![\"image\"](\"https://rssglue.subdavis.com/media/44/44d6df142e3f9ed22e01c0a56500e96842330fb419dd04fbdebaab20a72df41d.jpg\")
I have a pointless question I have wondered about for years but never actually asked until now. When filling out forms online, the addresses in some suburb cities are auto-corrected away from their specific city name. I've seen Mounds View and Arden Hills corrected to Saint Paul, and Saint Anthony and Richfield corrected to Minneapolis. Same thing with many realtor listings.
\n\nI know the mail still arrives because the zip code is correct, but what gives? These cities have their own utilities, city hall, and often police/fire departments. They are not Minneapolis/Saint Paul.
\n⬆️ 161 points | 💬 85 comments
","metadata":{"score":177,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1tb1o66","title":"Looking for a detox to get off fent in the twin cities","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1tb1o66/looking_for_a_detox_to_get_off_fent_in_the_twin/","author":"respectmybodybitch","published_at":"2026-05-12T13:28:25+00:00","content":"\n\n\nHas to allow Medicaid (so no hazelden unfortunately), and also has to allow methadone as well because I'm on 160mg a day and I've been taking it for 2 years on top of my fent addiction and I just want to try and get off the fent first and then work on getting off methadone with a taper afterwards. (Kicking fent is already hell as it is I don't think I could voluntarily put myself thru the hell of kicking methadone cold turkey at the same time too).
\n⬆️ 200 points | 💬 63 comments
","metadata":{"score":228,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1tad31j","title":"PSA to all the drivers out there","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1tad31j/psa_to_all_the_drivers_out_there/","author":"Practical-Vanilla-52","published_at":"2026-05-11T19:07:00+00:00","content":"\n\n
Now that summer traffic is upon us, thought I should repost this here
\n⬆️ 322 points | 💬 166 comments
","metadata":{"score":1377,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1ta7b5f","title":"BCA releases names of Richfield officers and more details in fatal shooting of man","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1ta7b5f/bca_releases_names_of_richfield_officers_and_more/","author":"Healingjoe","published_at":"2026-05-11T15:50:36+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 156 points | 💬 92 comments
","metadata":{"score":154,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t8kxe3","title":"Bread and Pickles is open at Lake Harriet 😋","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1t8kxe3/bread_and_pickles_is_open_at_lake_harriet/","author":"SonaGP","published_at":"2026-05-09T20:31:09+00:00","content":"\n\n![\"image\"](\"https://rssglue.subdavis.com/media/81/8176477714c3540bebac4c57b88da94285d068b6fe24c9222e62ff5728da2e98.jpg\")
⬆️ 284 points | 💬 32 comments
","metadata":{"score":676,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t8arrj","title":"Twin Cities region misses its housing marks- For the first time since a set of housing affordability goals were established in 2022, the Twin Cities region failed on all three measures of new housing production, affordable housing production, and Black homeownership.","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1t8arrj/twin_cities_region_misses_its_housing_marks_for/","author":"MaplehoodUnited","published_at":"2026-05-09T17:11:34+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2026/twin-cities-region-misses-its-housing-marks
\n\n\nWarning signs are flashing about housing supply and affordability in the most populous metropolitan area in the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis' Ninth District.
\n\nAccording to new analysis from Juliet Cramer, Ben Horowitz, and Libby Starling, the Twin Cities region has failed to meet three annual goals related to housing production and homeownership rates. Although the region remains relatively affordable compared to peer regions across the country, it fell short in the areas of overall housing production, affordable housing production, and Black homeownership.
\n\nThe findings are from a deep dive into the latest data refresh of our Regional Housing Affordability Dashboard, a tool we developed with the Itasca Project in 2022. Beyond the dashboard, trends such as low vacancy rates may signal that the region’s affordability will slip in the future.
\n⬆️ 244 points | 💬 26 comments
","metadata":{"score":301,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t7e0ju","title":"Missed Connection: Pink hair near Fine Line","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1t7e0ju/missed_connection_pink_hair_near_fine_line/","author":"ar-phanad","published_at":"2026-05-08T17:06:14+00:00","content":"\n\n\nWe were both browsing backpacks at the surplus store around the corner from Fine Line. You pointed at a roped-off area with more merch and asked my military surplus-lookin ass \"Can we go back there?\" but before I could answer, you figured it out: \"Oh, you don't work here.\" We laughed and you moved on; you seemed to be in a rush so I didn't ask for a number, but I wish things had been different.
\n\nAlso, this was ten years ago and you were literally Jenny Lee Lindberg from Warpaint. I was there to see the show later that evening near the start of the Heads Up tour (it was awesome).
\n⬆️ 170 points | 💬 10 comments
","metadata":{"score":168,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t6rk24","title":"St. Paul has had so much success solving nonfatal shootings that the city wants to share its strategy nationwide","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1t6rk24/st_paul_has_had_so_much_success_solving_nonfatal/","author":"star-tribune","published_at":"2026-05-07T23:50:56+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\nWhen St. Paul police launched a nonfatal shooting unit in 2024, the improvements came almost immediately: The department’s clearance rate for solving nonfatal shootings nearly doubled in just one year.
