Boo! A Halloween display so scary that neighbor calls 911 A Halloween decoration hanging in the window of a North Dakota home is so scary that it prompted calls from concerned neighbors and at least one plea for police assistance.September 27, 2018
Council OKs plan to move Minneapolis homeless camp onto Red Lake land The City Council signed off Wednesday on a plan to relocate a growing homeless encampment along Hiawatha Avenue to property nearby owned by the Red Lake Band of Chippewa. Many challenges remain.September 26, 2018
Remembering retired Star Tribune journalist Barbara Flanagan Flanagan was a newspaperwoman at a time when few women worked at newspapers, and her career was as long as her interests were broad. She died Monday at the age of 94.September 25, 2018
Volunteers build new playground at Minneapolis elementary school Dozens of volunteers gathered at a north Minneapolis elementary school Saturday to build a new playground, just a few months after a tragedy at a playground in an adjacent park.September 22, 2018
How the Myers-Briggs personality test began in a living room laboratory "The language of type can be immensely clarifying," says author Merve Emre. In The Personality Brokers she describes how a mother-daughter duo started a multi-million dollar "people sorting" industry.September 22, 2018
San Diego rhino finds a new home in Tanzania An 8-year-old eastern black rhino bull, born and raised in San Diego, recently made a 68-hour journey to Tanzania where he will eventually be released into the wild.September 22, 2018
University of Minnesota child care program staying open The University of Minnesota will keep a popular university-run child care program open. The program is set to be integrated with the Shirley Moore Laboratory School which will move into the Child Development Center building.September 18, 2018