A new listing on Mall of America's events calendar pairs the mall's colorful Artful Arches art installation with a sneak peek at Artistry's upcoming production of "In the Heights."
Live dancers take over the south entrance of Nickelodeon Universe on Friday and Saturday nights through mid-August, closing out the mall's evenings with a free show.
Mall of America has added L'Occitane's Taste of Provence to its events calendar, but the retailer hasn't published a date, time or price yet.
A new pop-up called the Capital One Café Kaleidoscope Photo Booth has landed on Mall of America's events calendar, though the mall hasn't published dates or a price tag yet.
A scent-consultation event tied to Chanel's men's fragrance line is now listed on Mall of America's calendar, hosted at the mall's Chanel Fragrance and Beauty Boutique.
With Sen. Alice Mann stepping aside, four DFL candidates — a journalist, a healthcare organizer, a longtime school board member and a retired firefighter — are asking western Bloomington and Edina voters to send them to the general election.
Bloomington's free R&B and soul festival turns 5 this Saturday with its first-ever national headliner, Carl Thomas, at Central Station Park.
Public works crews added three southern-adapted tree species downtown this spring, while parks staff are clearing invasive growth along Nine Mile Creek to bring back one of Minnesota's rarest ecosystems.
With the state primary a few days off on August 11, the city laid out what's actually legal when it comes to lawn signs, garage sale placards, and the campaign signs about to line every corner.
The city's parks department is pointing residents toward its full lineup of skating lessons, trails, naturalist programs and adult sports leagues — a reminder that staying active in Bloomington doesn't stop when the pools close.
The city's Sustainability Department is covering the cost of a Home Energy Squad visit — normally $70 to $100 — for residents who schedule one before the end of the month.
The Minnesota Valley Chapter of the Izaak Walton League opens its monthly gallery hours to show off David Wheaton's photography of the Mississippi River as it cuts through downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul.
For a fifth straight summer, volunteers from Cedar Valley Church are hauling grills to Cedarcrest Park each Thursday to serve free hot dogs to anyone who shows up.
Rebels Gymnastics swapped confusing trash cans for color-coded, clearly labeled bins and added organics recycling — and cut what it sends to the landfill by three-quarters.
Bloomington singled out the watershed district for its decades of work on flood control, water quality and creek restoration — including a $1 million streambank overhaul now underway.
"One Thousand and One Thresholds" pairs writers, dancers, musicians and visual artists for six Tuesday nights this fall, led by Bloomington artist Rupa Shenoy-Thadhani.
The Bloomington Port Authority is asking residents and business owners to help set the city's economic development priorities for the next two decades at a free forum this October.
The city is building 13,330 feet of new sanitary sewer pipe under north central Bloomington, using a $4 million state bonding award to keep up with growth in the Penn American District.
The first Bloomington edition of the Immigrant Entrepreneurs Summit brought together almost 300 business owners, partners and community leaders at the Masonic Heritage Center in June.
After nearly two hours of public comment, the Bloomington City Council voted 5-1 to deny a resident petition demanding a fresh environmental study of the Nine Mile Creek project and awarded contracts to begin oak savanna restoration.
The Mayor made it official at Monday's council meeting, and Police Chief Hargis is urging residents to walk down the block and join a neighborhood party tonight.
The city says Bloomington is now in moderate drought and one of its drinking-water sources, the Mississippi Headwaters, is in severe drought — and it's asking residents to conserve before formal restrictions become necessary.
The mall is marking its birthday on August 11 with free snacks, a DJ set and a SpongeBob meet-and-greet in the Huntington Bank Rotunda.
PAW Patrol, cake and dino-themed crafts hit the Huntington Bank Rotunda August 11 as MOA marks its 34th anniversary with a free Toddler Tuesdays celebration.
The week opened with a 100-degree scorcher and closed with a soaking storm — now the city gets a stretch of more reasonable summer weather, with just a chance of thunder to break it up.
Cypher Rotunda, billed as the largest street dance battle in Minnesota, brings breaking, popping and krumping crews into the Huntington Bank Rotunda for a full afternoon of competition.
The western wear retailer is marking a renovation with three days of live country music, giveaways and deals.
The University of North Dakota's College of Engineering and Mines is bringing its VEX Robotics Signature Event back to the MOA atrium — free to watch, three days of matches, and a shot at Worlds.
Minnesota Sports and Events is running a booth at Mall of America where visitors can enter to win pairs of tickets to more than 50 Minnesota sporting events next season.
A 17-year-old showed up to buy a video game console off Instagram and instead ran into four masked men with guns.
