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• MPR News photos of the week: Paddling, Italian pastry and a fatal rockslide
  The ice is finally out across the state and Minnesotans were ready to take advantage, Cossetta's opened a new expansion and family and friends grieved after a fatal accident in St. Paul. All that and more in our photos of the week.May 24, 2013
• Metro Miss. River locks closed to rec boats
  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has closed three Mississippi River locks in the Twin Cities to recreational boats because of high water.May 23, 2013
• Q&A: The Heavy Table tries to kickstart a regional food book
  The HeavyTable.com is using crowdfunding site Kickstarter to try to fund a new book focused on Upper Midwestern food.May 22, 2013
• Appetites: Inside the newly expanded Cossetta's
  Cossetta's has long been one of the biggest names in Italian food in the Twin Cities, and it has just gotten a lot bigger. The new pastry shop is the new crown jewel of the expansion, says the Heavy Table's James Norton.May 22, 2013
• Photos: Cossetta's new Pasticceria, or pastry shop
  Cossetta's has long been one of the biggest names in Italian food in the Twin Cities, and it has just gotten a lot bigger. They've undergone a major expansion and renovation.May 22, 2013
• Paddlers honor legendary Minn. kayaker
  Jim Rada died 10 years ago of a heart attack while paddling the Presque Isle River, seen above. Ever since, his friends have held a race on the river in his honor.May 22, 2013
• $590M-plus Powerball: 1 winning ticket sold in Fla
  It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials said Sunday.May 19, 2013
• Minn. cycling race gives athletes a rough ride
  Cyclists often hunt for smooth, rural roads to ride on. Emphasis here on 'smooth.' This weekend, more than 1,000 cyclists from around the country and Europe will pound the winding, backcountry roads just south of Rochester in a 100-mile race called Almanzo. The event has become one of the nation's premier gravel road events and the route will take riders on some of the region's most rugged and unforgiving roads.May 17, 2013
• Joe Coleman to transfer from Minnesota
  Joe Coleman is the first player to transfer after the coaching change at Minnesota.May 15, 2013
• Twins lose to White Sox 9-4
  Adam Dunn homered twice, doubled and drove in five runs, powering the Chicago White Sox past the Minnesota Twins 9-4 on Wednesday afternoon at Target Field.May 15, 2013
• New Vikings stadium design in 12 photos
  Here's a look at the imagery that HKS Architects offered for the new Vikings stadium envisioned for downtown Minneapolis on the site of the Metrodome.May 14, 2013
• Report: Boogaard family sues NHL for son's death
  In the lawsuit, the family says the NHL is responsible for the brain damage that Boogaard sustained during six seasons as an enforcer in the league, and for his addiction to prescription painkillers.May 12, 2013
• Icy lakes greet anglers on Minnesota's opener
  Anglers who flocked to northern Minnesota were greeted by icy lakes on Saturday, making for an unusual fishing opener that matched the unusually cold spring.May 11, 2013
• What Mother's Day means to me: A second chance, unconditional love and a life-saving hug
  It turns out that just one hug doesn't save a life. It takes a village to hug. A village of unconditional love and second chances.May 10, 2013
• Big Twin Cities road closures this weekend
  Some major interstate routes through the Twin Cities will be closed for roadwork this weekend.May 10, 2013

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