Minneapolis

Jun 29, 2017

MnDOT gets low bid of $239M for I-35W work

Three of the area’s most prolific highway contractors are poised to team up on the Interstate 35W and Lake Street access project in Minneapolis, an ambitious and complicated overhaul designed to improve safety, traffic control and transit service in the I-35W corridor in the city.

Dec 31, 2012

Minn. bridges getting closer look

Bridges spanning the Midtown Greenway will get a closer look as they approach the century mark, and the findings could help determine whether a streetcar line is built in the historic freight rail corridor.

Apr 2, 2012

Vikings stadium picks up momentum

Republican leaders in the state House helped retool a Vikings stadium bill that was scheduled for its first committee vote Monday, a new signal of support for a proposal that's struggled at the Capitol.

May 4, 2011

Developers, legislators pitch downtown Minneapolis casino

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A variety of stakeholders are pushing a proposal to put a state-run casino in downtown Minneapolis. Rep. John Kriesel, a Republican from Cottage Grove, is sponsoring legislation […]

May 3, 2011

Study targets site for Vikings stadium

Minneapolis (AP) — A study commissioned by the real estate investor who envisioned Target Field on a scrubby downtown Minneapolis parking lot has concluded that the nearby Farmers Market would […]

Mar 17, 2011

Natural gas explosion rocks Minneapolis (PHOTO SLIDE SHOW)

By Brian Johnson Dolan Newswires A busy corridor in south Minneapolis was rocked Thursday morning by a natural gas explosion that shot flames high into the air. The explosion at […]

Feb 23, 2011

Minnesota Vikings stadium saga continues, studies go on

By Burl Gilyard Dolan Media Newswires MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Ted Mondale and Lester Bagley are seeing a lot of each other these days. Mondale is the newly appointed chairman of […]

Jan 18, 2011

Mortenson: There’s uncertainty in wind industry

By Bob Geiger Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — M.A. Mortenson Co., Minneapolis, has declared the wind energy industry “challenging and uncertain” after developing 100 wind farms in the United States […]

Dec 1, 2010

‘Zombie buildings’ haunt Minneapolis

By Burl Gilyard Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — It sounds like a horror movie. In other parts of the country, commercial real estate pros have started to use the term […]

Nov 4, 2010

Discovery of asbestos adds to Minn. rail project cost

By Bill Clements Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — Workers searched for underground contaminants at the site of a new light rail support facility under construction in Minneapolis. They dug holes, […]

Oct 14, 2010

Supporting role

[caption id="attachment_59649" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Mike Middle of Poblocki Sign Co. LLC, West Allis, uses a cutting torch Thursday outside Miller Park in Milwaukee to create supports for a sign that was removed from above the stadium’s video board. Removing the Miller Park sign was among the first steps in a project to install a new high-definition scoreboard. General contract[...]

Aug 23, 2010

Firm to pay $52.4 million in Minneapolis bridge collapse

By Brian Bakst AP Writer Minneapolis — An engineering firm that consulted on the Minneapolis bridge that collapsed in 2007 has agreed to pay $52.4 million to settle the last […]