Sioux Falls

Sans shirt and shorts, man passes out on strange porch, asks police if they 'know who I am'

Kyle Hurd, a 25-year-old resident of Sioux Falls, SoDak, apparently has an ego problem.He must've had quite the bender last Friday night, because the next morning, he awoke on an unfamiliar Stillwater porch, shorts around his ankles and without a shirt. And when police arrived, Hurd asked officers " ... More >>

Marilyn Manson's U.S. tour dates unveiled, show at the Brick in May

​The mysterious Marilyn Manson has emerged with a fresh U.S. tour in support of the forthcoming eighth album, Born Villain. This is the first Minneapolis show for the band since 2009's stop at the State Theatre. It also adds to the slate of concerts that includes the Shins, Jane's Addiction, and I ... More >>

Redbox: Wisconsin is the most romantic state

​Move over Honolulu, see you later San Francisco -- if you're looking for romance, the place to be is La Crosse, Wisconsin. And if that doesn't work for you, go to Green Bay.Or so say the folks at Redbox. The movie rental company recently compiled a list of the Top 10 Most Romantic Cities in the c ... More >>

Up in the air: How Minneapolis became a flyover city for major rap artists

​It was 1998, the Smokin Grooves Tour was in its second year, and a group of friends and I were geeked out about going to the show. Public Enemy, Gang Starr, Wyclef Jean, Cypress Hill and others were booked, but everyone was waiting and most excited for Busta Rhymes, known for his killer live show ... More >>

Is SuperValu anti-Christmas?

Wait--we thought the Grinch was green...​For those people out there who don't make a habit of watching paid political ads on YouTube, you may be surprised to learn that America is currently at war. No, we're not talking about the drawn-out wars in far-off lands like Iraq or Afghanistan ... More >>

Pete Dexter lets it bleed

Hard at work on his eighth novel, Deadwood author still packs a punch

Sioux Falls label Init Records planning festival

​Steven Williams is a longtime supporter of local music. In 2001, he started the Mankato-based Init Records to release The Vidablue (later Ten Grand). In the ten years since, the label has relocated to Sioux Falls and has issued a total of 74 releases. While he doesn't play in any bands him ... More >>

Schmeckfest: South Dakota's Mennonite "dinner theater"

Photos by Nikki MillerGerman kuchen​The scene is a community center basement in rural South Dakota. Your ticket in hand, you wait in line as one after another, satiated women and very pregnant-looking men, suspenders stretched over their stuffed bellies, exit the dining room, freeing up space for ... More >>

David Allan Coe at Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill, 1/13/11

Photo by Nikki Miller​David Allan Coe January 13, 2011 Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill, St. Louis Park David Allan Coe at Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill, on a Thursday. What can one expect of a night like this?

National American University gets rich from federal loans

Meanwhile 15.7 percent of graduates default

Atmosphere drop free mp3 for "Freefallin'"

​In anticipation for their "To All My Friends" tour, which kicks off next week in Madison, Atmosphere have just released an mp3 of a new song, "Freefallin'." Like much of Slug's newer material, "Freefallin'" is a slower jam driven by a meandering electric guitar and echoing, sparse beat. The track ... More >>

Twin Cities Thinkers

Meet the Minnesotans shaping our future

Peter Wolf Crier to tour with Rogue Wave and Midlake

Photo by Stacy Schwartz​Though the pair hasn't even wrapped up their current stint with Heartless Bastards, Peter Wolf Crier will hit the road in September for another high-profile tour, this time with Rogue Wave and Midlake. The duo will stop in St. Paul to play the Lowertown Music Festival on Ju ... More >>

Peter Wolf Crier announce tour with Heartless Bastards

Photo by Stacy Schwartz​It's going to be a constructive summer for rising locals Peter Wolf Crier, whose debut album, Inter-Be, will be re-released by Jagjaguwar later this month. The duo has a CD-release show at the Turf Club on May 21, followed by a massive tour that will take them across the Mi ... More >>

Trampled by Turtles announce new album, tour

The bluegrass quintet will release Palomino on April 13.