\n\nIn an effort to replicate that success across Minnesota, Ramsey County Attorney John Choi and other local officials on May 7 pushed for the state Legislature to pass a bill that would put $1 million toward a statewide grant program aimed to improve investigations of nonfatal gun violence.
\n\nCreated in January 2024, St. Paul’s nonfatal unit investigates shootings with the same resources and intensity as its homicide unit. Nonfatal shootings in St. Paul dropped 62% from 2024 to 2025.
\n\nOne of the benefits of focusing on solving nonfatal shootings just like homicides, officials said Thursday, is that it can help with reducing other crime rates since it leads to the arrests of potential repeat offenders.
\n⬆️ 246 points | 💬 9 comments
","metadata":{"score":565,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t6oy1x","title":"Missing Cat in Saint Louis Park","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1t6oy1x/missing_cat_in_saint_louis_park/","author":"Penguinsaver","published_at":"2026-05-07T22:01:17+00:00","content":"\n\n![\"image\"](\"https://rssglue.subdavis.com/media/a4/a4f14dde9a4c8c528f97e8bc67b74a40cd2b64931062fb9dce6c01e1f4fde886.jpg\")
I posted in the Saint Louis Park subreddit, but I'm hoping to get a even broader reach.
\n\nLast week, on the morning of 05/01, our cat Octavio snuck out our home in the Era on Excelsior complex.
\nWe have an indoor camera and when I reviewed the audio, I can hear him meowing outside our front door until about 05:20 AM. At around that time, I hear footsteps and then someone knocks our door softly a couple times before waiting and then leaving. After that time, I don't hear Octavio meow again.
\nWe have flyers all over the neighborhood and given them to all the nearby vets and grocery stores, but no luck yet so far.
\nIf anyone knows anybody who may picked up a cat thinking he's a stray in our neighborhood or has seen him, please reach out to me!
⬆️ 157 points | 💬 8 comments
","metadata":{"score":157,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t5xwf9","title":"St. Paul police officer charged with repeatedly burglarizing Cub Foods","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1t5xwf9/st_paul_police_officer_charged_with_repeatedly/","author":"aardvarkgecko","published_at":"2026-05-07T02:41:30+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 217 points | 💬 21 comments
","metadata":{"score":216,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t5mvv1","title":"Beware of Bonfe - predatory business practices","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1t5mvv1/beware_of_bonfe_predatory_business_practices/","author":"RileyHef","published_at":"2026-05-06T19:18:38+00:00","content":"\n\n\nJust had my first experience with Bonfe and I can't believe they are able to advertise themselves as a proper plumbing company. I know they pay for positive reviews and suppress others, so I'm hoping people will see this Reddit post before even calling them.
\n\nI had a block in my main sewer line which is honestly not in great shape in the first place. I decided to call Bonfe because their initial cleaning special is cheap (red flag #1, these cheap initial prices are meant for them to get in your home to rope you into bigger charges down the road). The first tech came to snake the line and couldn't progress halfway. He called in a 2nd tech who was the biggest asshole I've ever welcomed into my home. He immediately ran a camera in the clogged, water-filled pipes and started trying to convince me I needed my entire line replaced despite not being able to even see it. He started with a ballpark range of $50,000(!) and said he feels strongly that we needed to dig in my basement for a $100,000(!!!) project. He tried to strong-arm me into paying for a $3,000 job to clear the line. He described it as a jetting project but refused to use that word because a simple Google search would prove how other companies offer that same service for less than $1k. When I told him I wanted to speak with my wife first he became incredibly hostile about my home in general, stating what a mistake I made for even buying it among other things. In general he used scare tactics, made assumptions + false claims, and on top of it all he and the other tech both had the audacity to try to rope me into their subscription service immediately despite never solving my issue!
\n\nI called a smaller local company the next morning, had them on site 3 hours later, and they were able to totally clear my pipes in a few hours for a fraction of the cost + referred me to other local companies for eventual long-term repair work. Every smaller company I spoke with literally laughed when I mentioned Bonfe's pricing and opinions. It was clear to them and me that they were plainly trying to scam me by taking advantage of my desperation.
\n\nIf you live around Minneapolis / St Paul do NOT even let Bonfe into your home. So many other businesses here will treat you with the respect and honesty you deserve.
\n⬆️ 369 points | 💬 77 comments
","metadata":{"score":628,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t58ybf","title":"Trump administration axes fast-track training for new ICE recruits","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1t58ybf/trump_administration_axes_fasttrack_training_for/","author":"Fun-Injury9266","published_at":"2026-05-06T10:32:40+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\nThis deficit of training was obvious before the first jackboots hit the streets of our community. Why are we the testing ground for a failed policy?
\n⬆️ 227 points | 💬 26 comments
","metadata":{"score":237,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t4xz9g","title":"Car is low on gas, should I fill up tonight or wait until the Straight of Hormuz is open?","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1t4xz9g/car_is_low_on_gas_should_i_fill_up_tonight_or/","author":"koopdog1","published_at":"2026-05-06T00:54:54+00:00","content":"\n\n\nWhat’s your move here?
