Whittier

Dennis lives a few blocks from “chicken alley,” a nickname for a now fenced-off alley behind Lake Street where people have been loitering, selling and using drugs, and camping out for years.

This is Anna with Whittier Alliance. Like many of you, we have been following the standoff at 28th and Nicollet throughout the day today. We are glad to see the suspect has been taken into custody, …

To honor the legacy of Minneapolis Police Officer Jamal Mitchell, who was killed in 2024 while working, a portion of Blaisdell Avenue has been dedicated to him. Blaisdell Avenue between Franklin …

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office has charged Dijon Jacquez Davis with second degree murder for the killing of Justin “Juice” Marshall in a shooting that took place outside of Mortimer’s on July 25, 2025.

The Good Grocer opened its cafe space for a three-hour “moment of healing” on Jan. 28 to help Whittier neighbors and visiting mourners process the slaying of Lyndale resident Alex Pretti by U.S. Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez on Jan. 24. 

A city already filled with tension, anger, and grief is rocked by another shooting and death at the hands of ICE agents.

‘Peter Williams: Homegoing’ exhibit free to public at MCAD through Nov. 1

A fourth person died of his injuries June 7.

A guide to the search and decision-making process from personal experience.

This will be Reese Sweeney’s first professional theater performance.

Tenants at multiple buildings are struggling with unsecured doors and pending repairs

Affordable housing will be developed first over the five-year project.

Longtime Twin Cities musicians opened the space with stripped-down sets ‍

Go underground, upstairs at the newest "speakeasy" in Whittier

Either displaced or locked in for the night, tenants say they were frustrated with the lack of communication about why their apartments were being searched.

Co-owner of Sushi Train set to open an authentic Chinese spot along the “Asian food court” of Nicollet Avenue.

A new affordable thrift store is set to open at the former Phuoc Loc Tho jewelry store.

The young officer helped an elderly couple escape their burning house next to Bde Maka Ska in 2023.

The neighborhood organization and Alliance Housing, its development partner, aim for a mix of transitional housing and smaller, deeply affordable units at 2116 Nicollet Ave.

A group of five U of M grad students took second place in the American Planning Association design competition for their work developing a plan proposal for the former Kmart site in south Minneapolis.

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