Spooky decorations abound in Anoka's Halloween house decorating contest
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Anoka is believed to be the first city in the U.S. host a Halloween event back in 1920. Ten years later, the celebration is still going strong. Shayne Wells checked out one of the haunted homes entered in the decorating contest.

Your final garden checklist for fall with Garden Guy Dale K
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Before the snow flies there are still some important things to get done in the garden. Good Day Garden Guy Dale K has gardening tips to wrap up the year on the right note.

Ultimate Dinosaurs exhibit arrives at the Science Museum of Minnesota
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The Ultimate Dinosaurs exhibit showcases some of the most spectacular dinosaurs you may have never heard of. The exotic creatures evolved in isolation in the Southern Hemisphere. There are 15 life-sized casts and dozens of prehistoric specimens. The show will be at the Science Museum of Minnesota through April.

House plants with fall flair
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There's not much left to do in the garden for the year, so keep yourself busy with some new house plants! Garden Guy Dale K brought his favorite plants with fall flair.

Minnesota Untold: Black & Blue

The election of Charles Stenvig in 1969 marked a turning point for the Minneapolis Police Department.

19th annual Twin Cities Black Film Festival underway in downtown Minneapolis

Nearly two decades later, Natalie Morrow’s Twin Cities Black Film Festival is still rolling. This year’s festival celebrates the 19th anniversary on October 21-24 at the Radisson Red Hotel in downtown Minneapolis.

Halloween display in St. Louis Park celebrates iconic TV and movie characters
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A Twin Cities artist created a Halloween display big enough to share with the entire neighborhood. Adam Turman painted his first Halloween cutout nearly 10 years ago. Each year he adds a new cast of characters and for 2021 it?s the Star Wars crew. They join cutouts of The Ghostbusters, Harry Potter, Stranger Things, Jaws and Pirates of the Caribbean in the Brookside Neighborhood of St. Louis Park. Initially, the cutouts lived in Turman?s yard but he ran out of space so now he?s sharing with the neighbors.

Minnesota senior hockey players, ages 64-84, hit the rink together twice a week

A group of senior hockey players in the south metro is proving that "age is just a number." Even though they are in their 60s, 70s, and 80s, they are showing no signs of slowing down.

Rebuilding Minneapolis: Pillsbury United invests in properties damaged after murder of George Floyd

From Lake Street in south Minneapolis to West Broadway on the north side of the city, hundreds of buildings were damaged or destroyed in the days following the murder of George Floyd. A local nonprofit is now working to buy some of those properties in a push to revitalize underinvested communities.

Planning an apple picking adventure with Garden Guy Dale K
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Its officially fall, which means you?ve probably unpacked the cozy sweater and dusted off your leather boots. Planning an apple picking adventure is a must-do fall bucket list. Being immersed in nature at your local orchard will send you home with fresh air and, of course, a bucket of apples.

Haunted basement bar experience opens in Robbinsdale restaurant
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Classic horror movies are the inspiration behind a new tasting menu and drink flight at Travail Kitchen in Downtown Robbinsdale. It?s an experience they?re offering in their basement bar. Travail brought in the crew from ?Haunted Basement? to decorate the space for the occasion. Reservations opened up earlier this month and sold out in an hour, but there is a waitlist and they say spots open quite often. After Halloween the team will embrace New Orleans for their November Basement Bar experience.

Springboard for the Arts moves into new location
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A vacant car lot in St. Paul has transformed into a beautiful space for a leading arts institute. Springboard for the Arts has added colorful murals, art installations and green space to the former eyesore on University Avenue just a few blocks west of the Capitol. The public space will be used to host artists, neighborhood events and community celebrations

Minority-owned businesses finding success at ?Community Commons?
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One year ago, Community Commons opened at Mall of America as a Launchpad for minority-owned businesses. Eight of those businesses have moved out, opening permanent stores at the Mall and that?s the goal. Now the store is in its third round of tenants. The 17 retailers specialize in everything from fashion to makeup, skin products and even banana pudding. The store is on level 2 South.

Everything you need to know about planting tulip bulbs
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Fill your garden now with beautiful bulbs that will bloom this spring! Garden Guy Dale K has his no-fuss simple tips for bulb success.

Give your front steps a fall makeover with tips from Garden Guy Dale K
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Nothing can spruce up a Minnesota porch in the fall quite like pumpkins and mums. This morning Garden Guy Dale K has some easy DIY ideas to make your front door adorable for fall.

Valleyfair transforms into ValleySCARE
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Valleyfair Amusement Park has become Valleyfair scream park. The Shakopee attraction has added five haunted mazes and multiple ?scare zones? for people over 13 years old. There?s also family-friendly Halloween fun at the ?Great Pumpkin Fest? including a Peanuts musical adventure called ?The Monsters are Coming, Charlie Brown!? a Great Pumpkin Parade and corn maize.

Edina residents work to discharge racial covenants in property deeds

For more than 20 years, Jeff Hall has called the historic Country Club neighborhood of Edina home. He was shocked to learn his property deed contained a racial covenant, designed to bar people of color from buying a home there.