Groundbreaking Set For New Ordway Concert Hall
Groundbreaking is set June 19 for a new Concert Hall at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St. Paul. The Concert Hall will replace the existing 306-seat McKnight Theatre.
Watch CBS News
Groundbreaking is set June 19 for a new Concert Hall at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St. Paul. The Concert Hall will replace the existing 306-seat McKnight Theatre.
As the weather gets warmer the Minnesota Department of Transportation is warning motorists and bicyclists to be aware of each other and share the road.
Fashion trends come and go. But now many formerly-beloved shirts and dresses are getting a new life. It's an increasingly popular trend called "upcycling." They use those previous items to create new ones. Watch the video above to see WCCO photojournalist Joe Mears' journey to a local shop called Sassy Knitwear in Minneapolis, where dressing "sassy" means dressing responsibly.
Stillwater High School's Class of 2013 walked the stage at Roy Wilkins Auditorium in downtown St. Paul to receive their diplomas Saturday night without one of its brightest stars. Zach Sobiech was diagnosed with a deadly form of bone cancer. Through his positive outlook, he tried to live life as normal as possible. Sadly, Zach died two weeks before graduation.
Five condo units in the Bluefin Bay condo unit on Lake Superior have been damaged in a fire Saturday afternoon in Tofte. The Cook County Sheriff's office says the fire was reported just after 12:30 p.m. Flames were visible from the building's roof. No one was injured in the blaze. Damage estimates have yet to been released.
Washington County authorities say a device that was left in a bank by a robbery suspect appears to be inactive, but they're maintaining an evacuation of a two-block radius as a precaution.
Police are investigating the murder of a 20-year-old Richfield man who was shot to death late Saturday afternoon. Richfield Police responded to reports of shots fired on the 6900 block of 16th Avenue South at 4:40 p.m. Upon arrival, officers found a 20-year-old man dead at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds.
The many trails and paths in the Twin Cities is a major perk for pedestrian and Minneapolis resident Garrett Peterson. "To me, that's one of the huge benefits of living in this city, and in this neighborhood, is there's so many things that you can walk to in this area," Peterson said. But sometimes, when you get outside the parks, that can be a bit tricky – like on the Franklin Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis.
Three bicyclists were injured after one went down and the other two crashed into the first biker on Saturday during the MS 150 Ride to Duluth.
The weather has not been ideal for enjoying the outdoors the last couple of weeks, but Saturday is National Get Outside today. All of the state's 74 state parks are free today.
For years the United States has been gathering millions of Verizon cell phone records, as well as foreigner's emails and data from Google, Facebook and other Internet companies. It is all to make us safer, President Obama says. It's to protect us from terrorist acts.
Federal officials are declaring victory in their four-decade campaign to rescue the gray wolf, a predator the government once considered a nuisance and tried to exterminate.
Polls say gorillas are one of America's most favorite zoo animals. And that's no secret to the folks at Como Park and Conservatory. That's why they've dedicated $11 million to an exhibit redesign featuring seven charismatic gorillas who are part of Gorilla Forest.
From hot dishes to summer cabins, in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Minnesotans have their own flare for lifestyle. New to Saturday Mornings is WCCO's Lifestyle Segment.
The food trucks are back on the streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Even though they usually open their windows at 11 a.m., the work starts early in the morning. You have to get up early to begin the day with with Christina Nguyen and Birk Grudem from Hola Arepa, and Natalie Coleman and her team from Dandelion Kitchen.
