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The Cities Blog

Police: Former Sam’s Club employee robs store at gunpoint

Last year, I blogged about some of the hundreds of gun-related cases prosecuted in Hennepin County.  I’m following county gun cases this year too, and updating The Cities each month with some noteworthy items. Here’s what I found in March: Bloomington Police say when an employee of the Sam’s Club on West American Boulevard saw Read more →
by Brandt Williams

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Ballpark food: not just hotdogs anymore

Ballpark food: not just hotdogs anymore

Apparently saturated fat is not so bad for you anymore.  With that in mind, I sampled some fried, barbecued and grilled ballpark fare this morning at Target Field.  After all, it is part of my job. The Twins invited the media and dozens of season ticket holders to the increasingly well-attended annual event.  The tour Read more →
by Brandt Williams

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The “Terrible 20″ most dilapidated streets in St. Paul

The “Terrible 20″ most dilapidated streets in St. Paul

The City of St. Paul has identified about 20 miles of streets it says are badly in need of repair. This map shows the “Terrible 20,” as Mayor Chris Coleman calls them. Are there streets that aren’t on the map that should be?
by Curtis Gilbert

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OMG Transit: Let a ‘decision engine’ get you to work

OMG Transit: Let a ‘decision engine’ get you to work

The Minneapolis-based hackers at OMG Transit rebooted their web service last night and are getting tantalizingly close to putting a transportation system in the palm of your hand — or at least on your smart phone. The new, rebuilt web service relies principally on data provided by MetroTransit, one of a fraction of transit agencies Read more →
by Tim Nelson

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Minneapolis, St. Paul end emergency parking restrictions Thursday

Motorists will be able to park on both sides of surface streets in St. Paul and Minneapolis starting tomorrow, when the cities lift emergency parking restrictions put in place earlier this month because of excessive snow. There are some exceptions, however. In St. Paul: Despite the ban being lifted, however, some streets remain too narrow Read more →
by Hart Van Denburg

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A way to speed up vote counting in Minneapolis

The Minneapolis Elections Department has come up with a way to speed up its next ranked-choice voting election — and it’s an idea that might be familiar to readers of The Cities. The reason it took two 12-hour days for the city to determine the winner of last year’s mayor’s race was the painstaking approach Read more →
by Curtis Gilbert

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