Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis set to address most feedback yet in traffic calming program
Feedback from the public is helping city leaders pinpoint where to focus projects designed to reduce speeding and make neighborhoods safer.
It’s called traffic calming, and this is the third season of construction for projects that include speed bumps and traffic circles.
Caroline Zukowski is relatively new to her northeast Minneapolis neighborhood, but she remembers the traffic when she first moved in.
“I would definitely say there was a lot more fast driving, people kind of skipping stop signs,” said Zukowski.
Now, along parts of northeast Polk Street, you’ll find traffic circles.
“I would definitely say people are slowing down because you kind of have to unless you’re going to hit the middle of the roundabout,” Zukowski said.
Over the last two years, several projects have been completed as part of the traffic calming program. Since 2022, the city has been taking concerns from residents and, based on a variety of factors, selecting different neighborhood streets to install traffic circles, speed bumps or curb extensions.
“We definitely heard a lot of interest from the public,” said Tim Sexton, Minneapolis Public Works director.
Sexton says this year, they’ll spend $1.5 million on projects. The city is expected to address 120 requests from the public, up from 50 last year.
“I’m glad to see the city is taking a more aggressive approach here, we’ve certainly been needing it for a while,” said Tony Hull, who lives in Minneapolis.
Hull lives along Harriet Avenue in Uptown, one of the stretches set to see some work. He says it’s important to study what option is best for each neighborhood.
“Is it volume of traffic, is it speed of traffic, is it behaviors at intersections?” Hull asked.
Work is set to begin this summer and fall. Applications for the 2026 construction are due by August.
“I would definitely say it’s helped control the traffic and make things a little safer,” Zukowski said.
“A lot of people are impatient, so you see some behaviors that you’d like to change,” Hull said.
For a closer look at the projects and the dates and locations of upcoming open houses, click here.
Minneapolis, MN
Sheriff: Driver of stolen vehicle flees traffic stop in St. Paul, hits State Patrol car in Minneapolis
The driver of a stolen car fled a traffic stop Friday night in St. Paul before crashing into a Minnesota State Patrol car in Minneapolis, according to the Ramsey County sheriff’s office.
A Ramsey County sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop the stolen Hyundai sedan at about 10:30 p.m. in the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul. The driver fled and crossed the Ford Parkway Bridge into Minneapolis before the deputy lost sight of the vehicle and ended the pursuit, according to the sheriff’s office.
The suspect was then observed driving recklessly and ran a stop sign at West 46th Street and Aldrich Avenue South at 80 mph. The vehicle collided with a State Patrol squad car, causing significant injuries to the trooper and passengers in the stolen vehicle, the sheriff’s office said.
The 19-year-old suspect was quickly arrested after attempting to flee on foot. The driver has two prior arrests for fleeing police and is being held at the Ramsey County jail, according to the sheriff’s office.
Police say the same vehicle was involved in a pursuit Thursday night in the west metro, during which it reportedly swerved at emergency vehicles but did not hit them.
Police in Minneapolis are investigating after city officials said four people were injured in a shooting at Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park on Friday night.
According to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, officers responded to a report from an individual of a suspicious person around 8:38 p.m. The caller said there was a large gathering of young adults in the parking lot of the park, which is located at 4055 Nicollet Ave.
According to city officials, multiple gunshots were fired before the officers arrived at the park.
A 19-year-old woman was taken to the hospital by ambulance with serious injuries, city officials said. Three other people, whose ages have yet to be disclosed, self-transported to the hospital with gunshot-related injuries
No suspects in the shooting have been arrested, officials said.
Park police are working with the Minneapolis Police Department to investigate the incident.
This is a developing story.
Minneapolis, MN
Man stabbed brother in north Minneapolis home after arguing about messy kitchen, charges say
Prosecutors on Friday accused a 23-year-old Chicago man of fatally stabbing his brother in a north Minneapolis home early Wednesday after the two got into an argument about cleaning the kitchen.
Police were called to the home on the 3000 block of Girard Avenue North shortly after 3 a.m. after hearing about the stabbing. They found a man in his 20s lying on the floor and his girlfriend holding a cloth to his wound. The man was pronounced dead roughly 30 minutes later.
According to the criminal complaint, the girlfriend told officers that she had been making food with her boyfriend when her boyfriend’s brother came upstairs. The brother was upset at her boyfriend for not cleaning up the kitchen, she told officers.
The brother then went downstairs but returned later and pushed her boyfriend around, she said. Charging documents say the brothers got into a fight.
The girlfriend told police that the brother had a bloody knife in his hands, and her boyfriend said “he just stabbed me,” the complaint states.
Police arrested the 23-year-old at the house. In a post-Miranda statement, he initially told officers he blacked out around the time of the stabbing. He later admitted to stabbing his brother, at first saying that he was trying to “fake” stab him but ended up stabbing him. He also said that his brother charged at him and ran into the knife, the complaint says.
Charging documents say the man admitted that his brother did not have a weapon on him.
He faces two counts of second-degree murder.
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