Editor’s note: This article is adapted from a version published July 28, 2025, by the Minnesota Women’s Press. Two cities both intertwined and distinct, Minneapolis and Saint Paul have different approaches to solving similar housing problems — whether through city and county services, direct community aid, or both. Housing needs are a prominent issue in both the Minneapolis and Saint Paul mayoral races this year, as well as city council races. This story focuses on two major iss...| Streets.mn
The view and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of her organization. I became interested in local politics by accident when I started bike commuting in Minneapolis in 2011 (ask me about the exploding yogurt on the bike path incident). It wasn’t until well after COVID, however, that I had any awareness of the endorsement process for city-level elected officials, which came from the Wedge Live podcast. I recall referen...| Streets.mn
Editor’s Note: Max Hailperin is walking each of Minneapolis’ 87 neighborhoods, in alphabetical order. He chronicles his adventures at allofminneapolis.com, where the original version of this article was published August 31, 2025. Minneapolis’s North Loop neighborhood extends from the Mississippi River, between Plymouth and Hennepin Avenues, to the crotch of Interstates 94 and 394. Historically, it was settled in distinct areas, including a warehouse district and the exclusive Oak...| Streets.mn
The city aimed to allocate $10 million from utility fees for climate spending in 2023, but fell short. Now, the council is considering raising fees to help home and property owners pay for improvements that will lower greenhouse gas emissions. The post Minneapolis City Council considers raising power bill fees to fund eco-friendly improvements appeared first on Sahan Journal.| Sahan Journal
Minneapolis, MN — Another installment of No Kings protests against “increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption of the Trump administration” is sweeping cities across the U.S. today. In Minneapolis, an estimated total of 100,000 to 150,000 people showed up to the No Kings Twin Cities Rally… The post No Kings Protest Draws 100,000 Demonstrators in Minneapolis appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.| UNICORN RIOT
Unravel / vendredi 3 octobre 2025 Depuis mai, des anarchistes rôdent dans Minneapolis et abattent des caméras de surveillance de marque Flock. Pour ceux/celles qui ne les connaissent pas, ce sont des cameras dotées d’une technologie de lecture des plaques … Continuer la lecture →| Attaque
Top image: Hosmer Library at the Intersection of E 36th Street and 4th Ave South, 1940s. From the Department of Community Planning and Economic Development Records, Hennepin County Library. Imagine it is the spring of 1951, a weekday afternoon in May. You are nine years old, and you just got let out of Warrington Elementary School at 37th St. and 3rd Ave. for the day. It has been a strange school year, with the school strike and everything. You sniff the air outside, the smell of bread from t...| Streets.mn
Neighborhoods where stores were destroyed become food deserts overnight Grocery stores. Bodegas. Pharmacies. Check-cashing spots. All gone. By Marielle Segarra June 4, 2020 In many neighborhoods th…| Dan from Squirrel Hill's Blog
Candidates for St. Paul mayor told us where they stand on issues. Which is the top match for you? Find out before heading to the polls.| Meet Your St. Paul Mayor 2025
Leaders of Alhikmah Islamic Center in south Minneapolis are urging police to investigate whether a break-in Tuesday is related to a fire last week, and whether the incidents are hate crimes.| Sahan Journal
For many years, Naomi Kritzer has compiled the most comprehensive collections of information about candidates in Twin Cities races. We sat down with her to find out her process, how it started, and what advice she has both for campaigns and voters! Links Naomi’s blog Some insight into St Paul city council drama Attributions Our theme song is Tanz den Dobberstein, and our interstitial song is Puck’s Blues. Both tracks used by permission of their creator, Erik Brandt. Find out more about hi...| Streets.mn
Mi’aawaa Bakery and Coffee Cart, Kisma Cafe, and ChaiGirls are some of the women-led mobile bakery and beverage carts popping up in the Twin Cities area.| Sahan Journal
A new outdoor stream channel planned for the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory will allow researchers to study how beaver dams function and change the surrounding landscape.| Brainerd Dispatch
Brian Mitchell writes this as a resident of The Wedge near LynLake, and as a volunteer for Move Minnesota’s Minneapolis volunteer team and the Livable Lyndale campaign. These thoughts are his own and not made on behalf of either group. On August 14, Hennepin County released their final plan concept for the Lyndale Avenue South reconstruction project (though they are looking for more feedback). This plan was released months late after the comment period closed last fall, following the releas...| Streets.mn