The Big Queasy: Vikings fall to Saints in OT, 31-28

A slew of costly mistakes block the Purple's chance at their first Super Bowl appearance in over 30 years. Screw that brutal Prince song -- we need The Cure today.

Maybe Timothy the tabby cat wasn't glued to the highway after all

Glued to the highway? News to me, says the woman who scooped the cat off the pavement.

Gimme News Weekly Wrap-Up: November 16-20

Dinosaur Jr. rock First Ave., Modern Radio set 10th anniversary show & M.anifest releases new album.

We All Have Hooks for Hands support The Shape of Energy

Seven Sioux Falls friends go on tour

Brother Ali announces new album, release show

His new record, Us, will hit stores September 22.

TCF Bank moving HQ to Sioux Falls, but no local jobs lost

TCF National Bank announced Thursday that it will be moving its headquarters designation from Minneapolis to Sioux Falls, S.D., but Minnesota jobs will not be lost.

Bloody Monday hits Minnesota too

Critics' Picks: Cloud Cult and More...

Afternoon Records Anniversary

David Campbell: Mr. Blue Sky

Trials and Stribulations

Staffs gutted. Secrets stolen. A traitorous publisher forced to defend his actions in court. The future has never looked bleaker for the Star Tribune and the Pioneer Press.

Mercury Rising

Mercurial Rage heat up the dance floor with '80s synth-pop

There's a Place for Us

Attention Earthlings: Your planet sucks

Duluth did Dylan again at the Turf Club

Attention Earthlings: Your planet sucks

4/5: Morning Communique

Attention Earthlings: Your planet sucks

The Final Frontier

A little-noticed movement led to a law that bans abortion in South Dakota. How it will play out nationally?

Q: What sets the Strib apart from the following news websites?

A little-noticed movement led to a law that bans abortion in South Dakota. How it will play out nationally?

Forbes: Twin Cities crack top 20 for biz and careers

A little-noticed movement led to a law that bans abortion in South Dakota. How it will play out nationally?

Pride

How the Twin Cities Pride fest helped turn Minneapolis into the San Francisco of the wheat belt

Daddy Was a Bank Robber

How the Twin Cities Pride fest helped turn Minneapolis into the San Francisco of the wheat belt

Boss Lady

Meet Barb Johnson, the most powerful politician in Minneapolis

Requiem for an Ex-Heavyweight

Ray Whebbe Jr., hustler, journalist, champion of lost causes, dies at 48

Men In Black

Ray Whebbe Jr., hustler, journalist, champion of lost causes, dies at 48

No Choice

Dr. Mildred Hanson is one of the few Minnesota physicians who hasn't been bullied out of performing abortions. At 77, she's more afraid of what will happen when she retires.

Blowin' in the Wind

Tumbleweeds takes the mother-daughter genre neither here nor there

Bury My Heart

For years it has been whispered that the 1976 slaying of American Indian Movement activist Anna Mae Aquash was an inside job. Now a new rash of accusations aims squarely at local heroes Clyde and Vernon Bellecourt.

In This Corner

Ex-middleweight Paul Johnson's fight to unionize pro boxers

Buckling Down

After another round of record-setting revenues for its parent company, why is the Star Tribune being told to tighten its belt?

Creature Comfort

Tales from the other University of Minnesota hospital

TIM O'BRIEN

Everything is wrong

The Phantom of the Movie House

Jack Liebenberg's forgotten legacy.

Hired Help

If for-profit career counselors don't promise anything specific, clients who fail to find the job of their dreams have little recourse

The Book Scout

No job? No personal hygiene? No permanent address? No problem. Today's rare-book trade is the sort of wild treasure hunt that can transform an ordinary hobbyist into a full-time bottom feeder.

THE BUDDY SYSTEM

Whether the 1996-97 Timberwolves will make their perennially promised leap forward depends in large measure on the chemistry between three of the team's key pairings: Kevin McHale and Flip Saunders; Kevin Garnett and Stephon Marbury; and Tom Gugliotta and

The Trials of David Lillehaug

In the wake of Najarian and Shabazz, the U.S. attorney and former DFL prodigy finds his once-bright political future in question.