Construction On Penn Ave. Shuttering Businesses For The Summer
Penn Avenue in south Minneapolis is being rebuilt and widened, and the work is taking from May through October.
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Penn Avenue in south Minneapolis is being rebuilt and widened, and the work is taking from May through October.
You know how there are some Minnesota bands that sell out concerts in New York City, but barely draw a crowd here? That's kind of the same story with a Minnesota business that's exploding around the country, and around the world.
Felix Neba was having a deck party for his younger brother around 8:30 p.m. Sunday. While he was standing on the stairway, the Champlin homeowner suddenly heard a loud crack. He watched in disbelief as the structure collapsed.
The Charity Beer Festival in Minneapolis not only allows you to sample a variety of craft beer producers, but it all goes toward a good cause, too. Seneca Berg is one of the organizers of the event. He said the event takes place from 1 to 5 p.m. outside Falls Liquor Store on Minnehaha Avenue and 46th Street.
There are a lot of restaurants at the Mall of America, but when Masu sushi and robata opened up, some wondered if mall-goers would be into it. Already a hit in northeast Minneapolis, the mall was a bit of a risk.
A new local food delivery service can barely keep up with hungry demand. Less than a year ago, Bite Squad launched on the Minneapolis food scene and already delivers around 400 orders a day. The service brings cuisines from local restaurants in Minneapolis -- like Hell's Kitchen and Pizza Nea -- right to your door.
Thousands of rare collectible items are on the auction block in Minnetonka in a once-in-a-decade sale of the contents of abandoned safety deposit boxes.
The weather this weekend may feel like autumn arriving a month or two ahead of schedule, but you can still feel like 98 degrees with a summer salad. Natalie Nyhus dropped into Lunds recently, where they just launched 24 new salads.
What's Minnesota's best bike trail? WCCO viewers voted and the Cuyuna Lakes Mountain Bike and State Trail, located near Brainerd, came out on top. "When you're on the mountain bike trails and you come around a corner on one of those trails and there's this mine lake down below -- crystal clear blue that looks like the Caribbean -- I mean it's so spectacular," Jenny Smith said.
A new UBS survey finds the majority of people worth between one and five million dollars don't consider themselves wealthy.
Minneapolis city leaders are considering a major change to who provides electric and natural gas utilities. Right now, more than 180,000 customers in Minneapolis get their power from Xcel Energy and 125,000 get natural gas from CenterPoint Energy. Next week, the public will weigh in on a proposal to make those utilities city-owned.
State officials assured legislative leaders on Thursday that Minnesota's economy is on the upswing judging by promising jobs figures and tax collections, which will help buy off debt owed to schools and could enable the state to win a credit-rating upgrade.
People are already talking about the economic impact of the new Vikings stadium, as a $400 million development is in the works to tie the east end of downtown in with the new stadium. The project will include two office towers big enough for 6,000 workers.
If you see a woman strutting down the sidewalk in a flashy pair of Christian Louboutins or swinging a Louie Vuitton purse with extra zeal, it may be that she's trying to send a message specifically to potential romantic rivals, not interests.
Two months after a tornado flattened dozens of homes in Moore, Okla., families are starting to rebuild, and one woman's story remains fresh in our memories.