\n⬆️ 291 points | 💬 90 comments
","metadata":{"score":770,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t4utve","title":"Renee Good memorial in Mpls","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1t4utve/renee_good_memorial_in_mpls/","author":"CurlyMi","published_at":"2026-05-05T22:38:59+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/gallery/1t3yruy
\n\n\nAll pics from Friday, May 1
\n⬆️ 286 points | 💬 4 comments
","metadata":{"score":323,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t4opuz","title":"Delta cuts free drinks service: Here are the 10 MSP routes likely affected","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1t4opuz/delta_cuts_free_drinks_service_here_are_the_10/","author":"sugarytea78","published_at":"2026-05-05T18:52:38+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\"The ruling comes into effect on May 19, and is applicable to all Main Cabin and Comfort+ passengers on Delta and Delta Connection routes shorter than 350 miles. Prior to this, Delta didn’t offer the service on flights shorter than 250 miles, so the new routes impacted are between 250 and 349 miles in distance.
\n\nThe service will continue on routes longer than that, and around 600 flights that previously only received Delta’s limited drinks menu of water, coffee or tea will now receive a full snack and drink service.
\n\nFirst Class service is unaffected on all routes.\"
\n⬆️ 274 points | 💬 90 comments
","metadata":{"score":285,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t4ojlp","title":"TRex’s of Portland Ave & Battletrain Appreciation Post!","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1t4ojlp/trexs_of_portland_ave_battletrain_appreciation/","author":"storytellercowedding","published_at":"2026-05-05T18:46:46+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/gallery/1t4ojlp
\n\n\nWatching over the memorial of Renee Good all winter long to the streets of Southside for May Day - an appreciation post for battletrain & the T-rexes of Portland Ave ♥️ Love us, forever and ever and ever
\n\n\n⬆️ 232 points | 💬 1 comments
","metadata":{"score":242,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t4g1cl","title":"DE ICE Sticker Getting Run Off Road","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1t4g1cl/de_ice_sticker_getting_run_off_road/","author":"Mammoth_Piece9899","published_at":"2026-05-05T13:49:00+00:00","content":"\n\n![\"image\"](\"https://rssglue.subdavis.com/media/fa/fa7ee57c8abeb55085d2b25bb6267062582c42d547e147f97bf058a56ef5dee0.png\")
Good morning fellow Twin City folks,
\n\nI have a DE ICE bumper sticker and it has been causing many a magat to drive aggressively near me and one almost ran me off the road. They always have their pro ice and maga/Trump stickers so I assume thats whats happening. Either way I had children in the car. Is this happening to others? These people are this insane that they will straight up run a family off the road because of a bumper sticker they don't like? I can't feel safe because of a bumper sticker, thats wild.
\n⬆️ 420 points | 💬 150 comments
","metadata":{"score":676,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t3s5vf","title":"Strib Breaking News email","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1t3s5vf/strib_breaking_news_email/","author":"wblwblwblwbl","published_at":"2026-05-04T19:35:15+00:00","content":"\n\n![\"image\"](\"https://rssglue.subdavis.com/media/3a/3ae6471aedccfeba037653b5f3df809b9ce03a3d97c34a7858c0bbca3ba74892.jpg\")
Quality journalism is important, and I’m glad we have great reporting happening here - but does this going out in an email blast feel kind of gross to anyone else?
\n⬆️ 290 points | 💬 48 comments
","metadata":{"score":436,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t3nzev","title":"Charges dropped against women who helped save ICE agent","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1t3nzev/charges_dropped_against_women_who_helped_save_ice/","author":"star-tribune","published_at":"2026-05-04T17:10:52+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\nCharges against two Brooklyn Park women who sprang into action to help save an ICE agent having a siezure have been dismissed.
\n\nDespite their heroics in January, Tiffany “Tippy” Amundson, 39, and Heather Zemien, 55, were charged at the time with assaulting, resisting and impeding officers, according federal court records.
\n\nBut late last month, all charges against the women were terminated and “there will be no further proceedings on this matter,” according to documents filed in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minneapolis.
\n\nZeimen and Amundson were detained on Jan. 22 and were being driven to the Whipple Federal Building when one of the agents involved in the transport became ill.
\n\nThe women recognized the agent was having a seizure and asked the other agents in the vehicle to call 911. At one point the women were released from their handcuffs and rendered aid until first responders arrived.
\n\nThe women were eventually released after arriving at the Whipple Building, but citations were issued. Motions to have the charges dropped were filed in April and finally approved on April 22, court documents show.
\n⬆️ 283 points | 💬 27 comments
","metadata":{"score":338,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t31b6y","title":"Mirth, Mayhem, and Marvels at Minneapolis Mayday","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1t31b6y/mirth_mayhem_and_marvels_at_minneapolis_mayday/","author":"Naonadhe","published_at":"2026-05-03T23:43:00+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/gallery/1t31aww
\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 251 points | 💬 1 comments
","metadata":{"score":297,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t2vee4","title":"Alex Pretti memorial in Mpls","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1t2vee4/alex_pretti_memorial_in_mpls/","author":"CurlyMi","published_at":"2026-05-03T19:44:01+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/gallery/1t2tw41
\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 654 points | 💬 13 comments
","metadata":{"score":1560,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t0vxd7","title":"I spent the winter painting some of my favorite spots around the Twin Cities!","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1t0vxd7/i_spent_the_winter_painting_some_of_my_favorite/","author":"OHLOOK_OREGON","published_at":"2026-05-01T15:02:12+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/gallery/1t0v8tu
\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 296 points | 💬 15 comments
","metadata":{"score":874,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t0oh5t","title":"Traffic safety cameras","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1t0oh5t/traffic_safety_cameras/","author":"Jeremyb55412","published_at":"2026-05-01T09:29:11+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/gallery/1t0oh5t
\n\n\nSafety cameras downtown Minneapolis 3rd street no dispute they got me speeding Question why is this program being monitored out of Orlando, Florida? strange to me to not employ minnesotans leave it up to Minneapolis.
