Minneapolis lost a powerhouse on Tuesday, May 28, 2024 when Carol Ann Armstrong Pass, 81, of Minneapolis, MN, died at 3 a.m. – fittingly the time of night she usually stopped studying or …
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6/3/24
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38th/Hiawatha intersection improvements
On Nov. 14, a Minneapolis Bicycle Advisory subcommittee received a report from Minneapolis Public Works and Metro Transit staff about a plan to make …
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Briefs compiled by Cam Gordon
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11/26/23
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Police Department Community event
The Minneapolis Police Department will be holding a community picnic and barbeque on Thursday, June 22 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Cedar Field Park, at 2500 …
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Briefs compiled by Cam Gordon
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5/26/23
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On Thursday, April 6, Tennessee Representatives Justin Jones and Justin Pearson were expelled from their House seats by the Republican super majority who determined these young Black Representatives …
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By Daniel Schmidt
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4/27/23
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For the Indigenous people and allies living in south Minneapolis, the Roof Depot conflict is an issue of life or death. And they can back it up with data.Their decade-long fight to stop a city-run …
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By Tesha M. Christensen
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3/23/23
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On Thursday, March 9, Minneapolis City Council passed recommendations to the State Legislature asking for stricter guidelines to remove protesters from council meetings, and to criminalize people who …
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By Daniel Schmidt
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3/21/23
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Ward 11 Council Member Emily Koski,
As neighbors in the Ward 11 communities you represent, we have great concerns about your actions on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. First, you repeatedly voted against …
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3/16/23
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Over a hundred Minneapolis Police Officers and 50 squads shut down an eight-block radius around the Roof Depot site on Tuesday evening, Feb. 21, 2023, at about 6:15 p.m., and forcibly removed …
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By TESHA M. CHRISTENSEN
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2/22/23
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Longfellow resident Delaney Russell was shocked when a Minneapolis Police Officer pushed her back on the slippery sidewalk when the occupation at the Roof Depot site was being cleared by over 100 …
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by Tesha M. Christensen
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2/22/23
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At the corner of 28th St and Longfellow Ave in East Phillips neighborhood, south Minneapolis, the Roof Depot building quietly awaits its unknown fate.The city wants to demolish the Roof Depot to …
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by Daniel Colten Schmidt
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2/22/23
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When he ran for office, Andrew Johnson figured he’d serve for about 10 years and then make way for new representation. That decade will be up in 2023, and he announced in mid-October 2022 that …
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By TESHA M. CHRISTENSEN
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11/2/22
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Please see this blog on how the East Phillips Urban Farm shows the city of Minneapolis’ disregard for its promises to stop systemic racism. It's such an important issue for not only East …
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9/29/22
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The Ard Godfrey House, John H. Stevens House, and Longfellow House are scheduled for repairs this fall as part of ongoing efforts to rehabilitate historic structures located in Minneapolis parks. …
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8/31/22
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Shun Tillman to lead crime prevention team In June, former 3rd precinct Crime Prevention Specials, Shun Tillman, was promoted to the position of manager of the city’s crime prevention …
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Briefs compiled by Cam Gordon
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8/2/22
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Hiawatha was the Iroquois chief who founded the Iroquois Confederacy over 800 years ago making it the oldest living participatory democracy on earth. Hiawatha resolved conflict, brought Peoples …
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4/25/22
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Supporters of the indoor urban farm at the Roof Depot site unearthed a city report from June that shows city construction would be "problematic" given the lead and arsenic contaimination in the area, …
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by Tesha M. Christensen
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10/1/21
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Supporters of the East Phillips Indoor Urban Farm rallied on Thursday night, Sept. 23 in between two votes that will determine the future of the project.
On Wednesday, Sept. 22, the city council …
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10/1/21
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The city received 1,063 comments from individuals and organizations opposed to expanding the public works facility into the Roof Depot site at Hiawatha and 24th, and only two in favor of it. Instead, …
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By TESHA M. CHRISTENSEN
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5/26/21
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The pollution from the city’s proposed plan to expand its public works facility at Hiawatha and E. 26th would affect a majority of South Minneapolis, pointed out representatives of the East …
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By TESHA M. CHRISTENSEN
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3/24/21
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