MINNEAPOLIS – Just hours before a minor soccer match, thousands of dollars of equipment went missing. A Minneapolis team is now fighting to recover from its recent setback. The Minneapolis City Soccer Club was not prepared for this kind of theft. Sarah Schreier said, “I felt sick to my stomach.” I knew what happened pretty …
Paul Marquart, Revenue Commissioner, and the chairs of tax committees at the Minnesota State Capitol said that they will work together to correct an error in a tax law worth $3 billion approved in May. Due to a drafting mistake, outdated rates of standard deductions were incorporated into law for the tax year 2024. This …
No thunder. No wailing tornado sirens. There will be no beeping notifications at the bottom of TV screens during prime time. The relative quiet you’re hearing is an indication of a very mild spring in Minnesota. There have been some torrential downpours, and there are scattered reports of high wind or hail. But overall this …
After a stormy winter, most of Minnesota has seen an unusually quiet spring Read More »
The number of Minnesota building permits is on the rise, but most are for apartments or single-family houses rather than condos. The Twin Cities mainly adds density by using a mixture of methods. Other cities do this with a variety of approaches. It’s a combination of economics and paranoia. Condos carry a variety of risks …
Why have so few condos been built in the Twin Cities? Read More »
The demolition of M Health Fairview Bethesda Hospital will soon be completed. The former acute and physical rehabilitation facility, located near the State Capitol, closed its doors in November 2020. This marked the end of a nearly 140-year-old history of medical services in downtown St. Paul. At the height of pandemic, the building was temporarily …
Bethesda Hospital is demolished in St. Paul to make way for a new mental health facility Read More »
On Wednesday, officials released the name of the man shot dead this week on Interstate 94 in north Minneapolis. Omarai Nasir Engle of Fridley was shot shortly after midnight on Tuesday and died at North Memorial Health, in Robbinsdale, less than an hour afterwards. Police spokesman Adam Kennedy said that officers went to the intersection …
The driver who was shot dead on I-94 north Minneapolis has been identified Read More »
A man is accused of shooting three people, including his girlfriend and her cousin in St. Paul last week. The 64-year old man was out walking his dog with his friend. He then climbed onto a rooftop to escape from police. The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office charged Jaleel Jaleel-Bey with three counts of second degree …
A former Minneapolis officer was sentenced to nine months at the county workhouse on Wednesday for a high speed pursuit that resulted in an innocent St. Paul driver being killed. Brian Michael Cummings (39), pleaded guilty to criminal vehicular murder in April for the crash on July 6, which killed Leneal Lamont Frazier, 40. Prosecutors …
A male grabbed an 87 year old woman from behind and threw her on the ground. He then drove off in her Honda Civic. The carjacking happened on a sunny June afternoon outside the Maplewood doctor’s offices. People rushed to the victim after the incident. The stolen Honda was found parked the next day on …
GoFundMe has set up a GoFundMe for the family Manijeh “Mani” Starren. She was found dead this week in a Woodbury locker after being missing for over two months. Starren, 33 years old, was reported as missing by her father to the police on May 1, 2013. Her last contact with her family was around …
GoFundMe established for St. Paul woman was found dead last week Read More »