Max Sparber

Plus the Guthrie’s “Brothers Size,” a jazz profile and some eateries.

Unusual finds: antiques from a Civil War hero — and a scorpion on the porch; Andrew Zimmern has a food truck, too; and more.

St. Paul ballpark gets bonding money; Hmong-language billboard corrected; allergy season to be “worse and longer”; and more.

Area dairy farms face hard times; better dining … at the airport; “hometown” heroes not always at home here; ex-publication joins digital archive; and more.

Break possible in 32-year-old “cold case”; Rush Limbaugh loves Kluwe letter; Uptown Theater upgrades seating; and more.

U students want campus grocery store; drought taking toll on boulevard trees; constitutional amendments ahead in latest poll; and more.

State revenues up $41 million: I-35E stretch getting overhaul; top 10 Italian eateries; and more.

Headlines spotlight hot dogs and Hamm’s site; help for military veterans; a bad disguise choice; meth labs making comeback; and more.

Study finds strong student support for voter IDs; pressure mounts on City Pages sex ads; a blunt Vikings punter; and more.

Minnesota Orchestra’s 110th anniversary; graphing the recession; Swit channels Eleanor Roosevelt; the chemistry of “Breaking Bad”; and more.

The good: a new heart scanner; the bad: Cottage View drive-in’s fate, and tough times for Penumbra; and more.

Political fact-checking continues; messy neighborhood students; popcorn prices on the rise; and more.

Rybak’s “blistering” attack; appeals court strikes down disclosure law; McDonald’s billboard butchers Hmong wording; and more.