A digital news organization by and for Southwest Minneapolis
Students represented Malawi, Niger, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at a mock United Nations conference.
March 18, 2024
Performed for the third time since 2009, church member and local musician Doug Weatherhead first wrote the requiem for the church’s 100th anniversary.
March 14, 2024
Curious why vacant lots are, well, vacant? Brian Martucci looked up the history of a few and tried to figure out why they are empty and what plans the owners have for them.
March 14, 2024
The one-woman play breaks many theater rules and elicits joyful feedback from the crowd.
March 13, 2024
Hornstein sais he feels ready to pass the torch to exisiting leadership in the State House after passing a major transportation bill last year.
March 12, 2024
A one-man photo lab in the Wedge uses in-house chemical mixes for processing film at the back of Disco Death Records and Coffee Shop
March 12, 2024
We appreciate reader feedback and strive to publish the vast majority of what we receive. Here are the comments readers submitted about the sudden death of a flockless turkey that roamed Southwest Minneapolis.
March 11, 2024
Eighth grade reading teacher Angel Dwyer talked with her students about how to cope with life in ways that won't destroy them and students wrote about what they need most from adults.
March 11, 2024
Three extracurricular classes in Minneapolis Public Schools incorporate the pop star in critical thinking, literary analysis, and art production.
March 7, 2024
Seven Southwest neighborhood organizations pooled money to get the project off the ground.
March 5, 2024
Witness accounts and comments on social media point to a U.S. Postal Service worker as the person who killed the turkey
March 4, 2024
A small lot is still available for an entrepreneur or local ice cream shop to lease
March 4, 2024
Rep. Frank Hornstein is not running for reelection after serving 11 terms in office. The election for his open seat will be Nov. 5, 2024.
March 1, 2024
The Whittier-based animal advocacy group brings awareness to the treatment of animals and builds community across Minnesota.
February 29, 2024
Rep. Frank Hornstein is not running for reelection after serving 11 terms in office. The election for his open seat will be Nov. 5, 2024.
February 29, 2024
%20(1).jpg)
We appreciate reader feedback and strive to publish the vast majority of what we receive.
February 28, 2024
Rep. Frank Hornstein is not running for reelection after serving 11 terms in office. The election for his open seat will be Nov. 5, 2024.
February 27, 2024
While our region lacks in church-led fish fries, local restaurants serve fried fish all year long.
February 22, 2024
A new encampment popped up a few blocks north hours later.
February 22, 2024
Rep. Frank Hornstein announced last week he was not running for reelection after serving 11 terms in office. The election for his open seat will be Nov. 5, 2024.
February 21, 2024
August 17, 2022
Good morning, Southwest Minneapolis
August 16, 2022
Good morning, Southwest Minneapolis
August 15, 2022
Boiler Room Coffee is coming back in September to Stevens Square-Loring Heights
August 15, 2022
Good morning, Southwest Minneapolis
August 15, 2022
The Kenilworth corridor is notorious for causing much of the cost overruns and delays associated with the Green Line Extension.
August 15, 2022
Southwest Voices welcomes a life-long Kingfield resident to our team
August 12, 2022
The Southwest Weekly
August 11, 2022
Good morning, Southwest Minneapolis
August 10, 2022
Kingfield residents have been organizing this summer to stop the installation of a 5G antenna pole at 41st and Garfield, including physicall
August 10, 2022
Good morning, Southwest Minneapolis
August 9, 2022
A guide to things to eat and drink, places to shop, and things to do in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, curated by our readers
August 9, 2022
Good morning, Southwest Minneapolis
August 9, 2022
Before Liden Hills and Cottage City there was Reyataotonwe, a Mdewakanton Dakotan settlement.
August 8, 2022
Good Morning, Southwest
August 5, 2022
The Southwest Weekly
August 4, 2022
Good morning, Southwest
August 4, 2022
Instead of doing our own endorsements, we're publishing a couple reader perspectives on the Hennepin County Attorney race.
.jpeg)
August 3, 2022
Why I support Martha Holton Dimick
August 3, 2022
Digging into the Michels Corporation contracts with the city of Minneapolis
August 3, 2022
Good morning, Southwest
.jpg)
August 2, 2022
Good morning, Southwest
August 2, 2022
Delta-9 edibles have been legal in Minnesota for a month, but what about all the other edibles you can buy? What are they like?
August 1, 2022
The Park Board collaborated with City of Skate to move a skate park that skaters constructed in 2020.
August 1, 2022
Good morning, Southwest Minneapolis
August 1, 2022
Southwest Voices is expanding its meeting coverage to cover some Metropolitan Council meetings.
July 31, 2022
We visited three walls during the LynLake Street Art Series and revisited the spots two week later to see the transformation.
July 29, 2022
The Southwest Weekly
July 28, 2022
The redesign resolution passed in committee and moves to the full City Council for approval Aug. 4.
July 28, 2022
Good Morning, Southwest
July 27, 2022
Owner Kathy Lawrow is moving Larue’s because she believes upcoming street infrastructure changes will negatively affect her business.
July 27, 2022
Good morning, Southwest Minneapolis
July 26, 2022
The new brand quietly took over on July 18th
July 26, 2022
Understanding different views in good faith will lead to better policy outcomes if we see the complexity of others.
July 26, 2022
Good Morning, Southwest
.jpg)
July 25, 2022
This upper-middle class white woman has had her world shaken. But maybe, in the end, that can be used for the goo
July 25, 2022
Good morning, Southwest Minneapolis
%202.jpg)
July 22, 2022
Good morning, Southwest Minneapolis
July 21, 2022
The markets have a restorative focus and are free, accessible to all, and designed to build local connections.
July 21, 2022
Good morning, Southwest Minneapolis
July 20, 2022
Streetcars were known to bring neighborhoods and people of different ethnicities together to share common spaces.
July 20, 2022
Good morning, Southwest
July 19, 2022
They need two new mail carriers. Are you one of them?
July 19, 2022
City staff’s ‘toxic’ work environment appears less important than a well-managed budget
July 19, 2022
The Clausen family has been servicing cars in the Stevens Square neighborhood since the New Deal era.
July 19, 2022
Good morning, Southwest
July 19, 2022
The move will be official in September
July 18, 2022
Good morning, Southwest
July 18, 2022
A key focus at the the Hennepin County Board meeting on July 12 was a presentation about increasing jury pool diversity.
July 15, 2022
The Southwest Weekly
.jpeg)
July 14, 2022
In its fifth year, the LynLake Street Art Series invites graffiti artists to design and paint murals on walls throughout the LynLake area.