\n⬆️ 311 points | 💬 402 comments
","metadata":{"score":518,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1szloqv","title":"this plate, this truck, this everything","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1szloqv/this_plate_this_truck_this_everything/","author":"iamnotmagic","published_at":"2026-04-30T04:24:19+00:00","content":"\n\n![\"image\"](\"https://rssglue.subdavis.com/media/64/643af46b718594654855f3e804e3705aaa35726c05ac6a504eb234578e4881c8.jpg\")
I love it here.
\n⬆️ 283 points | 💬 27 comments
","metadata":{"score":747,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1szjlmq","title":"Encrypted police channels are bad for public safety. Not only does Minneapolis do it, now too, St. PAUL!","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1szjlmq/encrypted_police_channels_are_bad_for_public/","author":"sleepiestOracle","published_at":"2026-04-30T02:43:14+00:00","content":"\n\n\nHow does the public fix this so we can have public safety back?
\n⬆️ 258 points | 💬 50 comments
","metadata":{"score":278,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1szg3s0","title":"Senate passes bill to stabilize HCMC","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1szg3s0/senate_passes_bill_to_stabilize_hcmc/","author":"SkinTeeth4800","published_at":"2026-04-30T00:06:18+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBut we're not out of the woods yet. HCMC is vital to all of Minnesota. I know people who have been airlifted in from outstate Minnesota. They have saved my life in their Emergency Department. The have excellent doctors and nurses in all departments. They save people's lives every day. The activity at HCMC is one of the economic engines of downtown Minneapolis.
\n\nBut who can put a price on the HCMC saving our lives and powering downtown? Apparently some MN GOP fools cited in the report are willing to \"let HCMC clean up their own mess, by themselves\" and shut their doors. The purpose of HCMC is not to make a profit, but to save lives and improve our health -- again, what idiot can forgo those those things as too unprofitable?
\n⬆️ 266 points | 💬 16 comments
","metadata":{"score":400,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1sz541w","title":"A Photo Walk/Bus Ride Around the Cities!","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1sz541w/a_photo_walkbus_ride_around_the_cities/","author":"storytellercowedding","published_at":"2026-04-29T17:13:53+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/gallery/1sz541w
\n\n\nPlanned to just do Saturday dumpling co for lunch yesterday and brought my camera along for the ride, but somehow just kept meandering and hopping on busses and found ourselves in the middle of St. Paul at like 9:30 pm before we were like “maybe we should go home now?”
\n\n- for context Ive been getting into photo as a hobby again, my wife and I are wedding/event photographers for a living, but I’m just so certain the best inspo comes from just getting out and playing a game of iSpy with our cameras and zero expectations or pressure! I did this earlier in the week walking around Loring Park/Nicollet Mall and shared it in [r/Minneapolis](r/Minneapolis) and they seemed to really like browsing the snapshots! So I figured I’d share our images from roaming across basically the whole of the cities yesterday here, enjoy :)
\n⬆️ 220 points | 💬 14 comments
","metadata":{"score":218,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1sz10d3","title":"If you live in Inver Grove Heights, I wrote an email template to send feedback to the city council regarding the decision to fly the old state flag.","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1sz10d3/if_you_live_in_inver_grove_heights_i_wrote_an/","author":"JaydedGaming","published_at":"2026-04-29T14:49:05+00:00","content":"\n\n\nI know it can be time consuming to draft emails for each politician so I typed up a draft you can use if you feel the need to express your discontent at the decision. It's specifically formatted for the Inver Grove Heights city council, but feel free to edit it as needed for other towns that try to follow suit. Below are the names and emails of the IGH mayor and council, the template will follow.
\n\nMayor Brenda Dietrich- [bdietrich@ighmn.gov](mailto:bdietrich@ighmn.gov)
\n\nSue Gliva- [sgliva@ighmn.gov](mailto:sgliva@ighmn.gov)
\n\nJohn Murphy- [jmurphy@ighmn.gov](mailto:jmurphy@ighmn.gov)
\n\nTony Scales- [tscales@ighmn.gov](mailto:tscales@ighmn.gov)
\n\nMary T'Kach- [mtkach@ighmn.gov](mailto:mtkach@ighmn.gov)
\n\n____________________________________________
\n\n(Mayor/Councilmember Name),
\n\n\n\n
I am writing you to express my disappointment with the city council’s decision to fly the outdated Minnesota state flag. A flag that, at its’ heart, is steeped in disrespect for the indigenous peoples of our great state and has officially been discontinued from use on the state level. It is not for individual city governments to determine how to represent our state and the decision to revert to the previous design is problematic and feeds into a mindset of combativeness that does not belong in our community.
