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A news organization by and for Southwest Minneapolis
Our curated collection of events for this weekend.
May 9, 2025
The man behind the quirky Lake of the Isles pencil talks with Southwest Voices about his family’s social philanthropy.
May 1, 2025
Artists and organizations can apply for two-year subsidized leases in Seven Points, Urban Outfitters, and other vacant spaces.
April 29, 2025
We appreciate reader feedback and strive to publish the vast majority of what we receive.
April 28, 2025
We make this city what we want it to be. But we can’t just complain and wish for a better city.
April 25, 2025
About the worm in our apple
April 24, 2025
The Southwest Minneapolis councilmember is running unopposed for a fifth term.
April 23, 2025
The City’s Traffic and Parking services presented the projects to a City Council committee last week.
April 22, 2025
This will be Reese Sweeney’s first professional theater performance.
April 18, 2025
Former Park Board and project planning members testified against the newest resolution to stop The Mall’s planned street removal.
April 17, 2025
A small group of students blossomed after the pandemic into a championship team.
April 16, 2025
Donna Minter and her friend are riding their bikes 3,200 miles across the country to raise money for climate justice organizations.
April 15, 2025
With seven months until Election Day, the Ward 11 councilmember cites a toxic political climate in her decision to suspend her mayoral campaign.
April 15, 2025
A revived Uptown Association, new businesses, and City-sponsored programs are revving up the heart of Uptown.
April 10, 2025
The City of Minneapolis opted for Hennepin Avenue over the original Open Streets location.
April 8, 2025
The Met Council says a late March sewage spill near Cedar Lake poses no public health risk.
April 7, 2025
Our curated collection of events and community gatherings in the Southwest quadrant of Minneapolis.
April 7, 2025
The DFL caucus is April 8 this year, with ward conventions happening April 26 through May 31 and a citywide convention in July.
April 4, 2025
The Kingfield restaurant opened in January 2024.
April 2, 2025
The current Minnesota senator wants to use his experience working with the community and his political adversaries to get work done at City Hall.
April 2, 2025
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
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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
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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
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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.
July 14, 2022
One very happy Chicago's Very Own logo. He's probably this happy because they're opening tomorrow at 11 a.m.
July 13, 2022
Good morning, Southwest
July 13, 2022
Dynamic lanes analysis done after the appointment of the new Public Works director.
July 12, 2022
Good morning, Southwest
July 11, 2022
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July 8, 2022
Good morning, Southwest
July 7, 2022
Good morning, Southwest
July 7, 2022
The Park Board postponed a vote on an amendment to the tree planting program and approved a $385,000 increase in park police funds.
July 6, 2022
Minnesota legalized delta-9 seemingly overnight. A local cannabis store reacts quickly to the confusing news.
July 6, 2022
Good morning, Southwest
July 5, 2022
Good morning, Southwest
July 5, 2022
The bill was initially framed as a way to better regulate delta-8 products but also legalized delta-9 products.
July 1, 2022
Rochelle Cox has been working in the district for 25 years with a focus on special education leadership.
July 1, 2022
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June 30, 2022
We appreciate reader feedback and strive to publish the vast majority of what we receive.
June 30, 2022
The City Council voted unanimously to send two items from the Hennepin Avenue South redesign plan back to Public Works committee.
June 30, 2022
Good morning, Southwest
June 29, 2022
Around 70 people marched down Hennepin Ave. S. on June 28 in protest of the mayor's recent veto of all-day bus lanes on the street.
June 29, 2022
Good morning, Southwest
June 29, 2022
We call on Palmisano to take stronger climate action on systemic level changes that the next generation is asking for
