Minneapolis

A controversial part of the redesign of Hennepin Ave through Uptown Minneapolis received approval from the Minneapolis City Council Thursday, setting the stage for implementation of a project that has been long debated.

A 17-year-old has been charged for the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old on a light rail platform in Minneapolis.

Carol Ann Swigart, the Minneapolis woman missing since June, has been found safe, according to the Minneapolis Police Department.

"I found his answers about lives lost to be broad and evasive. It makes me wonder how things are going to be different here in Minneapolis.” said one council member prior to the vote.

Vapor readings connected to a reported petroleum leak at the University of Minnesota were detected miles away from the campus, the Metropolitan Council revealed on Wednesday, as the investigation into the leak continues.

It's been nearly five years since a full-service grocery store opened its doors in north Minneapolis but, in that time, the North Market has become a go-to destination for many residents in the community. 

Prior to sentencing, the judge said a corrections officer could use "whatever force necessary" to get Quantelize Welch to appear on video for the hearing.

Fires that started in the early morning hours of July 20 in Minneapolis destroyed three homes and one garage, but the cause of its start remains undetermined.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has announced an executive order declaring the state’s largest city a “safe haven” for people seeking reproductive healthcare.

A man in his 40s was shot and killed near 29th Street West and Nicollet Avenue Tuesday evening, according to the Minneapolis Police Department.

A shooting on a train platform in downtown Minneapolis left a teen dead Tuesday evening.

A Minneapolis City Council committee gave its approval for Dr. Cedric Alexander to become the city's first commissioner of public safety.

A petroleum leak prompted the University of Minnesota to evacuate several buildings Tuesday, blocking several streets and spurring an investigation into what caused it in the process.

After being canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic, the Minnesota Fringe Festival came back in a hybrid format last year. The festival is back in-person this year for the first time since 2019. 

Carol Ann Swigart, 71, is known to frequent the Mystic Lake Casino, Treasure Island Casino and North Memorial Hospital.

An immigrant community in the heart of the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis is home to dozens of small businesses. More than two years since the start of the pandemic and the death of George Floyd, the boards are beginning to come down for most.