\n\nThe flag that was revealed in 1983 features an obvious reference to Manifest Destiny, the belief that colonization of indigenous lands was not only obvious, but certain to happen due to a misguided sense of racial superiority. The imagery present not only evokes a troubled past, but it also shines a light on an unwillingness to change, with that seal remaining much the same since the very first design in 1893.
\n\nWhen the redesign commission was formed in 2023, it brought together representatives from the many cultures that reside in our state to decide upon a design that would represent the best of our state while standing out from other state flags aesthetically. After the thought and work that went into that decision, to blatantly ignore it in favor of the previous flag feels not only disrespectful, but condescending and provocative, clearly meant to divide our community rather than bring it together.
\n\n(Mayor Dietrich/ You) has/have gone on record stating that the “public reaction to the new flag has thus far been overwhelmingly negative and underwhelmingly accepted”. With all due respect, more residents spoke up in favor of the new flag at the meeting where this was decided. There is also a high number of people, myself included, that are very content with the current flag and saw no reason to express that contentment prior to this outcome. It is my hope that by sending this email, you receive enough feedback to reconsider this decision and return the 8-pointed star design to our flagpoles.
\n\nThank you for your time, and I look forward to the day this issue is revisited.
\n\n\n\n
-(Your name here), a proud citizen of Inver Grove Heights
\n\n__________________________________________________________________
\n\nJust edit the bolded text to personalize and you should be good to go.
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\n⬆️ 251 points | 💬 83 comments
","metadata":{"score":257,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1syx1ru","title":"Minneapolis apartment chaos: Teens smash door, attack tenant and party on rooftop","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1syx1ru/minneapolis_apartment_chaos_teens_smash_door/","author":"Character-Fly-5564","published_at":"2026-04-29T12:14:44+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\nResidents in the Uptown neighborhood said they are frustrated and scared after a group of teenagers broke into their apartment building and caused chaos over the weekend.
\n⬆️ 205 points | 💬 139 comments
","metadata":{"score":298,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1sxhvd7","title":"Grocery Store Prices","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1sxhvd7/grocery_store_prices/","author":"Safe_Connection_2997","published_at":"2026-04-27T21:47:47+00:00","content":"\n\n\nIs it just me or does it seem like grocery store prices have gone up significantly in like the last week? My weekly bill is around $120 for two people and I just paid $170 for similar weekly groceries. Also did some quick runs for grilling items this weekend and the price was like $70 for something I would usually pay $30-40 for. I do shop at Lunds (sue me it’s close) but even for Lunds prices things seem insane. Is it just me??
\n⬆️ 187 points | 💬 127 comments
","metadata":{"score":251,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1sx90se","title":"A right-wing dipshit keeps attacking people in Minnesota","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1sx90se/a_rightwing_dipshit_keeps_attacking_people_in/","author":"markwasson","published_at":"2026-04-27T16:37:34+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.misfitsmedia.press/a-right-wing-dipshit-keeps-attacking-people-in-minnesota/
\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 275 points | 💬 45 comments
","metadata":{"score":455,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1svuoal","title":"trinket trade boxes popping up in the twin cities","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1svuoal/trinket_trade_boxes_popping_up_in_the_twin_cities/","author":"blue-duende","published_at":"2026-04-26T02:05:43+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/gallery/1svuoal
\n\n\nmemos trinket box is located in 2495 Victoria St N, Roseville, MN 55113 by the tennis court. fae-tastic trinket box is located in 719 Fuller Ave, St Paul, MN 55104. if you have kids or are a whimsical person, you’ll love these!
\n⬆️ 393 points | 💬 30 comments
","metadata":{"score":1064,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1svj9oz","title":"Memoir by Mary Lucia (DJ from the Current)","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1svj9oz/memoir_by_mary_lucia_dj_from_the_current/","author":"CurlyMi","published_at":"2026-04-25T18:05:40+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/gallery/1suw3tt
\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 246 points | 💬 18 comments
","metadata":{"score":291,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1svg7rb","title":"Tim is right","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1svg7rb/tim_is_right/","author":"Southern_Common335","published_at":"2026-04-25T16:08:07+00:00","content":"\n\n![\"image\"](\"https://rssglue.subdavis.com/media/43/439fbc40b80bdf4401f64b7a137fdb518813053098ca778250803c559cdd4d64.jpg\")
⬆️ 336 points | 💬 25 comments
","metadata":{"score":1086,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1sva1al","title":"Miller’s first position within federal policymaking circles began when he served as press secretary for former Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann in 2008...","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1sva1al/millers_first_position_within_federal/","author":"sleepiestOracle","published_at":"2026-04-25T11:49:44+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/stephen-miller/
\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 187 points | 💬 16 comments
","metadata":{"score":195,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1supowl","title":"Creative Church - what is going on?","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1supowl/creative_church_what_is_going_on/","author":"allylp","published_at":"2026-04-24T19:30:44+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/gallery/1supowl
\n\n\nHey everyone, I’ve been digging into the financial and operational practices of the Creative Church here in Minnesota, and the paper trail is interesting.
\n\nI’ve pulled some public records (see attached screenshot) that raise questions about how this church is operating and whether it’s actually serving the community or just acting as a business for its leadership.
