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The Cities

MPR News Notes on the news from the Twin Cities

Tag: Suburbs

Plans to help homeless suburban youth go forward

Brandt WilliamsBrandt Williams April 28, 2014, 4:04 PM Apr 28, 2014
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Plans for an apartment complex in Edina for homeless and at-risk youth 18-24 is moving along slowly, members of Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative said. The group’s director, Lee Blons, said Beacon has secured a site near Southdale Mall to provide housing and other services for suburban homeless youth. She said the location is particularly advantageous. “There’s Read more →

Red door opens for Gilda’s Club Twin Cities

Laura McCallumLaura McCallum April 23, 2014, 8:00 AM Apr 23, 2014
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The signature red door officially opens in Minnetonka later today. Anyone who’s either battled cancer or watched a loved one fight the battle is probably familiar with Gilda’s Club, named in memory of comedian Gilda Radner, who died from ovarian cancer in 1989. The clubs are gathering places where people living with cancer can come Read more →

Girl injured in holding pond crash on the road to recovery

Trisha VolpeTrisha Volpe January 31, 2014, 8:49 AM Jan 31, 2014
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Last November, an unlicensed driver veered off an entrance ramp and plunged into a 6-foot deep holding pond in St. Louis Park. The crash killed two of the five small children in the car. One of the survivors was underwater for several minutes. No one knows for sure how long 6-year-old Zarihana Rennie was submerged and Read more →

Minnesota Sounds and Voices

JPMorgan Chase, Faith Burns and the mortgage meltdown

Dan Olson November 27, 2013, 6:02 AM Nov 27, 2013
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The bank last week agreed to the largest fine ever levied by the government – a $13 billion penalty for mortgage loan abuses leading up to the mortgage meltdown. Read more →

Southwest LRT committee recommends shallow tunnel

Liala Helal October 9, 2013, 10:29 AM Oct 9, 2013
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An advisory committee for the Southwest light rail project voted nearly unanimously Wednesday to recommend to the Metropolitan Council that the light rail trains run underground in a shallow tunnel through the scenic and narrow Kenilworth Corridor of Minneapolis, keeping freight alongside it. Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak was the lone “no” vote. The long-awaited vote Read more →

UPDATE: Victim says Vegas stowaway was driver of stolen truck

Tim NelsonTim Nelson October 8, 2013, 11:53 AM Oct 8, 2013
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A 9-year-old boy believed to have stowed away on a flight to Las Vegas last week may have had some contact with authorities just days before — literally. He may have crashed a truck into an Edina squad car. Read more →

Dreaded ‘S-curves’ complicate freight paths for Southwest LRT

Laura YuenLaura Yuen September 13, 2013, 2:15 PM Sep 13, 2013
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  The colored spaghetti noodles on this map represent the many attempts light-rail planners have made to find a new freight path through St. Louis Park that is acceptable to the railroads. Engineers with the Southwest LRT project have been busy, and they’re about to get busier. Sometime over the next two weeks, they’ll meet Read more →

Video: Parents of children killed and injured in Lilydale Park landslide speak out

Trisha VolpeTrisha Volpe July 23, 2013, 12:04 PM Jul 23, 2013
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10-year-old Devin Meldahl was buried alive. That statement is enough to make anyone shudder. But that’s exactly what happened – and Devin lived to tell the story. It happened May 22, while Devin was on a fossil hunting field trip to Lilydale Regional Park. He was one of about 50 fourth-grade students from Peter Hobart 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 →

Feel safe walking alone at night?

Sasha Aslanian April 5, 2013, 6:30 PM Apr 5, 2013
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Twin Cities ranks as safest large metro area for walking alone at night.

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