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The Cities Blog

Stats: Most self-defense killings between people of same race

The “not guilty” verdict in the George Zimmerman murder trial has sparked protests around the country, including here in Minneapolis.  Local demonstrators also continued to protest the death of Terrance Franklin, who died during a police-involved shooting on May 10.  The two officers involved in the shooting were also wounded. Demonstrators say the deaths of…
by Brandt Williams

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Community solar project gets started in Minneapolis

Community solar project gets started in Minneapolis

    A business on East Lake Street in Minneapolis is showing off its roof, which will soon be home to a community solar garden. No, there won’t be any plants on that roof, but the concept is similar to a community garden: People invest in the array to cover their electricity needs, just as…
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Minneapolis Fire Dept. makes more medical runs

Minneapolis Fire Dept. makes more medical runs

Calls for medical help make up an increasing share of the Minneapolis Fire Department’s work load, according to its annual statistical report. The department received nearly 2,000 more calls for emergency medical service than it got in 2011 — an increase of 5 percent. Since 2003, EMS calls have risen 13 percent. But while medical…
by Curtis Gilbert

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Former Bush official in Mpls to make economic case for immigration reform

Former Bush official in Mpls to make economic case for immigration reform

Former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutiérrez told a gathering of business and immigration leaders today that if the United States doesn’t welcome talent from abroad by changing its immigration policies, its global competitors will. Minneapolis was picked as one of several “immigrant gateway cities” across the United States for visits by Gutiérrez, chairman of Republicans for Immigration…
by Sasha Aslanian

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Mpls police say no sign of foul play in boy’s hanging death

The hanging death of a 9-year-old boy in north Minneapolis was not the result of foul play, Minneapolis police said Monday. Police say a neighbor found the boy hanging by his neck on a clothesline in north Minneapolis a few weeks ago.  He died a few days later at Children’s Hospital.  Minneapolis Police Department spokeswoman…
by Brandt Williams

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Structural problems close North Minneapolis library

Hennepin County says it’s closing a north Minneapolis library indefinitely for repairs. Structural engineers are examining Webber Park Library, 4310 Webber Parkway, after ceiling tiles began falling off a few weeks ago. The braces holding up those ceiling tiles have buckled and one wall of the building is “moving,” according to county director of property…
by Rupa Shenoy

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Arson, racist graffiti mar church in north Minneapolis

Arson, racist graffiti mar church in north Minneapolis

Pastor Luke Swanson doesn’t know if the burglary, fire and racist graffiti at his church in north Minneapolis qualifies as a hate crime.  But for him,  it was “certainly a crime by someone full of hate.” Swanson spoke in front of the charred remains of the piano and other fixtures inside his Community Covenant Church,…
by Tim Nelson

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