Nicollet News

What do you do with a persistentlyA vacant storefront?A Fill it with art, of course, if you're JobyLynn Sassily-James .A When the Kingfield resident and public art aficionadoA got wind of the 2012 edition of the Whittier neighborhood's Artists in Storefronts project , she jumped at the chance.

The New Ulm Cathedral and Minnesota Valley Lutheran game that was originally supposed to be played at 5 p.m. Thursday was moved to 5 p.m. today at Johnson Park.

Eustice has tendered his resignation as principal of Blue Earth Area High School and accepted the position of superintendent at Nicollet.

If there wasn't already enough going on this weekend with Art-A-Whirl , Minnesota Monthly's Grill Fest, and Solo Vino's annual rose wine tent event, this Sunday also marks the return of the Kingfield Farmers Market .

The Nicollet Board of Education recently hired a full-time school principal and part-time superintendent who will begin two-year contracts July 1. Jennifer Baumgartner's k-12 principal contract covers the full cost of single health insurance costs, disability, dental and $50,000 term life insurance, $2,000 a year district matching for a 403b ... (more)

Road repair. It's one of the less sexy aspects of municipal governance. And Southwest Minneapolis neighborhoods will be seeing a lot of it.

As the landlords of now-closed Shorty and Wags prepare to find a new tennant for the 38th and Nicollet space, their remodeling efforts have uncovered a piece of history.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation unveiled its new Corridor Investment Management Strategy program Monday at the MnDOT District 7 office in Mankato.

Sen. Mike Parry introduced Tuesday an amendment to the Omnibus Transportation bill mandating progress on the infamously dangerous Highway 14.

Bill Chuang, who recently introduced his family's 100-year-old Taiwanese Maruso Soy Sauce to the United States, will soon be opening Maruso Street Food and Cocktails in a former Burger King on Hennepin Avenue and Seventh Street, near Bar Fly.