MINNEAPOLIS -- What do Mao Zedong, J. Edgar Hoover, Batgirl and Casanova have to do with the new Minneapolis Central Library? They're part of an edgy new ad campaign from the Friends of the ...

I live in East Phillips, near the Smith Foundry. For years, it spewed black smoke and acrid smells. For years, we asked our city and state agencies to take action. Illegal pollution was making us sick ...

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Dinkytown book junkies might need a new place to get their fix. A recent study analyzing current needs of Minneapolis Public Libraries suggests that a new location be found for the system’s southeast ...

Students, employees and library patrons are reacting to news that the Southeast Community Library at Fourth Street Southeast and 13th Avenue Southeast will close in early January due to budget ...