Iric Nathanson

An unusually close election in 1962 led to a recount in the race between Gov. Elmer L. Andersen and his challenger, Lt. Gov. Karl F. Rolvaag.

Minneapolis and St. Paul created separate start dates for daylight saving time in 1965.

Minneapolis and St. Paul created separate start dates for daylight saving time in 1965.

Minneapolis and St. Paul created separate start dates for daylight saving time in 1965.

Nearly 50 years ago, a victory for environmental advocates roiled Minnesota politics during another midterm election year.

Kathy O’Brien, a leader of the pro-strong mayor organization Charter for Change, says the Minneapolis Charter Commission deserves much of the credit for the historic change.

While the Lake Street Council continues to assist with recovery efforts throughout the Lake Street corridor, other nonprofit groups are focusing their work on key Lake Street intersections.

In 1916, In an effort to appeal to a middle-class audience that considered movie-going not quite respectable, the theater promised it would show “high class pictures at all times, including Metro, Fox, and Triangle productions.”

The move to shift the balance of power between the mayor and City Council  threatens to reignite a conflict over the structure of municipal government that many thought had been settled more than 30 years ago.

When Lake Street was a narrow dirt road beyond the Minneapolis city limits, a scattering of homes and businesses sprung up around a small industrial firm, Minneapolis Harvester Works, established at the intersection of Lake and Hiawatha in 1882.