The Mapping Prejudice Project is based out of the University of Minnesota. They started by looking for covenants in Hennepin ...

It’s interesting how the southwest metropolitan area of the Twin Cities grew into a patchwork of cities, but there might have been more today if a few more places had survived. Today, we consider them ...

A 23-year-old Twin Cities woman has died after being found unresponsive in her cell while being held at Sherburne County Jail. The death of Tyrah Shawnice Davis, of Little Canada, is now under ...

HENNEPIN COUNTY, Minn. — With temps forecast to plummet to dangerous levels, it will be unsafe to be outside for long periods of time. If you or someone you know needs a place to warm up ...

MINNEAPOLIS — As Donald Trump prepares to swear in as America's 47th president, his campaign promises of mass deportation are lingering in the minds of local leaders in Minnesota. While a bill ...

Hennepin County residents toss 95,000 tons of food ... and other foods on a shorter expiration date. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

Couples looking to tie the knot on Valentine’s Day can do so for free in Ramsey, Washington and other Minnesota county courthouses this year. Hennepin County District Court took the lead in ...

Meanwhile, Hennepin County’s Zero Waste plan calls for exploring the creation of resource recovery parks. The county already operates something similar — the Transfer Station and Recycling ...

(Liz Sawyer/The Minnesota Star Tribune) The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office will challenge a psychiatric evaluation that found John Sawchak, the south Minneapolis man accused of shooting his ...

“Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed charges in Hennepin County this week. They allege 46-year-old Chavis Willis billed Medicaid through his company, 1-0 Granny’s Helpful ...

He shared happy Christmas memories from the Minnesota and Dakota prairies in the 1880s. The Olson family didn’t have much for little Ole at that time — they decorated for the holiday with ...

What’s more, Black/African-American juveniles make up 65 percent of the total charges brought against youth from 2017-2021 in Hennepin County. After George Floyd's murder, the Committee on Public ...