. Smaller redevelopment sites outside downtownÃâà...
Finance and Commerce
April 20, 2018
The contenders are Atlanta; Austin, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Dallas; Denver; Houston; Los Angeles; Minneapolis; New York; Philadelphia; Raleigh, North Carolina; San Diego; San Francisco; and Seattle. The Army says the headquarters should be near universities and technology companies. It says theÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
April 20, 2018
Even though there has been progress with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Minneapolis native Patricia Fox, featured in the April 15 article about disability parking, is a reminder that there is still a long way to go. She and many others are being overlooked and squashed because able-bodied individualsÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
April 20, 2018
Minneapolis police officers are turning on their body cameras more than 80 percent of the time that they're supposed to, a dramatic improvement over two months ago, the Police Department reported Thursday. Police are linking the video to case numbers after nearly all calls, another major improvement,Ãâà...
CBS Minnesota / WCCO
April 20, 2018
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities say a 31-year-old Minneapolis man was arrested Thursday after an apparent carjacking in Edina. Edina police say the incident happened at about 1:45 p.m. as an Edina police officer spotted a suspicious person in a wooded area near Vernon Avenue and GleasonÃâà...
CBS Minnesota / WCCO
April 20, 2018
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police say one man is hospitalized and another is in custody after a shooting in north Minneapolis Thursday night. Minneapolis police responded at about 6:30 p.m. to a report of shots fired near the 4600 block of Lyndale Avenue North. Authorities say a dispute began between twoÃâà...
KSTP
April 19, 2018
Snowy Spring Delaying Minneapolis Park and Rec Maintenance Work ... The record-breaking cold and snow is causing big delays at Minneapolis parks. ... "Spring is a complicated time for us," said Brent Kath, the assistant director of asset management for the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.
MinnPost
April 19, 2018
Sometime this August, Minneapolis riders will begin seeing the first evidence of something becoming common in other large American cities: dockless bike sharing. Rather than renting and returning bikes to the now familiar Nice Ride docking stations in Minneapolis, a dockless bike can be left almostÃâà...
KSTP
April 19, 2018
April 18, 2018 03:47 PM. Two men were arrested Tuesday evening in connection to an aggravated robbery that occurred in Minneapolis. According to a release from the Minneapolis Police Department, officers were called around 10 p.m. on a report of a physical altercation and stabbing. Advertisement. When officersÃâà...
Racer X Online
April 18, 2018
Our own Rich Shepherd and Jeff Kardas were at U.S. Bank Stadium for round 14 of Monster Energy AMA Supercross to capture all the action. Here are some of their best photos from Minneapolis. Kardy; Kardy; Kardy; Kardy; Kardy; Kardy; Kardy; Kardy; Kardy; Kardy; Kardy; Kardy; Kardy; Kardy; KardyÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
April 18, 2018
It seems like just about everyone in Minneapolis has a Prince story. And lots of academics have theories about the Minnesota music icon. Dozens of academics — from Yale to Arizona State — have gathered at the University of Minnesota this week for a symposium called “Prince from Minneapolis.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
April 18, 2018
Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo presided over the swearing in of one new inspector, eight lieutenants and sixteen new sergeants at the 2018 Minneapolis Police Promotional Ceremony Tuesday. comment. share Ãâ÷ tweet Ãâ÷ email. Print. more. Share on: Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+Ãâà...
KMSP-TV
April 18, 2018
(KMSP) - Even days after an historic April snowstorm that dumped more than a foot of snow across Minnesota, the City of Minneapolis is still struggling to return to some semblance of normal. North Minneapolis in particular seems to be reeling, with some alleyways still impassable and many smaller carsÃâà...
Twin Cities Business Magazine
April 18, 2018
As businesses statewide battled the onslaught of snow last weekend, arguably few were hit as hard as the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival. ... The annual Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, put on by the Minneapolis St. Paul Film Society, features more than 250 films by artistsÃâà...
CBS Minnesota / WCCO
April 18, 2018
He was most recently assigned to the Minneapolis field office where he worked as a liaison at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in counterterrorism and other matters, it says. The sworn statement by an FBI counterintelligence agent says Albury accessed at least two-thirds of the 27 classifiedÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
April 18, 2018
Mark Montgomery gets ribbed by his fellow Minneapolis police officers about how he was kicked out of the 1994 Rose Bowl for fighting when he played for the University of Wisconsin football team. But on Tuesday, it was respect all around as Montgomery and 23 other officers' promotions to supervisoryÃâà...
