Bridging Hopes Spring Cleaning Will Increase Donations
A Twin Cities nonprofit that calls itself the largest furniture bank in the country is running low on its inventory. So it's hoping spring cleaning will help.
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A Twin Cities nonprofit that calls itself the largest furniture bank in the country is running low on its inventory. So it's hoping spring cleaning will help.
It's safe to say that this year – more than ever – Minnesotans need a taste of spring. And while we'll have to wait a few more weeks before the weather matches the changing season, winter weary residents will soon have a place to escape.
Talk about an adorable problem! "Can Do Canines" has too many puppies and not enough foster homes. The Twin Cities organization is looking for people to care for and temporarily foster as many as 28 new puppies while they train to assist people with disabilities. Some of the service dogs help people with autism, while others provide seizure response and mobility assistance.
Last week I took a look at ways to keep the family entertained over spring break without leaving town. This week, let's look at eating out—and ways to explore the food of different countries without leaving the Twin Cities. Think your kids won't try foreign foods? Give them a chance. Frame it as an adventure, show them online or on a globe where you'll be "dining", and encourage them to look for both similarities and differences in the cuisine compared to what they normally eat. They might just find a new favorite.
A state senator pushing to undo Minnesota's restrictions on Sunday liquor store sales has claimed an incremental victory while acknowledging he probably won't get his full wish this year.
Minneapolis-born Howler is set to release its second LP, "World Of Joy," with a release show at the Triple Rock Thursday night.
A tax relief measure put on a fast track in the Minnesota Senate on Wednesday could mean immediate breaks for at least 300,000 people. The Democratic-crafted proposal was unveiled a day after Gov. Mark Dayton implored lawmakers to speed up. The bill could get a floor vote as soon as Thursday.
It's getting down to the wire for Minnesotans who are looking to sign up with the state's online healthcare marketplace. The next enrollment deadline for MNsure, the online insurance exchange, is March 31.
Plain old Cheerios are no longer made with genetically modified ingredients, but the switch hasn't yet translated to a boost in sales. General Mills, the company that makes the cereal, in January announced it would start making its plain Cheerios without GMOs, or genetically modified organisms.
Authorities in northwestern Minnesota are looking for a suspect after an armed robbery that resulted in a gas station employee being hospitalized. Alexandria Police were called to the Super America gas station on the 1400 block of Broadway at about 11:57 p.m. Tuesday on a report of an armed robbery.
The Soap Factory has been pushing artistic boundaries as an art gallery in the St. Anthony Main neighborhood in Minneapolis for the past 25 years. True to form, their new exhibit "Art(ists) on the Verge 5" is a program that features five Minnesota artists and their non-traditional installations.
A 51-year-old Minnesota man was killed Tuesday night in a two-vehicle crash on snow-covered roads in western Wisconsin, according to the Pierce County Sheriff's Office.
From retired ocean liners and rock-themed submarines, to tricked-out houseboats and huts tied to inner tubes, here are seven of the world's coolest.
Rough winter weather took a bite out of General Mills' fiscal third-quarter sales, and the cereal maker's results missed Wall Street expectations. The maker of Cheerios, Yoplait and Betty Crocker products said Wednesday that its fiscal third-quarter net income rose 3 percent.
The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority said Wednesday that more than 80 percent of the Metrodome will be recycled as part of the ongoing demolition, which will finish up next month and is currently on schedule.