\n\nAccording to Open The Books, the Creative Church received over $3.5 million in 2021 and nearly $2.4 million in 2022 from the Department of Education. That is nearly $6 million in taxpayer money in just two years. This coincides with the “feeding our futures” timeline of government grants issued to feed children. Is it feasible that they really needed $6 million dollars to feed children? Does anyone know how to dig into what the funds were specifically granted to the Creative Church for in 2021 & 2022? The website I used didn’t provide any additional information and I’m finding it difficult on the Minnesota state website. I want to confirm what those funds were actually used for. Is it typical for a church to take government funding?
\n\nUnrelated but the Pastor is running a subscription service for parental advice. I think it’s ethically bankrupt for a religious leader to paywall guidance. Something just feels gross to me about how many digital paywall courses they have. When you pair that with the merch they’re selling, this whole thing feels like a Brozozog business rather than a church really serving the community. I don’t want to jump to conclusions but I’m interested in public feedback.
\n\nFor those wondering about my motivations, I have a friend who has been completely sucked into this church and I want to make sure her good intentions are not wasted on something potentially nefarious.
\n⬆️ 229 points | 💬 66 comments
","metadata":{"score":298,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1sul7hp","title":"Star Tribune: Only one of our Twin Cities appears serious about reviving its downtown","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1sul7hp/star_tribune_only_one_of_our_twin_cities_appears/","author":"Character-Fly-5564","published_at":"2026-04-24T16:48:26+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\nThe urgency of leaders in St. Paul to resuscitate the downtown market should be instructive for Minneapolis.
\n\nThe pricey new vision for connecting downtown St. Paul with the Mississippi River involves a sloping park and a land bridge over a road and railroad tracks. It’s clear that Ramsey County’s reboot of this concept faces tall odds.
\n\nBut at least they’re thinking big in the Capital City.
\n\nFaced with collapsing downtown tax bases, only one of our Twin Cities appears willing to rally around some dramatic market interventions. Reviving downtown St. Paul is an urgent mission for many of the city’s political and corporate leaders, whereas Minneapolis is largely watching as the market continues to slide.
\n\nYou could hear the urgency in recent quotes from Ramsey County officials, presenting their ambitious plans for downtown St. Paul. Downtown was “pivotal,” they said, and “someone’s got to kick the door open” to be a “catalyst.”
\n\nI just keep seeing St. Paul headlines that I simply can’t imagine on the west side of the river.
\n\nAn arm of St. Paul’s Downtown Alliance is scooping up derelict buildings downtown, for example, and just received a $30 million infusion from Securian Financial and the Bush Foundation — both based in downtown — to keep making aggressive moves. The county is planning to spend $50 million on downtown housing development.
\n\nAnd the city has shown it is willing to have skin in the game. Just look at Landmark Tower beside the St. Paul Hotel, an office building that became apartments last year thanks in part to a $20 million city-approved tax subsidy.
\n\nMeanwhile, new Mayor Kaohly Her and the Minnesota Wild are pushing a joint proposal at the Legislature to rehab the city’s largest arena and its adjacent auditorium.
\n\nLongtime St. Paul developer John Mannillo has been critical of office-to-residential conversions and the city’s reliance on tax subsidies — which eclipses any other city. But he feels the city’s new leadership understands changes are needed to revive downtown, and ideas are welcomed.
\n\nSt. Paul’s smaller size works in its favor during a crisis. “If you get the right people pulling in the right direction, get everybody pulling in the right direction, [recovery] is easier to do,” Mannillo said.
\n\nThe urgency in St. Paul is also just a reflection of a particularly dire situation.
\n\n“We’ve hit bottom. No matter what we do, hopefully we’re going to do better,” Mannillo said. “The bar is not that high right now for us.”
\n\nThe shuttered Alliance Bank building is seen in downtown St. Paul in October 2025. (Leila Navidi/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
\n\nTo be clear, Minneapolis’ downtown is healthier than St. Paul‘s. It remains a lively hub of sports and entertainment, and many of its skyscrapers are still worth a lot of money — despite 30% office vacancies and dispiriting news like the Foshay Tower on the brink of foreclosure.
\n\nBut five years of falling downtown commercial building values — including a nearly 14% drop last year alone — is dumping a growing tax burden on the city’s residents. And “the market hasn’t found a bottom yet,” as my friend and former colleague Steve Brandt observed at a recent meeting of the city’s Board of Estimate and Taxation, of which he serves as president.
\n\nThose buildings are the golden goose of the Minneapolis tax base, underwriting a lot of the services residents rely on. Their continued decline is chipping away at the very foundation of the city’s budget, but our local leaders seem remarkably apathetic about it.
\n\nSure, there are plans for downtown and news conferences about its importance. But we’re usually celebrating some penny ante solution, like subsidizing artists to occupy storefronts. A notable exception is the ongoing work by nonprofit Owámniyomni Okhódayapi to restore the natural beauty of the downtown riverfront.
\n\nMinneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey leads local media on a walking tour of a stretch of the Nicollet Mall in 2023. (Jeff Wheeler/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
\n\nWe need creative public-private partnerships. But dysfunction at City Hall has narrowed the spectrum of what’s politically viable. And while democratic socialists on the City Council deserve a lot of criticism for misplaced priorities, Mayor Jacob Frey and his moderate council allies spend most of their time in a defensive posture instead marshaling a plan to revive the city’s tax base.
\n\nThe reason this is so striking is that, for much of the 20th century, catalyzing downtown investment was a core focus of city leadership.
