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A history buff’s quest to mark St. Paul’s ‘pillbox’ ballpark

The St. Paul site of the “downtown pillbox” baseball park could get a plaque.
May 24, 2025
Minnesota Historical Society. St. Paul Pioneer Press. Downtown Ball Park, St. Paul. 1903.

Twin Cities

How accessible are Minnesota’s professional sports stadiums?

All six stadiums for Minnesota’s professional sports teams are increasingly adding a range of accessibility amenities.
May 24, 2025

Twin Cities

What’s open and closed in the Twin Cities area on Memorial Day?

Most grocery stores and malls will be open, but libraries and government offices are closed for the Memorial Day holiday.
May 24, 2025

Twin Cities

Roper: Let’s celebrate improvements to the local bus

A lot has changed in the last decade, with more promising upgrades to come.
AuthoredEric Roper
May 23, 2025

St. Paul

Venezuelan family in Minnesota pursues asylum amid court battle over TPS

America is “one of the safest places to be,” said a St. Paul man hoping to avoid deportation.
May 23, 2025

St. Paul

Feeding Our Future investigation focuses on St. Paul nonprofit

New Vision Foundation is under suspicion of fraud, conspiracy and money laundering, according to a search warrant.
May 23, 2025

St. Paul

Vandals ransack vacant downtown St. Paul office tower

They emptied fire extinguishers and otherwise trashed a floor of Alliance Bank Center, which was once a thriving office tower.
May 23, 2025

Twin Cities

‘Stock up on the bug spray’: Rain brings mosquitos out in force across Twin Cities area

The Metropolitan Mosquito Control District will be out all weekend with helicopters trying to suppress the numbers.
May 23, 2025
Metropolitan Mosquito Control District lab is where mosquito populations are examined. The Aedes Vexans is the most common species of mosquito locally. The West Nile virus has not been tied to a certain species in Minnesota. This is a view through a microscope of dead mosquitos that had been recently captured from one trap.

Twin Cities

Minneapolis and St. Paul parks rank in top 5 in U.S. again this year

Irvine, Calif., and Cincinnati have muscled into the elite tier, according to annual rankings by the Trust for Public Land.
May 22, 2025

St. Paul

Man admits to fatally choking girlfriend in her downtown St. Paul home

Moments after the killing, Kelvin Perry stepped in front of a light-rail train and was struck, the criminal complaint read.
May 20, 2025

Twin Cities

Roper: We have bigger regional priorities than a Mall of America water park

Bloomington’s $160 million subsidy is derived from a regional tax sharing pool. So we should all be paying attention.
AuthoredEric Roper
May 20, 2025

Culture

Twin Cities publisher, wit and civic volunteer Burt Cohen dies at 94

The founding publisher of Mpls.St.Paul Magazine wrote his own obituary.
May 19, 2025
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