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The Cities

MPR News Notes on the news from the Twin Cities

By Jon Collins

Jon Collins
jon.collins@mpr.org

Jon Collins is a reporter for MPR News.

Student volunteers rally with celebrities for WE day in St. Paul

Jon CollinsJon Collins November 12, 2014, 8:54 AM Nov 12, 2014
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Students had to earn WE Day tickets. Read more →

Minneapolis ranked 6th friendliest to facial hair

Jon CollinsJon Collins August 7, 2014, 6:13 PM Aug 7, 2014
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Minneapolis, which has hosted a beard-off for the previous five years and boasts a Minneapolis Beard and Mustache Club, was ranked sixth most facial hair-friendly city in the country. Read more →

Founder of state’s first gay bookstore dies

Jon CollinsJon Collins July 9, 2014, 6:12 PM Jul 9, 2014
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The founder of Minnesota’s first gay bookstore, Harvey Hertz, died late last month at the age of 73. Read more →

Zombie Pub Crawl exhumed from West Bank

Jon CollinsJon Collins July 1, 2014, 5:46 PM Jul 1, 2014
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The annual event of intoxicated undead is crawling over to the Warehouse District this year. Organizers are also piecing together their first zombie pub crawl in another city this October. Read more →

Fresh produce trucks are a go in Minneapolis

Jon CollinsJon Collins May 27, 2014, 7:00 AM May 27, 2014
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The Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Betsy Hodges signed off Friday on rules that will allow mobile grocery trucks to sell produce at more locations across the city. Read more →

7 bike etiquette rules to avoid crashes and clashes

Jon CollinsJon Collins April 11, 2014, 6:45 AM Apr 11, 2014
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Ethan Fawley, executive director of the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition, said he is hearing more concern about bike etiquette as biking continues to grow in popularity. Fawley, and some bicyclists on Twitter, suggested some ways to maintain safety (and harmony) as you take to the streets this spring. Read more →

When Twin Cities co-ops went to war over margarine

Jon CollinsJon Collins March 24, 2014, 6:03 AM Mar 24, 2014
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A conflict broke out in 1975-76 over control of natural foods co-ops that included occupations of stores and violence. Read more →

Mural on Kmart depicts fight to keep Nicollet open

Jon CollinsJon Collins March 6, 2014, 6:41 PM Mar 6, 2014
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The city is negotiating to try to reopen Nicollet Avenue. But large segments of the surrounding community were never in favor of closing the street, and they left a mural on the back of the Kmart store as a testament to their opposition. Read more →

Mpls recruits cops to teach bike safety

Jon CollinsJon Collins January 4, 2014, 7:00 AM Jan 4, 2014
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Minneapolis officials are pushing forward their bicycling safety campaign by providing police officers with small cards they can hand out detailing laws around bicycling. The unique thing about the initiative is that it asks equal responsibility from both drivers and bicyclists for creating safe streets. Read more →

Minneapolis finishes counting ballots Friday night

Jon CollinsJon Collins November 8, 2013, 8:16 PM Nov 8, 2013
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Three full days after voters cast their ballots in the Minneapolis municipal elections, the results are in. Election workers finished tabulating the ranked-choice voting totals in seven remaining races on Friday evening. Read more →

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