\n\nIt started in earnest, perhaps, when the city blew up a great deal of downtown Minneapolis in the ’50s and ’60s to make way for the high-rise buildings we see today. This was followed by major subsidies to restore Hennepin Avenue’s historic theaters and convert the industrial riverfront into a new neighborhood.
\n\nBlock E, the Depot, Gaviidae, Target, City Center — there’s a long list of big dollar downtown projects that were aided by city subsidies. A number were huge failures, but the ambition was clear. And as the downtown tax base grew, the city used tax increment financing to funnel wealth into the neighborhoods through the Neighborhood Revitalization Program.
\n\nCity Council President Jackie Cherryhomes, Hard Rock Cafe executive Chris Tomasso, Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton and developer Dan McCaffery celebrate Hard Rock Cafe moving into the Block E development in 2001. (MIKE ZERBY)
\n\nThis era of market intervention essentially ended in 2001, when R.T. Rybak was elected mayor promising to hit the brakes on the subsidies. The city had primed the pump — now it had to let the market work.
\n\nAnd it paid off. Minneapolis was perfectly poised to ride the nationwide wave toward urban living, which made the city a boomtown in the 2010s. The city’s controversial investment in a new Vikings stadium was a rare exception to the new norm of restrained subsidies — which were reserved largely for affordable housing.
\n\nSo it is notable to hear Rybak say now that Minneapolis needs to rethink its aversion to market intervention.
\n\n“As a person who came in and had the city stop using so much tax increment financing, that is one of the many tools we have to start thinking about again — as well as inventing some new tools to make key investments,\" said Rybak, who now leads the Minneapolis Foundation.
\n\nIn his experience, big things that happened in the city rarely started at City Hall. They involved partnerships across sectors, he said, a model that needs to be reinvented for this era.
\n\n“The tools and coalition are not in place to act as boldly as we have to act right now,” Rybak said.
\n\nDowntowns must continuously evolve to remain a vital asset for the surrounding region. Minneapolis knows that the Big Retail era of Nicollet Mall is over, for example, and buildings need to be retrofitted for smaller storefronts (more doors!). But this will likely require public incentives that nobody seems eager to provide.
\n\nOur region’s special arrangement of having two adjacent core cities provides good opportunities to compare and contrast. So Minneapolis leaders better be paying attention, because there’s action happening in St. Paul.
\n⬆️ 227 points | 💬 137 comments
","metadata":{"score":243,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1sudvtc","title":"Found: missing 14 year old","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1sudvtc/found_missing_14_year_old/","author":"MarchingBlind","published_at":"2026-04-24T12:09:11+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\nOriginal post linked. Bella was found on 04/24/26 around 5pm. Thank you to everyone for sharing, boosting, and keeping an eye out for Bella. You are all amazing humans!
\n⬆️ 231 points | 💬 8 comments
","metadata":{"score":232,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1stnr2u","title":"Fast Foto Appreciation Post - Best Film Lab in the World is In Bloomington, Minnesota!","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1stnr2u/fast_foto_appreciation_post_best_film_lab_in_the/","author":"storytellercowedding","published_at":"2026-04-23T16:29:33+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/gallery/1stnr2u
\n\n\nFast Foto is a film lab in Bloomington Minnesota that’s been developing film, printing, doing passport photos etc for 30 + years - we’re film wedding photographers and over the past decade have used film labs all over the country, including some seriously stellar ones in NYC and LA that are top of the list for best film labs in the world - and none have been better than Fast Foto. I feel unbelievably lucky we live so close to them! I’ve literally never gotten my scans in longer than 24 hours, and I usually get them within 5 hours of dropping off my film - no extra charge that’s just how fast they are. Their scans are insanely good, their staff is incredibly knowledgeable and kind, and I just think they deserve all the praise in the world! This is fully not paid in any way, I literally actually pay them hundreds a month in developing for our work lol - but they deserve every single dollar and every ounce of praise. Bring your film there, get your passport photos taken there, get your prints done there - they’re TOPS.
\n\nIncluding a handful of recent scans from them for reference as well!
\n\n\n\n9145 Lyndale Ave S,
\n\nBloomington, MN 55420
\n⬆️ 333 points | 💬 35 comments
","metadata":{"score":414,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1srcs6c","title":"Minneapolis Star-Tribune Coverage of Prince's Death","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1srcs6c/minneapolis_startribune_coverage_of_princes_death/","author":"z00r0pa","published_at":"2026-04-21T04:00:41+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/gallery/1srcn5x
\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 322 points | 💬 13 comments
","metadata":{"score":325,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1sr86pl","title":"MN Rep. Pete Stauber Helped Kill the Boundary Waters Mining Ban. Oh, and He Cheats at Hockey.","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1sr86pl/mn_rep_pete_stauber_helped_kill_the_boundary/","author":"Turbulent_Crab_3602","published_at":"2026-04-21T00:32:09+00:00","content":"\n\n![\"image\"](\"https://rssglue.subdavis.com/media/e0/e016701503d17adb828449e269c58c1f7495ae8d748fd4a5c52b023e352131ae.jpg\")
⬆️ 771 points | 💬 22 comments
","metadata":{"score":1167,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1sr4osy","title":"Delete if Not Allowed: SAVE THE BOUNDARY WATERS PETITION","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1sr4osy/delete_if_not_allowed_save_the_boundary_waters/","author":"RequirementNo9841","published_at":"2026-04-20T22:08:03+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.change.org/Save-The-Boundary-Waters
\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 430 points | 💬 16 comments
","metadata":{"score":442,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1sqvk0t","title":"One of the few Black-owned record shops in the country needs help staying open","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1sqvk0t/one_of_the_few_blackowned_record_shops_in_the/","author":"thedubiousstylus","published_at":"2026-04-20T17:09:18+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\nUrban Lights Music in St. Paul for the record.
