Dave Orrick

Despite advances in Astroturf drainage, Minneapolis still considers synthetic grass an impervious surface,” and city officials aren’t backing down in a zoning spat with several University of Minnesota fraternities.

The temporary facility at Lake and Hiawatha aims to bring social services and police to a stretch troubled by drug addiction and crime.

Temporary Lake Street community safety center at Lake and Hiawatha aims to bring social services and police to a stretch troubled by drug addiction and crime.

Abdi Adam, who was 56 at the time, said he was waiting for a bus and had nothing to do with protests outside the Third Precinct the day before it was set ablaze by a mob.

Abdi Adam, then 56, said he was waiting for a bus and had nothing to do with protests outside the Third Precinct the day before it was set ablaze by a mob.

The two-year project to fully reconstruct the street and infrastructure is a major pain, but officials say it’s needed.

The two-year project to fully reconstruct the street and infrastructure is a major pain, but officials say it’s needed.

Following double-digit raises for police and public works employees, more than a dozen other unions will soon be demanding their own pay hikes as the city faces a budget deficit.

Council Member Michael Rainville won the order from a judge against activist Mike Forcia last year, but an appellate court reversed the order.

Owner Daniel Hernandez, who operates Colonial Market in south Minneapolis, is eyeing a December opening for a new grocery store with a butcher counter, fast-food eatery and ice cream shop. The site, a former Aldi, is on Penn Avenue near Lowry.