Tim Harlow

1 week ago | startribune.com | Tim Harlow

Riders of electric-powered, off-highway motorcycles that look similar to e-bikes have been speeding on city streets in some west metro communities surrounding Lake Minnetonka, and it's causing problems and generating complaints. "Residents are calling and saying kids are blazing right past them," said Laura Holtan, community outreach and public information officer for the South Lake Minnetonka Police Department.

1 week ago | winonadailynews.com | Tim Harlow

Summer officially arrives Friday night, and it’s bringing dangerous heat with it. The Twin Cities and most of Minnesota is under an excessive heat watch for Saturday as temperatures are predicted to soar into the 90s over the weekend and record high readings are possible, the National Weather Service said. Add in the humidity and it may feel over 100 degrees, the Weather Service said.

1 week ago | startribune.com | Tim Harlow

By Tim Harlow An excessive heat watch is in effect starting Saturday for all of Minnesota except for the far northwestern corner of the state. The Minnesota Star Tribune People trying to beat the heat form a line at Bunker Beach Water Park, in Coon Rapids, Minn., on Sunday, June 19, 2022. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii) Summer officially arrives Friday night, and it's bringing dangerous heat with it.

1 week ago | startribune.com | Tim Harlow

One person died in a four-vehicle crash Wednesday night on Interstate 94 in Monticello, the State Patrol said. Susan Rintoul, 69, of Minot, N.D., was killed in what the patrol is calling a "rear-end" crash that happened about 7:20 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of the freeway at Hwy. 25. Rintoul was a passenger in a Chevy Traverse and was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the wreck, the patrol said. She was pronounced dead at the scene, the patrol said.

1 week ago | startribune.com | Tim Harlow

By Tim Harlow The Cub grocery store in Minneapolis' Uptown neighborhood closed suddenly over the weekend, and its parent company says it does not know when the store will reopen. A notice taped to the front door of the store at 1104 Lagoon Avenue read, "We have closed Cub Uptown as it undergoes some needed repairs and other proactive measures."A spokeswoman for United National Foods Inc. (UNFI), which owns Cub, confirmed the closure.