\n⬆️ 219 points | 💬 44 comments
","metadata":{"score":220,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1sqqeez","title":"Missing 14 year old","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1sqqeez/missing_14_year_old/","author":"MarchingBlind","published_at":"2026-04-20T14:07:28+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/gallery/1sqqeez
\n\n\nMy sister-in-law's niece is missing. She snuck out of her grandparent's home. If you happen to see her please call the Washington County Sheriff department at 651-430-7670. Her name is Bella but could be using the name Lucy Anderson.
\n⬆️ 727 points | 💬 86 comments
","metadata":{"score":1089,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1sqbgup","title":"BWCA Latrines = Staubers is catching on","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1sqbgup/bwca_latrines_staubers_is_catching_on/","author":"grisslybear612","published_at":"2026-04-20T01:38:24+00:00","content":"\n\n![\"image\"](\"https://rssglue.subdavis.com/media/f8/f82eb8049b32d6183e0c3c7304deab01abe3ce88b7ec21caa00513f414c5d611.jpg\")
⬆️ 221 points | 💬 4 comments
","metadata":{"score":221,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1sq44k6","title":"Heart broken","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1sq44k6/heart_broken/","author":"Mean-Internal-535","published_at":"2026-04-19T20:27:59+00:00","content":"\n\n![\"image\"](\"https://rssglue.subdavis.com/media/26/26a3746aa93383935ad2cf1545a92cdfc7b5af74b5e40407ddb0a922f387d792.jpg\")
I work apartment maintenance and I found this in a unit that skipped out. So sad.
\n⬆️ 880 points | 💬 72 comments
","metadata":{"score":2556,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1spjn94","title":"Our \"tifo\" at the loons game this evening 💕","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1spjn94/our_tifo_at_the_loons_game_this_evening/","author":"RequirementNo9841","published_at":"2026-04-19T05:04:29+00:00","content":"\n\n![\"image\"](\"https://rssglue.subdavis.com/media/11/115d3c7c46e59b351233cd0a460c55803aecb00c98bc3169f2ef0ff955c6b816.jpg\")
Something needed to be said, and we did it. SAVE THE BWCA.
\n⬆️ 585 points | 💬 7 comments
","metadata":{"score":776,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1sovfvo","title":"Husband was told to take ‘ICE out’ pin off by security at Grand Casino Arena.","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1sovfvo/husband_was_told_to_take_ice_out_pin_off_by/","author":"Weak_Yogurtcloset635","published_at":"2026-04-18T11:45:11+00:00","content":"\n\n\nHappened last night at the Los Tigres del Norte concert. When pushed to explain the exact policy he was violating, all security said was he couldn’t display anything disparaging ICE. There’s nothing close to that posted on their Visitor’s Guide online.
\n\nAm I missing something??
\n⬆️ 647 points | 💬 171 comments
","metadata":{"score":1036,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1sokoei","title":"Support Nashville Coop","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1sokoei/support_nashville_coop/","author":"Special_Tangelo_1272","published_at":"2026-04-18T02:07:55+00:00","content":"\n\n![\"image\"](\"https://rssglue.subdavis.com/media/58/588af718e9b1a0808b85a96831ca851f21bd29a3562d86ca7b60169b97af644d.jpg\")
Driving down 66th today and noticed this giant Dave’s Hot Chicken billboard above Nashville Coop.
\n\nThis kind of thing makes me so angry. An obvious attack on a locally owned business by a national chain. Fuck these assholes and their shitty chicken. Support Nashville Coop and other local businesses. Don’t let these corporations do any more damage to our communities.
\n⬆️ 515 points | 💬 53 comments
","metadata":{"score":1060,"source_feed_id":"r-twincities","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1soazpb","title":"I miss the Zoo IMAX","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1soazpb/i_miss_the_zoo_imax/","author":"DramaticErraticism","published_at":"2026-04-17T19:28:42+00:00","content":"\n\n\nWe have enough rants about how people drive and ICE, I figured I'd post something light to break things up a bit.
\n\nAnyone remember the IMAX at the MN Zoo in Apple Valley? They would play normal movies, bring old movies back (Jurassic Park etc). My friends and I saw all the LoTR movies there, Blade Runner 2049, it was always a fun event for us to get together and watch that huge screen. It was such a bummer when they shut it down due to lack of sales/interest. Even for big movies, the stadium would only be 1/4 full. I wasn't sure if people were just not aware it was there or what the deal was, we'd drive from Mpls just for the experience.
\n\nAnyone else have fond memories? Hell, I even saw the Hobbit movies there...even that screen couldn't make those good tho lol
\n⬆️ 418 points | 💬 107 comments
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