Excessive heat continues to bear down on sections of the US, a reminder of the impetus for the The Inflation Reduction Act, the significant climate legislation that turns one year old on August 16.| AP News
Rising concerns about housing affordability, racial inequality and climate change are causing cities nationwide to re-examine their attachment to the detached house.| www.nytimes.com
“Every exit is an entry somewhere else.” — Tom Stoppard ThursdayTreeLove – 190 One afternoon post lunch, my peer and friend MH and I went for a quick walk after lunch. He took me …| happiness and food
Minneapolis police have identified the Annunciation Catholic Church Shooter as Robin Westman, a transgender person whose motive is unknown.| Hip-Hop Wired
The story of the Minneapolis mass shooting appeared below the fold on the New York Times website on Thursday, under the headline “Minneapolis’s Suspect’s Motive is a Mystery.” Nowhere on the Times homepage did “the suspect” get a pronoun. When you clicked through to the top story, it opened: “The person who the police say opened fire,” providing a tip-off that the paper’s ideologues knew there was a problem. Journalism is the business of specifics, and in the normal course o...| UnHerd
Things to do in the Twin Cities this weekend: Open Streets Cedar Fest celebrates hip-hop, Afrobeat and more; Nur-D headlines On the One Music Festival; dance groups perform at St. Paul’s India Fest; and the Japanese Obon Festival returns with a lantern ceremony.| Sahan Journal
“Perspectives are like batteries. You can see the positive or the negative, and they’ll keep you charged up, if you replace them often enough.”― Curtis Tyrone Jones Thursday Tree Love – 189 T…| happiness and food
When developing a new product, one of the first questions a client asks is: “How can I protect it—and where?” While intellectual property (IP) protection in| Attorney at Law Magazine
Solving homelessness among veterans is more than a housing challenge — it’s a community responsibility. The Built for Zero community in Minneapolis, Hennepin County knows this firsthand. Since joining the movement in 2018, the large city has worked to identify every neighbor experiencing veteran and chronic homelessness by name, in real time. In an area […]| Community Solutions
Understanding homelessness as a systems problem, not a personal failure. Hear a TED Talk on innovative solutions to address this pressing issue in communities across the U.S.| Community Solutions
Reacting to word that Pope Leo XIV would name St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the Church, Archbishop Bernard Hebda said he was thrilled, and the director of the St. Lawrence Newman Center serving the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota said it was great news.| TheCatholicSpirit.com
On this anniversary of Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, here are six pieces about why it happened — and what followed.| The Marshall Project
For sisters Leila and Noelle Awadallah, their Body Watani dance project has become a way to reclaim a Palestinian identity and to process the ongoing devastation of their ancestral homeland.| Sahan Journal
Upcoming events include a mall at the Capri Theatre on Saturday and an East African Business Resource Fair at the Brian Coyle Center on Monday.| Sahan Journal
Things to do in the Twin Cities this weekend: Pillsbury House and Theatre opens new community arts campus; young Black artists featured in a St. Paul exhibit; West African drumming and dance in Minneapolis; and Nature Fest returns with Latin art and outdoor activities.| Sahan Journal
Derrick Thompson was sentenced Thursday to 58 years in prison for killing five Somali American women in a 2023 car crash in Minneapolis.| Sahan Journal
Indigenous cuisine restaurant Owamni hasn’t been afraid to tweak their James Beard award-winning formula, with an evolving seasonal menu, a summertime snack stand, and last winter’s 13-course Waníyetu tasting menu (covered in the January 19, 2024 edition of the Tap). Owamni’s latest venture is the Turtle Island Dinner Series, an eight-course tasting menu the Heavy Table was invited to experience free of charge on opening night.| Heavy Table
After two weeks of successful power-sharing, the Senate will revert to a majority following Tuesday’s special election. The vacancy was created following the Dec. 28 death of Sen. Kate Dziedzic.| Rochester Post Bulletin
It’s always tricky to write about a brewery that takes over an existing space. (I wrote about it earlier, if you follow The Tulip and Schooner closely.) Brühaven opened in Loring Park in June, in the building that formerly housed Lakes & Legends. And if you ever went to Lakes & Legends, you’ll immediately make comparisons when you step into the taproom, which has been touched-up but still feels familiar. But it’s another story behind the bar and inside the brewhouse.| Heavy Table
