1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (709+ words) It didn’t take long for Melissa Schlemmer to realize that something wasn’t right when her second son, Christopher, was born in 2013. He wasn’t gaining much weight, he was weak, and his eyes sometimes crossed. At his five-month checkup, he still…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (468+ words) That memory has stayed with me because it shows the energy downtown can have when everything comes together. We saw that again this summer during the Minnesota Yacht Club festival, when hotels and restaurants were busy, and the city was…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (297+ words) What a great dilemma. Which of two book-oriented events will your family go to next weekend? Both offer authors and entertainment. The 24th annual Minnesota Children’s Book Festival, one of the largest gatherings of the state’s authors and illustrators of books…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (566+ words) Have you been anticipating Barbara Kingsolver’s new novel? Of course you have. Kingsolver is not a Minnesotan but we’ll make her an honorary one since she and her daughter wrote a book for Edina-based Gryphon Press. That children’s picture book…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (227+ words) Waiting for a mentor: Calvin Pioneer Press Kids ‘n Kinship provides friendships and positive role models to children and youth ages 5-16 who are in need of an additional supportive relationship with an adult. Here’s one of the youth waiting for…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (159+ words) Pioneer Press Reserving a table at Forepaugh’s restaurant when it first opened in 1976 was like booking a trip back in time. The century-old Joseph L. Forepaugh mansion in St. Paul’s Irvine Park neighborhood had been lovingly restored to its late…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (998+ words) When crews working on the new Minnesota 36/Lake Elmo Avenue interchange dug up Country Sun Farm’s corn maze this summer and removed the farm’s billboard, some customers worried that the longtime Lake Elmo farm and greenhouse might be closing. Not…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (615+ words) Picking up on Saturday’s (Sept. 5) front page article titled, “Mayor’s Cuts Rattle East Side,” regarding Mayor Kaohly Her’s proposed budget that includes closing the Dayton’s Bluff Library (built new in 2004) and ending regular recreation hours at Highwood Hills (hours added…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (417+ words) It’s called the Grand Theft Burger. A spin on the Grand Theft Auto video games, this juicy burger is also a homage to its Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport surroundings. The recently inaugurated Portal Lounge is a video-gaming parlor where you…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1037+ words) With the St. Paul Police Department about 50 officers below its budgeted strength, the department says it has continued to have to backfill with overtime. The department’s authorized strength is 616 officers this year, but for at least five years it has…...