Somali Week finishes with a celebration

Somali-American Day organizers enlisted camels to help kids connect with their homeland.

Arson fire under investigation at Dayton's former home

Shinders holds its final sale: an auction

Landmark bookstore has its last chapter with 5 million sports cards and boxes of comics sold off.

Hennepin County: Don't light up around here

The county started its expanded ban on tobacco use Friday, shooing smokers off popular outdoor sp...

West Nile virus back for 2011; virus found in dead crow

Reward offered in Minneapolis break-in, stabbing

Minneapolis police join with Crime Stoppers to identify suspect sought in burglary and stabbing.

Developer evicts a group that opposed his Loring Hill project

Brad Hoyt is making his third attempt to develop a Loring Hill site that has embroiled him in lit...

Thousands to fete Somalia's independence

FEMA denies Minneapolis appeal for individual aid

Volunteers say they're disappointed. Meanwhile, the City Council approved an extra $600,000.

Minneapolis, St. Paul high on most-active list

Minneapolis earns a rating among greenest cities

Rocco Forte retires amid questions

Minneapolis' chief of regulation and emergency preparedness, former fire chief and a city worker ...

'Outrageous' no-show robs family of closure

Christopher Schiebel's relatives waited in vain in court to confront Shelbi Svare over her role i...

State's first teacher-led school hits a delay

The French immersion school, which was to open in north Minneapolis this fall, failed to enroll e...

Bellyaches aside, a day to remember at Target Field

Police officers take inner-city kids to Target Field, treating them like celebrities with special...

High court orders resentencing in murder

A man who shot his girlfriend and then left her gasping for air was not guilty of "particular...

Local officials say no Olympics bid in the works

An Associated Press story listed Minneapolis as one of five potential U.S. competitors for the 20...

Freight rail rerouting rolls toward a decision

The city of St. Louis Park says freight trains could be kept in the Kenilworth corridor with ligh...

Hopkins man, 22, dies after high-speed car crash

Hennepin libraries hit a milestone

Celebrating 125 years of operation, the county library system has assembled an exhibit that recal...

Soaking up sun and Spanish culture

As soon as school let out, students from two Minneapolis schools headed south for summer classes.

Not waiting for FEMA aid

Residents of the tornado-stricken North Side hope the federal agency will reconsider disaster aid...

118 layoffs for Minneapolis schools

The vote by the school board to fix a $20 million budget deficit includes the loss of 52 teachers...

Seward suspect will be tried

The state Supreme Court upheld a ruling that Mahdi Hassan Ali was at least 16 at the time of the ...

Victim of head-on crash ID'd as bakery employee