Here's where to take your Christmas tree for recycling in the Twin Cities metro area. In St. Paul and Ramsey County, three Ramsey County compost sites are open and will take ... Read More

Hundreds of people do this on the New York subway, and it's spread to cities across America and around the world. On a January day, so-called agents show up in ... Read More

Talk about being a victim of your own success. Minnesota law changes at the end of the year and it means that local brewery Surly can't sell any more growlers ... Read More

It doesn't look like it. The US State Senate recount drags on and on. During the three-week-long hand recount that ended on December 5, thousands of ballots were challenged by ... Read More

The original plan was to see the Holidazzle parade finale tonight, but was it was canceled due to the cold, we did the quintessential winter activity today: took the kids ... Read More

The first Snow Emergencies of the winter have been called in Minneapolis and St. Paul. In both cities, Snow Emergency parking regulations go into effect at 9 p.m. on Saturday ... Read More

I'm more of a 5K gal myself, but I have plenty of respect for those who can run 26.2 miles. As well as the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, an annual ... Read More

Children are the easiest people to buy gifts for during the holidays. They generally want everything, and preferably the brightest-colored, noisiest thing in the store. I do have my fair ... Read More

...is not something I can recommend. For various compelling reasons I had to get home to St. Paul on Sunday so I drove down Interstate 35 from Duluth. Against the ... Read More

Buying local has lots of advantages. More of your dollars stay in the Twin Cities economy, you'll benefit a local artist, independent business owner or non-profit organization, and you'll get ... Read More

Two ice-related tragedies in the Twin Cities this week. A man died on Sunday from drowning and hypothermia after falling through the ice while ice skating on Medicine Lake in ... Read More

A quirk of the economy is that certain items start selling more in tough financial times, and Christmas trees are one example. It's usually cheaper to stay at home for ... Read More

In Britain, people don't change channels during the advert breaks. Most of the time, the commercials are just as good, if not better than the programs around them. Advertising in ... Read More

Minneapolis and St. Paul have the highest percentage of adults who give time to volunteer work in the nation: almost 40% of us did some volunteer work last year. Way ... Read More

The Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus opens their 27th season this month with their annual Holiday concert. This year the Chorus performs Peace, featuring traditional and contemporary odes to peace, ... Read More

People who work in Downtown Minneapolis have the jump on the rest of us for Christmas shopping, ith all the retailers on Nicollet Mall and the stores in Gaviidae Common ... Read More