Coon Rapids

On the Replacements' long shadow, and achin' to be out of it

Makes No Sense At All captures the visions, ramblings, and memories of Chris Strouth, a Twin Cities-bred master of music, film, and everything else.The Catholic Church figured out something during the middle ages: If you build a church to look like a castle, the serfs will feel safe in its massive ... More >>

Occupy Minnesota fights the banks

Organization builds a tight-knit national community while preventing foreclosures

Michele Bachmann waves bag of gay-unfriendly Chick-fil-A [VIDEO]

SEE ALSO:-- Michele Bachmann dumbstruck by 8-year-old's comment: 'My mommy's gay, but she doesn't need any fixing'-- Bachmann renounces citizenship in gay-friendly Switzerland, blasts Obama for backing gay marriage On "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day," Michele Bachmann wanted to make sure she went on t ... More >>

Coon Rapids hardware store shoplifting escalates into "a very dangerous felony"

When Randy Clark Jr. walked into an Ace Hardware in Coon Rapids on Tuesday morning and slipped a few brass plumbing fittings under his shirt, it should have been a routine shoplifting. Instead, by the time police cornered 25-year-old Clark, he had slashed one of the store's employees with a box cutt ... More >>

Red Daughters interview pt. 1: "We don't have a Brian Epstein yet"

Red Daughters' performance sets thrill with an uncannily vintage sound. Each show is a quick-hitting, easy and affordable escape from the over-wrought mind and under-grooved body. The group's style is undeniably throwback, but they still seem real fresh because (paradoxically) their clothes are scra ... More >>

Anoka-Hennepin Christian club accused of harassing non-religious students

On the heels of the ground-breaking Anoka-Hennepin settlement with six bullied students, a parent is complaining of a new harassment issue in the district. Melissa Thompson, the mother of a Blaine High School student, says she's been complaining that members of an after-school Christian group calle ... More >>

Vikings RB Caleb King told he looks like Eddie Murphy, nearly beats man to death, police say

Caleb King, a Minnesota Vikings running back who never saw on-field action as a rookie last season, really doesn't like to be told he resembles Eddie Murphy, apparently.King, 24, and Coon Rapids resident Andrew Hayek, 22, were both at a birthday party Friday night in Oak Grove when Hayek told King h ... More >>

North Minneapolis tornado victims have been forgotten

Officials moved on, but neighborhood never got help

Erik Turbenson suicide foreshadowed gay taunting trouble at Anoka-Hennepin

One student's tragic struggle inside the school district

Plymouth residents freaking out over proposed mosque

Jeff Baumann said allowing the mosque would be "treason."​Last night, the Plymouth  Planning Commission held an open meeting to discuss a proposed mosque in the city. The meeting was supposed to be about land use and potential civil engineering questions, but instead opened the door for sever ... More >>

2C-E: Trevor Robinson, 19 and a father, died in mass overdose

FacebookTrevor Robinson died at Unity Hospital in Fridley.​Trevor Robinson, 19 years old and the father of a 5-month-old baby from Coon Rapids, went to hang out with friends at a house on Monroe Street in Blaine Wednesday night. By Thursday afternoon, Robinson was dead, one of 11 people to h ... More >>

Jay Leno talks Howard Stern, Letterman, and retirement

Longtime comedian speaks to City Pages before his Mystic gig

Training with Caleb Truax and crew at Lyke's Gym

Spicer has the pleasure of getting hit in the face by professionals.

Forum is reborn in stunning art deco space

Contemporary Americana spot finally situated after many incarnations

Calvin Jennings pleads guilty in U of M peeping case

Jennings was busted peeping in the same apartment twice.​If you live near the University of Minnesota, it might be time to upgrade those curtains. Calvin Jennings, a 33-year-old Coon Rapids man, has pleaded guilty to first-degree burglary and interference with privacy charges stemming from a ... More >>

Maria Anne Mihalik's morphine jones brings ban from nursing board

Maria Anne Mihalik​That lady in scrubs with the odd ID badge wandering around Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids last week was no nursing student; it was Maria Anne Mihalik, and she's been nabbed for siphoning off morphine from patients' IV bags. Guards became suspicious of Mihalik because no nurs ... More >>

The Found Footage Festival unearths VHS footage of local bands

An interview with the comedy curators of horrible (and hilarious) VHS castoffs.

Minnesota mental health patient Ray Sandford forced into electro-shock therapy

Sandford says repeatedly: "I don't want to do this"

Mac Hammond's Living Word church faces off with the IRS

It's politics vs. the pulpit in Brooklyn Park

Cable-access TV in Minnesota: complete links

Wave of Mutilation

A local lawyer fights to save babies from circumcision

Middle West, Meet Middle East

You say the news out of Beirut and Baghdad isn't good? How about a poem?

Off the Mat: Legislators rescue pro boxing in Minnesota

A Prescription for Mayhem

How shrinking psych wards spell trouble

Doctor Near-Death

Dissecting life's mysteries with forensic pathologist Janis Amatuzio

GLBT publishing company goes belly up

Sprawl Of The Wild

Baxterization, beaten paths, and the great riparian land rush of northern Minnesota

My Summer of Love

Minnesota filmmakers remember the warm-weather flicks that got them hot (or bothered)

Would the WNBA Be More Popular If It Had Players Named Dixie Wrect?

Going around and around and around with Minnesota's RollerGirls

Fox News

How wigs, karaoke, and Fargo birthed So Fox

Frequently Asked Questions

Getting to the bottom of Minnesota's liquor laws

Rock the Foosball

Stop Saying MANPANTIES!

The gonzo online community known as TCPunk goes the way of all flesh

Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

The Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival's Middle Week Has Hits, Sleepers, and Snoozers

Data Man

When state legislators weigh privacy rights against the public's right to know, they call Don Gemberling: Big Brother's Big Brother

Father Knows Best

Critics of Minnesota's child-support system object to quick fix

Blessed Peacemakers

They'd seem quaint if they weren't so eloquent: Meet the University of St. Thomas's loudest rabble-rousers

Crappie Days

One Week in an Ice-Fishing Shack in the Middle of the Middle of Nowhere

Sharkey Mania!

Eddie Sharkey has wrestled champs, chumps, and chimps. Now the tough guy turned trainer drops knowledge on Generation WWF.

Woman Walks Into a Bar...

Spending fifteen days in fifteen bars, our crawling correspondent seeks the connection between liquor and license

Dope, Guns, and Settling Down

How Amphetamine Reptile changed American music--and then went into the bar business

Fade to White

Will the demise of the Skyway Theater spell the end for mainstream black film venues in the Twin Cities?

And Take Your Canvas with You!

A booming real estate market paints an ugly picture for the future of artists and galleries in Northeast Minneapolis

Not in our Backyard

Scott Paulson was sick of his stepson's complaints about a white posse beating up his black friends. Then the phalanx of trucks pulled up on his lawn.

I'm Gay!

Sticking to the Script: Joan Cusack and Kevin Kline in In & Out.

The Sidewalk at the End of the City

Shootout on 39th Street

Gangland fears, carjackings, welfare-bashing: The O'Kasick brothers' crime spree--which ended 40 years ago this week--had it all.

Widow's Lament

In 1956, Anna Elisabeth Colsch married a GI from the Frankfurt Army base and followed him to Minneapolis. He died in a car crash a few years later. Or so she was told.

The Shape of Things to Come

Races to watch in the metro area.

Roller Kings