City Pages
April 18, 2018
So you're in the market for a new house. You're eyeballing gigantic, European-style castles, but you're determined to stay in Minneapolis. 0. You're in luck: Welcome to 116 E. 22nd St. "This one is probably one of the most spectacular properties we've listened in some time -- it's so much fun," says listingÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
April 17, 2018
Velma Korbel, the head of the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights, is one step closer to reappointment after a City Council committee voted Monday to give her two more years on the job. Mayor Jacob Frey had planned to include Korbel in his first round of nominations in February but pulled her nameÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
April 17, 2018
When Jon Hempel got his real estate license, he went vertical right away. His first purchase was a St. Paul office building, and they just kept getting bigger. His specialty was turning around underperforming commercial buildings, including several downtown Minneapolis office towers, and he launched fiveÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
April 1, 2018
After 3Ãâý years at the Dorsey & Whitney law office in Minneapolis, Towns is now serving a three-month stint at the Minneapolis City Attorney's Office as part of Dorsey's pro bono program, which allows young associates to receive litigation experience and reduce the work burden on city attorneys. DorseyÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
April 1, 2018
“Any policy that is meant to address some of the housing disparities and housing issues but doesn't result in a benefit to communities of color and to communities in north Minneapolis, is just going to be continued institutional racism,” said Jeff Skrenes, a mortgage banker, blogger and longtime resident ofÃâà...
CBS Minnesota / WCCO
March 31, 2018
Many other districts are off this week. MSP International Airport says last Friday alone, more than 50,000 people passed through security checkpoints. That makes it the second busiest day ever at MSP, second only to the day after the Super Bowl, where they had nearly 61,000. Overall, the airport says moreÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 31, 2018
Private donations were used to reimburse Minneapolis for its $7.4 million public cost to host the Super Bowl, city officials say. The city said the privately supported Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee lived up to its promise to cover public costs relating to the game, with all but some last-minute invoicesÃâà...
City Pages
March 30, 2018
The Warehouse District zone to allow strip joints and sex shops. A church should not bar them from the neighborhood. Wikimedia. 0. Reader Kimber Louisiana responds to In Minneapolis case of 3 Degrees Church vs. topless bar, religion proves victorious: Ãâ÷ 0. Okay, whether or not you like the church or sexÃâà...
TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
March 30, 2018
Prosecutors have charged a Minneapolis man with murder in the overdose death of a 19-year-old woman in Carver County. Twenty-nine-year-old Deon Lee Hillard is charged with third-degree murder in the death of Olivia Rose Zorbas of Watertown. According to the criminal complaint, Zorbas' family foundÃâà...
Minnesota Daily
March 29, 2018
The Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan is a draft for widespread changes throughout the city, including a massive zoning overhaul. The proposal, released last week, would alter single and two-family zoning districts to allow for the development of “fourplexes.” “In housing development, we end upÃâà...
WDAY
March 22, 2018
He is charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting south Minneapolis resident Justine Damond last July. Hennepin County Jail records show Noor was released with conditions Wednesday evening. KSTP's Beth McDonough was present as Noor and his attorneyÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 22, 2018
The former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder and manslaughter in the July shooting death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond made his first court appearance Wednesday, where his bail was set at $400,000. During the hearing, Mohamed Noor said his first public words since the incident in southÃâà...
Here And Now
March 22, 2018
This March 20, 2018 photo provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office in Minneapolis, Minn., shows Minneapolis Police Officer Mohamed Noor, after he turned himself in to the Hennepin County Jail. Noor was charged Tuesday with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in theÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 22, 2018
The nonprofit beer organization opened its new Finnegans House doors last Saturday for a single-day debut before closing again to finalize equipment preparations. The complex, which includes a private club and an innovation lab in a four-story building in downtown Minneapolis, will reopen March 30.
Minnesota Public Radio News
March 22, 2018
The group of 20 Minneapolis students was selected by the community organization Northside Achievement Zone. They leave on a bus for Washington, D.C., Wednesday along with a group of students from Henry Sibley High School in Mendota Heights. North High School senior Damon Brown said it's timeÃâà...
Duluth News Tribune
March 22, 2018
SPRING LAKE PARK, Minn. -- A pedestrian was fatally struck by a motorist in Spring Lake Park on Monday, officials say. The 59-year-old Forest Lake man was apparently dressed in dark clothing and walking in the southbound lanes of Minnesota 65 about 8 p.m. when he was struck by a minivan driven byÃâà...
TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
March 22, 2018
Flowers, candles and messages are close to an alley west of Washburn Avenue South on 51st Street in Minneapolis, Wednesday, March 21, 2018. A Minneapolis police officer, Mohamed Noor, shot and killed Justine Damond after she called 911 to report an assault July of 2017. (Jean Pieri / Pioneer Press).
