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Lighting up a winter night

How do you put together a luminary event attended by over 10,000 people?With lots of volunteers.Loppet Luminary Committee Chair Jim Young helps coordinate the team of people who shape ice from lake …

Has snowfall made dent in drought?

Last summer was one of the driest on record in the Twin Cities, and the latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows that most of Hennepin County, including Minneapolis, remains in a moderate drought halfway …

Give feedback on new zoning rules

The city is poised to take a big step this spring when it enshrines zoning regulations that will guide the city’s growth for decades to come. Ward 7 City Council Member Lisa Goodman, who chairs …

Can Minnehaha Creek be restored?

Leaves rustle in a dry creek bed, tiny fish drift ever so slightly in stagnant pools of murky water. Drips slip past and quietly fall over the limestone cliff. While the mighty gush of Minnehaha …

Q&A with CHILEEN PAINTING

Chileen Painting is a third-generation, family-owned business started in 1952. Their home restoration techniques range from painting to woodwork to enameling. Greg Chileen brought Chileen Painting to …

"In order to have a change, we need a change agent,” stated Ward 7 Council Member Lisa Goodman during a Lunch with Lisa event on Feb. 1, 2023. She admitted to …

Over a hundred Minneapolis Police Officers and 50 squads shut down an eight-block radius around the Roof Depot site at Longfellow and 27th on Tuesday evening, Feb. 21, 2023, at about 6:15 p.m., and …

Last year, I posed a few questions about how the current events of that time might affect the real estate market.How would sanctions and the war in Ukraine affect our economy? Would supply chain …

In Ward 13, Kate Mortenson has joined the race and will be challenging incumbent Linea Palmisano for the city council seat she currently holds. Mortenson lives in Lynnhurst and is the founder of …

City briefs Mar. 2

Legalizing saunas After receiving a citation requiring them to close down by March 3, a Linden Hills business, Embrace North, is trying to find a way to stay open and change the laws regulating …

Neighborhood news March 2, 2023

SWHS 80s ALL-CLASS REUNION June 17To celebrate the 40th anniversary of graduating from Minneapolis Southwest High School, the Class of 1983 is hosting an 80s All-Class Reunion on Saturday, June 17, 7 …

Not much news, but an impediment

The quarterly Metro Transit service change March 18, 2023 is going to be a sleeper. Even though we were promised that a hiring blitz would alleviate the driver shortage and enable a return to the …

HELP WANTED

It’s been called the Great Resignation, the Big Quit and the Great Reshuffle. Resignation rates across the United States have remained high since COVID-19 hit in the spring of …

Farmers Markets Don’t Just Happen

We all love farmers markets, but have you ever stopped to think about the behind the scenes effort it takes to run a market?

A massive snowstorm caused massive problems on Minneapolis streets. You had questions about it, we got you answers.

The owners, who closed their downtown Minneapolis bar in late 2022, will have a similar rooftop bar when it warms up

With over half of its family homes in poor condition, the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority said a one-time investment from the State would allow the agency to catch up on repairs and preserve its existing housing stock.

PROTESTING CITY’S PLANS FOR ROOF DEPOT SITE

Over a hundred Minneapolis Police Officers and 50 squads shut down an eight-block radius around the Roof Depot site on Tuesday evening, Feb. 21, 2023, at about 6:15 p.m., and forcibly removed …

Longfellow resident Delaney Russell was shocked when a Minneapolis Police Officer pushed her back on the slippery sidewalk when the occupation at the Roof Depot site was being cleared by over 100 …

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