Greta Kaul is an associate editor. She can be reached at gkaul@minnpost.com.
This weekend marked the last campaign finance deadline for Hennepin County candidates before the election, which means the final peek into candidates’ raising and spending before voter decision day.
Plus: Mounds View under water boiling advisory; the Minnesota State Capitol’s first Altar de Muertos; Star Tribune pet costume contest; man fell to death off parking ramp; and more.
Plus: “Purple Rain” among Vanity Fair’s top movies of the ’80s; North High community wants solution to gun violence; historic St. Paul theater to be renovated; Shania Twain is coming to town.
Plus: Arrests made in alleged meat theft ring; more on Minneapolis’ police chief nominee; living with ghosts.
Plus: Rep. Tom Emmer gets a phone call from Tucker Carlson; Minnesota Aurora hopes to go pro; why last night’s rain was dirty; and more.
Plus: Traffic is back up; new resource hub for Afghan refugees; Black Garnet books is open; and more.
Plus: The Minnesota Daily is no longer in print; Floyd family plans to sue Ye; construction has started on the Gold Line; ski hill open; and more.
Plus: Student loan forgiveness application open; some sellers waiting to buy; stay tuned for our attorney general poll results.
Plus: 16-year-old charged in killing of teen in Payne-Phalen; bad news for birders; girl who witnessed George Floyd’s murder publishes book; and more.
Plus: St. Paul’s Suni Lee🥇 wins national award; two guilty pleas in Feeding our Future fraud case; Lutsen Resort ordered to stop bridge repair work; and more.
Plus: AG Ellison threatens a lawsuit for north Minneapolis’ Merwin Liquors and Winner Gas Station; bivalent COVID-19 boosters authorized for kids as young as 5; former Current DJ Mary Lucia has a column in DISPATCH.
Plus: Someone bought a winning Powerball ticket in Duluth; musing on the last corn palace; St. Paul’s bad bike lanes; and more.
Plus: Federal funds for school safety in wake of Uvalde; a warm-up, then a cool-down; a podcast on the Minnesota Starvation Experiment.
Plus: Minnesota has second quarter of declining economic output; acclaimed Lowertown urban planner has died; former HennCo commissioner arrested for DWI.
Plus: Near North homeless camp evicted; Jensen gets law enforcement endorsement; suspected militia backer arrested and charged; and more.
Plus: AG Keith Ellison sues Fleet Farm; bad bike lane behavior; ghost hunting on the William A. Irvin.
Plus: Chicago man sentenced in Hwy. 169 road rage shooting; Ramsey County will correct ballots; a same-day drivers license pilot; how to protect pumpkins and gourds from squirrels.
Plus: Mental health worker strike starts; SPAM is cool again; Eater explores Culver’s roots.
Plus: Some data on St. Paul’s guaranteed income program; squirrel causes power outage (again); a Minnesota jazz pioneer; and more.
Plus: Psycho Suzi’s is for sale; a meteor in Inver Grove Heights; Woody Harrelson invests in a Minneapolis startup; and more.