WTOP
March 22, 2018
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an Australian woman has been released from jail. KSTP-TV reports that Mohamed Noor was released Wednesday night after posting $400,000 bail. Noor is charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter inÃâà...
Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
March 21, 2018
Health IT company Ability Network will expand its Minneapolis office by 17,000 square feet to accommodate its growth. Ability, which reached a deal to be sold for $1.2 billion earlier this month, has about 200 employees based in Minneapolis, a company spokeswoman said. Prior to the expansion, AbilityÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 21, 2018
The city of Minneapolis is set to borrow $108 million over five years to build an 11-story office building on 4th Avenue across the street from City Hall. The building will go up on the site of the parking ramp just east of Government Plaza and will house staff from several heavily visited departments includingÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 21, 2018
The newly built, 126-room AC Hotel Minneapolis West End officially opened this week in St. Louis Park. It has the same European feel as other AC Hotels that have recently opened in the Twin Cities with a kitchen with a Berkel meat slicer and perfumed musk that is sprayed throughout the hotel. But thereÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 21, 2018
Metro Transit officials are building a new rapid bus line to shuttle riders from Brooklyn Center to downtown Minneapolis, the newest line in a push to improve bus service in rapidly growing suburban areas. “Here we are standing out in the cold in Minnesota celebrating something,” said Gary Cunningham,Ãâà...
KSTP
March 21, 2018
Minneapolis police are investigating what led up to a shooting and subsequent crash Tuesday night. March 21, 2018 05:27 AM. Minneapolis police are investigating what led up to a shooting and subsequent crash Tuesday night. According to authorities, the incident occurred at 36th Street and Second Avenue South.
CBS Minnesota / WCCO
March 21, 2018
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesotans usually love ranking high in surveys. But, a new one from the Economist Magazine has people scratching their heads, calling it “nuts” and “not even close.” The survey finds Minneapolis is the third most expensive city to live in the U.S. and the 26th in the world.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 21, 2018
Minneapolis ranked third in the latest annual survey of expenses by the Economist magazine's data business, called the Economist Intelligence Unit. It ranked 26th among the major world cities surveyed by the magazine. Singapore and Paris were found to have the highest expenses in the world.
NPR
March 21, 2018
Former Minneapolis Police Officer Mohamed Noor, after he turned himself in to the Hennepin County Jail. AP hide caption. toggle caption. AP. Former Minneapolis Police Officer Mohamed Noor, after he turned himself in to the Hennepin County Jail. AP. A Minneapolis police officer is charged withÃâà...
New York Times
March 21, 2018
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Australian woman last summer, an incident that led to protests and the ouster of the city's police chief, was jailed Tuesday on charges of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. The shooting of the woman, JustineÃâà...
TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
March 20, 2018
A man who died after a house fire Saturday night in Minneapolis has been identified. The victim was Thomas Edward Nowak, 63, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner. He died of injuries sustained in the fire. The Minneapolis Fire Department responded to the fire in the 1100 block of 23rdÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 7, 2018
A 39-story condo tower that's slated to be built along the downtown Minneapolis riverfront could be the tallest, most expensive project of its kind to land in the city since the recession. Ryan Cos. and Twin Cities developer Luigi Bernardi are partnering to develop the 101-unit project along West RiverÃâà...
gomn.com
March 7, 2018
Cub Foods will open a smaller-format store in south Minneapolis tailored towards on-the-go shoppers. Owners Supervalu confirmed the project on Wednesday, saying it's scheduled to open in spring 2019 at 46th Street and Hiawatha Avenue. What's unique about this store compared to other Cubs is thatÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 7, 2018
Thrivent Financial wants to include a pocket park, coffee shop, chapel and meditation area and art gallery in its new headquarters the nonprofit company wants to build on one of its parking lots in downtown Minneapolis. In addition, developers want to build a hotel and apartment building and day care andÃâà...
KSTP.com
March 7, 2018
Developers have proposed what they call an "ultra-luxury" high-rise condo building for Minneapolis' Mill District on the downtown waterfront. The 39-story tower, which would be named Eleven, would be designed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects, which has designed similarly-styled buildings including 15Ãâà...
Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
March 7, 2018
Ryan Cos. US Inc. and Edina developer Luigi Bernardi are planning a 39-story condominium tower near Minneapolis' Mill District. The high rise will be called Eleven, at 1101 West River Parkway. The site, just downriver from Gold Medal Park and the Guthrie Theater, has become a hotbed of residentialÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 7, 2018
A proposed passenger rail line between Minneapolis and Duluth cleared a key hurdle recently after federal regulators determined it will not significantly impact the environment along its 152-mile route. Now, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) will try to identify federal and state sources toÃâà...
