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The Cities

MPR News Notes on the news from the Twin Cities

Archives for June 2013

Minnesota Sounds and Voices

Women leading on the football field

Dan Olson June 28, 2013, 11:00 AM Jun 28, 2013
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Hmong American women flag football players will compete against other teams for the first time this year, during the 33rd annual Hmong Freedom Celebration on July 6th and 7th. In a culture that places a high value on women learning to be good wives and mothers, these young women see football as a character building activity. Read more →

Pride, Twins and Tom Petty to draw thousands to downtown Mpls. this weekend

Elizabeth DunbarElizabeth Dunbar June 28, 2013, 9:08 AM Jun 28, 2013
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The Twin Cities Pride Festival, the Minnesota Twins and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will draw thousands of people to downtown Minneapolis this weekend. City officials are urging people to use public transit for the events, and light rail trains will have three cars during the events to accommodate more riders. On Saturday, the end Read more →

No criminal charges in more than a dozen officer-related deaths

Brandt WilliamsBrandt Williams June 28, 2013, 4:00 AM Jun 28, 2013
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The Minneapolis police department’s investigation into the officer-involved shooting death of Terrance Franklin on May 10 has been sent to a Hennepin County grand jury for review.   According to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, since 2000, there have been at least 17 deaths stemming from the actions of Minneapolis police officers. In all these cases, Read more →

Minnesotans volunteer to crack code on cancer

Sasha Aslanian June 27, 2013, 3:34 PM Jun 27, 2013
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The American Cancer Society held its final batch of enrollment events around the Twin Cities today, and snagged well over the 2,000 volunteers it was seeking for CPS-3, its third Cancer Prevention Study. For the next 20 years, 300,000 volunteers around the country will give cancer researchers reams of data. Today, I enrolled. Perrie H. Read more →

Property values along streetcar line will skyrocket, whether it’s built or not

Curtis GilbertCurtis Gilbert June 26, 2013, 1:47 PM Jun 26, 2013
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The five Minneapolis city blocks whose property taxes have been earmarked to fund a proposed streetcar line have something in common. They either have — or soon will have — cranes hovering above them. The parcels the city selected for its “value capture district” will soon be home to several sparkling luxury apartment towers. The Read more →

Twin Cities home prices: Check the numbers

Hart Van DenburgHart Van Denburg June 25, 2013, 2:08 PM Jun 25, 2013
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As Annie Baxter reported this morning, the latest Case/Schiller numbers “provide further evidence of improvements in the Twin Cities housing market. Metro home prices in April were up 15 percent from the same month last year. That was the Twin Cities’ largest year-over-year spike recorded in the index.” Here’s how the national numbers, which include Read more →

Bongo calves born at Minnesota Zoo

Jennifer EhrlichJennifer Ehrlich June 25, 2013, 10:56 AM Jun 25, 2013
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Two bongo calves were born at the Minnesota Zoo. Here’s one of them with its mother. The male calf was born on  June 6th, followed by a  female calf, born on  June 16th. The Minnesota Zoo sent out a press release with the details about the calves, which are found in the lowland rain forest of Read more →

Got debris? If it’s from storms, some places to take it

Nancy LebensNancy Lebens June 24, 2013, 6:08 PM Jun 24, 2013
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Ramsey county says it will extend hours at waste sites to accept storm debris. The four yard waste sites are Arden Hills, Frank and Sims, Midway and White Bear Township.  Here’s the schedule with the expanded hours:            Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.             Tuesday, and Thursday, 12 noon to 7 Read more →

Life without power for many metro residents

Laura McCallumLaura McCallum June 24, 2013, 2:54 PM Jun 24, 2013
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My morning tweet got quite a few responses from frustrated Twin Cities residents still without power after several days. https://twitter.com/jthiegs/statuses/349143066285842432 I also heard from Nick Gasper of Crystal, who has a toddler and a baby. Here are the highlights of his adventure (note: the MPR endorsement was unprompted, and I didn’t even ask if he’s Read more →

Surly’s ‘destination brewery’ goes for industrial feel

Curtis GilbertCurtis Gilbert June 24, 2013, 1:52 PM Jun 24, 2013
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Surly Brewing Co. has released new architectural renderings of its $20 million “destination brewery” scheduled to open next year in Minneapolis. Based on the images produced by HGA Architects, it looks like Surly wants visitors to remember they’re in a brewery, not just a bar.

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