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Minneapolis

Who’s running for Minneapolis mayor and City Council in 2025 elections?

Minneapolis’ 2025 city elections will include Mayor Jacob Frey defending his post and all 13 city council seats on the ballot. Here’s who’s announced so far.
March 28, 2025

Prosecutors hope to recoup ‘millions’ of taxpayers’ money in Feeding Our Future fraud case

Bank records show conspirators spent just 3% of the federal money they got to feed needy children on food expenses, splurging instead on real estate and luxury goods.
March 28, 2025

Frey’s plan to take buses off Minneapolis’ Nicollet Mall next year meets resistance

Many agree Nicollet Mall needs resuscitation, but bus riders, pedestrian advocates and City Council members are skeptical that removing transit will lead to more people.
March 28, 2025

How the most important courtroom in Minneapolis churns through an endless stream of violent crime

Courtroom 141 in the Public Safety Facility is a setting of emotional wreckage and bureaucratic ballet, as tensions over conditional release simmer daily.
March 28, 2025

Hennepin Healthcare System CEO to step down

Jennifer DeCubellis is credited with leading the health care system through the COVID-19 pandemic and civil unrest in Minneapolis.
March 27, 2025
Hennepin County Deputy Administrator Jennifer DeCubellis said the county’s child protection system has turned a corner and is “out of crisis,” but more work needs to be done to protect children from maltreatment and traumatic separations.

Minneapolis violence interrupters say new city rules will reduce their staffing and pay

One nonprofit says its staff has to be cut from 32 to seven to comply with the new Neighborhood Safety contract requirements.
March 26, 2025

This baseball season your face can be your ticket to see the Twins

MLB and the Twins are using face recognition so fans can enter Target Field through Go-Ahead Entry lanes without scanning a ticket.
March 26, 2025

Minneapolis' total property value falls for second consecutive year

New assessments signal the property tax burden will continue to shift toward homeowners.
March 26, 2025

Minneapolis, University of Minnesota say string of armed robberies in Dinkytown likely coordinated

Multiple holdups occurred Sunday and Monday. Police are searching for suspects.
March 25, 2025

Key lawmaker says Target Field $55 million sales tax extension should wait until 2026

Minnesota Twins officials and Hennepin County leaders want to extend the 0.15% sales tax to fund HCMC and North Memorial hospitals and stadium upgrades.
March 25, 2025

Highway bridge protests are popping up across the Twin Cities. Who’s putting them on?

Sixty days into the second Trump administration, pedestrian bridges have become neighborhood gatherings for some who oppose the president — and want to scream about it.
March 25, 2025
A group of people standing on a pedestrian bridge over a highway are waving American flags. One woman is holding a protest sign saying "RESIST."

At ‘Nudieland’ sentencing, victims wrestle with grief and ‘failed’ society that creates killers

Several victims of the mass shooting at a DIY music venue in south Minneapolis that killed August Golden spoke about the inherent conflict of processing their grief through the criminal justice system.
March 25, 2025
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