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Ignoring the torrid temps my family and I set out last weekend for Totino’s, one of our favorite eateries. En route to Moundsview we lamented the loss of our neighborhood restaurant now ensconced in ...

Friends and family of Joel Larson have started a campaign to remember the energetic and dynamic young gay man who lost his life to anti-LGBT hate in Minneapolis’ Loring Park in 1991. Larson’s loved ...

The heart of Sergio Choy’s job as a medical interpreter is to capture the spirit of the message between patient and medical provider. “You hear things like, ‘I’m feeling a little blue today,’ in ...

Songs to Hitch Your Trailer To at the Minnesota Fringe Festival By Kate Hoff (Full Frontal Fringe) | August 6, 2014 We’re very lucky to have Paul Strickland back in town. In true wandering troubadour ...

The faces stare up at you from the folded tabloid newspaper on sale at the your nearest convenience store: hundreds of photos of people at what might be the worst moment of their lives, available to ...

The plot of Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino is a closely guarded secret. But now that shooting has wrapped up, how the Hmong actors fit into their roles is becoming more visible. Clint Eastwood’s ...

County records show that TCF National Bank, which is also the mortgage lender to LWCC, bought the property. Per Minnesota law, Living Word has until July 28, 2011, to redeem the property by securing ...

Like many Dakota stories, this one begins in 1862, at the outset of the U.S.-Dakota War: Little Crow’s starving warriors took up arms against white settlers in the Minnesota River Valley in attempt to ...

“It’s just a very long distance from not having anything, to get to this point,” says Ne Dao, co-owner of Ha Tien Grocery Store (353 University Avenue West, St. Paul). While Dao means as business ...

For northeast Minneapolis resident Ilhan Omar, making sure her children get a “first class education in a supportive environment” is an important goal. Her two school age children, ten-year old Isra, ...

Jim Brunzell III ([email protected]) was born in the 70's, went to school in the 80's, played sports in the 90's, and has been writing on film for the Daily Planet since 2007. He is also the ...