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The Cities

MPR News Notes on the news from the Twin Cities

By MPR News Staff

mprnewsstaff@mpr.org

Grocery stores flock to downtown Minneapolis

MPR News Staff June 22, 2012, 3:45 PM Jun 22, 2012

The new downtown Lunds will get some competition next year from a new Whole Foods.

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Minneapolis violent crime hits 28-year-low

MPR News Staff January 6, 2012, 11:00 AM Jan 6, 2012

By Brandt Williams, Minnesota Public Radio News Violent crime in the Minneapolis last year fell to a 28-year-low, city leaders said on Friday, but property crimes such as burglary and theft increased for the second year in a row. Minneapolis police chief Tim Dolan said property crimes are hard for police officers to prevent. But Read more →

Memorial service planned for former Star Tribune editor

MPR News Staff January 6, 2012, 7:33 AM Jan 6, 2012

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A memorial service is planned for Jan. 19 in Washington for Charles Waldo Bailey II, former editor of the Minneapolis Tribune and co-author of the Cold War thriller “Seven Days in May.” He died of complications from Parkinson’s disease, his daughter said Thursday. He was 82. Bailey died Tuesday at the Lillian Read more →

Minnesota Sounds and Voices: Margaret Lovejoy’s Family Place

MPR News Staff January 5, 2012, 2:16 PM Jan 5, 2012
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By Dan Olson, Minnesota Public Radio News The Family Place founder and executive director Margaret Lovejoy said her service provides community roots for families, both when they are there and after they leave. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) “I heard a child one cold January morning say to his mother, ‘How will I find you after school?’” Read more →

Event remembers black family terrorized in south Minneapolis

MPR News Staff July 15, 2011, 5:06 PM Jul 15, 2011

Organizers say the story of Arthur and Edith Lee’s purchase of the home at 4600 Columbus Avenue in the 1930s will be retold during the program.

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Summer vacation brings no break from hunger

MPR News Staff June 21, 2011, 2:05 PM Jun 21, 2011
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The federally-funded Summer Food Service Program is providing free meals in the metro and throughout Minnesota.

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North Minneapolis residents could struggle with food for weeks to come

MPR News Staff May 24, 2011, 3:55 PM May 24, 2011

The struggle for food could continue well beyond the day the food carts offering free meals pull away.

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Zillow: The good, the bad, and the ugly

MPR News Staff May 10, 2011, 4:10 PM May 10, 2011
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When Zillow reports that 46.2 percent of Twin Cities homeowners are under water, is that a trustworthy number? Does it even stand to reason?

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