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After Derek Chauvin verdict, Twin Cities set to defortify Post Chauvin trial, barriers and boards set to disappear from government buildings, businesses Public safety officials described plans to defortify, citing calmed tensions and decreased threats of civil unrest.  April 21, 2021 — 8:43pm Text size Copy shortlink: National Guard soldiers will soon pack up the beige trucks dotting the Twin Cities. Workers will begin to take down barbed wire and tall fencing surrounding government buildings. Business own...

Downtown Exodus: Stark Skyways Photo courtesy of BigStock/SkyNext In 2008, I moved into the hip, forever up-and-coming Steven’s Square neighborhood of Downtown Minneapolis. Sitting adjacent to Loring Park and Downtown South—and central to pretty much everything. A good place to start. I remember my quick cycle-route to work: third avenue to fifth street, down to first avenue. The company I worked for had space in the Butler Square building, which granted me a “gold-pass” to the Lifetime Fitness that was located in the basement of the Target Center—directly across the street from wor...

With Twins game, downtown businesses are ready for the most action in a year Restaurants and bars are happy to see sports fans again  April 7, 2021 — 7:56pm Text size Copy shortlink: After shutting his downtown Minneapolis pub for the first few months of the pandemic, Dermot Cowley initially tried reopening last June. He called it quits after two weeks. "It was a ghost town down here," said the owner of O'Donovan's Irish Pub, which is across the street from First Avenue and Target Center, and a block or so...

COVID protocols bring changes to the fan experience at Target Field Thursday's home opener will include digital tickets, face masks and lots of sanitizing.  April 6, 2021 — 7:26pm Text size Copy shortlink: The grass was freshly mowed, bunting flapped in a light breeze and the seats were washed and polished. Target Field on Tuesday looked ready for baseball. But with plastic dividers hanging from concession stands, sanitizing stations and signs promoting physical distancing prominent throughout concourses a...

‘He was always there’: Tribute to beloved volunteer firefighter in Fort Calhoun Share Updated: 6:33 PM CDT Mar 16, 2021 Share Updated: 6:33 PM CDT Mar 16, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript DAVID: THINKING ABOUT THE FAMILY. JOSIE, THANKS. TO CALHOUN NOW, FATHER BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO A MAN WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO HELPING OTHERS. ALEXANDRA: HUNDREDS OF FIRST RESPONDERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOK PART IN THIS PROCESSION, TO HONOR THE LIFE OF DENNIS BENDER. HE PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK, WHILE FIGHTING A GRASS FIRE. KETV NEWSWATCH 7’S ABBIE PETERSEN JOINS U...