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Washburn High School

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Slug's senior portrait unearthed by the Hennepin County Library

    ​Now here's a history project I can get behind: The Hennepin County Library has been slowly unearthing and digitizing its vast High School Yearbook Collection, which dates all the way back to the early 1900s, and posting some gems to its Tumblr page.

  • Restaurants

    December 22, 2010

    Minneapolis cooking classes teach how to field-dress a deer

    A review of this and other gems from Community Education

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    Christian Winger back home after going to help find Bucklins [UPDATE]

    Luke Bucklin​The disappearance of Luke Bucklin and his three sons in a private plane somewhere over Wyoming has taken a toll on students at Southwest High School and Anthony Middle School. Then this morning came news that Christian Winger, a Washburn High School freshman, may have left home o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    NAACP tells parents to abandon Minneapolis schools

    ​Angry over district a plan to close North High School, Minneapolis NAACP president Booker Hodges has called on city parents to abandon their public school system. But in North Minneapolis, the kids have already left: North has been targeted for closure in part because there aren't enough stu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Montrell Wade, star Washburn running back, shot while hanging out with buddies

    The boy is being treated at Hennepin County Medical Center.

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2006

    Not hailing the chief

    The boy is being treated at Hennepin County Medical Center.

  • Arts

    July 14, 2004

    School of Funk

    Jimmy Jam was a DJ. Morris Day was a drummer. Prince was a kid with a huge afro. Before they changed popular music, Mom told them to turn that racket down.

  • Columns

    March 10, 2004

    American Idol

    Here comes the freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Again. Just in time.

  • Columns

    October 1, 2003

    Something in the Blood

    What does an 80-year-old man with a bad kidney and failing heart have to live for?

  • Arts

    November 7, 2001

    I Celebrate Myself, And Sing Myself

    Aspiring Hip-Hop Mogul Top Tone Taps Into the Deepest Wells of American Optimism--But Keeps Coming Up Dry

  • News

    July 5, 2000

    Rhyme out of joint

    Rising rap star Slug is a master at putting words in order. Now why won't his life fall into place?

  • News

    November 4, 1998

    The Life of Brian Herron

    Brian Herron has battled racism, hatred, and self-doubt. But none of that prepared him for the Minneapolis city council.

  • News

    July 23, 1997

    The 2-1 Click: A Southwest Side Story

    The 2-1 Click started as a kind of informal club, a high school clique with initiations that resemble freshman hazings. But now stories about the "white gang" have appeared in the community press, and ABC's Primetime Live has even filmed a segment in the

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