Educational nonprofit WE WIN Institute breaks ground on new building after a nomadic three decades serving youth in Minneapolis out of rented spaces.| UNICORN RIOT
Two juveniles were charged with arson related to the fire, which caused $75 million in damage ($245 million in 2024 dollars). However, charges were later dropped. Why?| Mitchell Republic
Rep. Ilhan Omar introduces bill to ease path for mobile home residents to buy their parksFrank Adelmann was a resident, of many, evicted from Lowry Grove, a mobile park in the city of St. Anthony that was home to nearly 100 families. Days before the park’s closure in the summer of 2017, after the property […]| Twin Cities Daily Planet
A new form of identification – municipal identification – will soon be implemented in Minneapolis. It is possibly a life-changing move for thousands in the metro area. Municipal identification is not a nascent thing, but rather a local, albeit legal identification that’s taken hold in large and small cities across the country, from Los Angeles […]| Twin Cities Daily Planet
A convicted killer’s violent past and connections to Cindy Gerdes spurs family to push police for resolution in 1984 unsolved murder.| Cloquet Pine Journal
A convicted killer’s violent past and connections to Cindy Gerdes spurs family to push police for resolution in 1984 unsolved murder.| Alexandria Echo Press
Ameer Musa Matariyeh, previously charged with murder in a New London man's shooting death during an apparent carjacking, will also face related charges for offenses initially reported in Minneapolis.| West Central Tribune
People have been drinking mead nearly as long as they’ve been harvesting honey. While mead has a storied history, it’s not nearly as popular as beer and wine, despite some similarities. But that hasn’t stopped mead makers from pursuing their passions in a competitive beverage marketplace. The wine-like drink has always had an appeal to those who want something a little bit different, and that whimsical spirit drives Noah Stein and Skot Rieffer, who cofounded and opened Bumbling Fools me...| Heavy Table
Sarah Bonvallet wonders if the brewery she and her husband Rob Miller (pictured above) began 11 years ago during the nascent, rapid-fire opening of Minnesota taprooms, is no longer meant to exist. Dangerous Man recently shut down brewing at their original Northeast Minneapolis location, a critically lauded hotspot for the community for 11 years. Owning […]| Heavy Table
For 10 years, 612Brew was a core tenant of the Broadway Building at the busy intersection of Broadway and Central in Northeast Minneapolis. But last summer, 612 sold their business to new owners, Pat Carey, Jason Myrold, and Steve Wankewycz, who have rebranded as Padraigs Brewing.| Heavy Table
The new Church of Scientology Twin Cities Ideal Organization was dedicated October 22, 2011, in ceremonies attended by more than 1,000 Scientologists and their guests. Mr. David Miscavige, Chairman of the Board Religious Technology Center and ecclesiastical leader of the Scientology religion, was joined by civic leaders and government officials to commemorate the opening of … More Largest Scientology Church in the Midwest Opens for Minneapolis/St. Paul| Scientology Organizations Around the World
Photographs by Becca Dilley / Heavy Table This story originally appeared in the Feb. 16, 2024 edition of the Tap newsletter supported by Heavy Table’s Patreon backers. Subscribe on Patreon to keep the Heavy Table and get the newsletters. Getting Karl Gerstenberger to talk about meat is easy, especially if you agree to meet him […]| Heavy Table
When I mentioned to James Norton that I was getting a take-and-bake Thanksgiving dinner from Animales BBQ instead of making a meal from scratch, he asked if I’d write up a story about the value proposition, and I thought, sure, that’d be easy enough. Was what I paid ($180 plus tax, etc.) worth what I got?| Heavy Table
This story originally ran in the Heavy Table’s Churn newsletter on Oct. 10, 2023. If you’d like to read a lot more stories about the food and drink of the Upper Midwest, and support our writers and photographers as they document the scene, please back us on Patreon.| Heavy Table
We had our doubts about Mi Mexico Querido. This Mexican spot looked set to move into the former Dumpling space on Minnehaha last October when its lovely floral facade went up … and then a year went by. Its perpetual non-open status became a running joke for our family, and a symbol of Longfellow’s many nearly-great but not-quite-there restaurants and bakeries.| Heavy Table
This story originally appeared in the Heavy Table’s Tulip and Schooner newsletter, which tells the stories of beer, wine, and spirits in the Upper Midwest. Get the newsletter (and three others) by backing Heavy Table on Patreon.| Heavy Table