Longtime East Bloomington resident Pam Pommer says a wave of teardowns and rezonings — including a 33-unit townhouse project set for a City Council vote on August 3 — shows the city isn't doing enough to shield existing neighborhoods.
Keo Xiong is accused of writing more than 100 checks to herself on the Bloomington spa maker's account, forging her boss's signature to cover it and using the money to fund casino trips.
Bring an ID badge or pay stub and get in free — plus a discount for up to six guests you drag along.
The DNR's Phase Two extension of the Minnesota River Valley trail hinges on a wetland replacement plan that Bloomington's City Council still has to approve.
The National Weather Service moved from watch to warning as dangerously hot, humid air settles over Bloomington through Sunday night — the latest in a summer that's already seen heat advisories stack up.
Kwik Trip has purchased two commercial properties east of I-35W near 94th Street, with a 7,300-square-foot store, gas canopy and 31 parking stalls planned to open in 2027.
Post 550 climbed into the top 10 of the state Legion poll, then went toe-to-toe with the eventual state qualifiers before its season ended in Minnetonka.
The National Weather Service upgraded its heat watch to a full Extreme Heat Warning for the Bloomington area.
An estimated 2,000 people named Ryan packed the Mall of America's rotunda Friday, renamed the coaster in their honor, and tried to set a Guinness World Record along the way.
Hennepin County is shutting down a stretch of West Old Shakopee Road near Hampshire Avenue starting July 27 so crews can rebuild the railroad crossing.
Guardian4D, a Bloomington public safety tech company co-founded by a former police officer, has its first live customer: Robbinsdale police just swapped their old tip line for the company's Bridge911 app.
Ten established Bloomington businesses, from an auto body shop to a nutrition store, will pitch a judge panel next week for a share of the city's revamped small-business fund.
Bloomington voters will help settle a Republican primary for the 3rd Congressional District on Aug. 11, with attorney Quentin Wittrock and small-business owner Tyler Bass on the ballot.
Bloomington's Public Health, Solid Waste and Sustainability divisions set up shop at Penn Lake Library this afternoon with free compost bins, energy advice and health resources — one stop in a three-park summer series.
Oak Grove Presbyterian Church hosts the documentary 'My Omaha' Thursday evening, the latest entry in its third annual Better Together Film Festival.
The Big Bounce America pitches its 24,000-square-foot inflatable centerpiece in the mall's East Lot for two weekends this summer, July 25-26 and August 1-2.
A soil rejuvenation workshop and prep session Sunday marks the next step toward an Indigenous arboretum and botanical garden taking shape at Pond-Dakota Mission Park.
Ilhan Omar faces four DFL primary challengers and four Republicans are competing for their party's nomination, with an August 11 primary set to trim the field before November.
Assistant Port Authority Administrator Barb Wolf briefed commissioners on two programs that help small businesses cover the sewer availability charge, a one-time fee that can run steep for new or growing operations.
Port Authority staff told commissioners the Southtown redevelopment's first phase will move forward without tax increment financing, while Seagate is weighing a second local expansion against two competing sites.
The city council approved an addition to Seagate's semiconductor plant and agreed to pass along a zero-interest state loan to help pay for it.
A 25-year-old Minneapolis woman is facing theft by swindle and check forgery charges after police say she used a fraudulent cashier's check to drive off with a used Infiniti — and investigators think this wasn't her first car.
Commissioners voted 4-2 to push back performance deadlines on the decade-old master redevelopment deal with MOA and Triple Five, citing pandemic-era delays to the long-planned water park.
An outside auditor found no red flags in the Bloomington Port Authority's 2025 finances, with tax increment revenue up about $1.4 million even as investment income slipped on falling interest rates.
The Port Authority's up-to-$400,000 emergency grant fund for businesses hit by Operation Metro Surge closed out having funded just 25 of 195 applicants, city staff reported.
The City Council has converted the long-standing Park and Fly and Park and Go lots near the airport from temporary to permanent uses, ending decades of interim permits with a deal that still carves out land for future development.
Contractors are hand-digging around wooden power poles across the city as part of Xcel Energy's routine statewide inspection program.
The Minnesota Recreation and Park Association honored Bloomington's data-driven maintenance planning, its Logan Lodge senior center pivot, and its Indigenous Arts & Crafts Fair among four 2025 Awards of Excellence.
Bloomington's biggest slow-pitch weekend closed out with Fire besting Police 5-0 to open the tournament, then six division champions crowned across Valley View Playfields.
The Bloomington City Council approved a preliminary/final plat for 8350 Amstel Ridge Drive on July 20, settling a neighborhood dispute over a garage and setbacks near Olive Isle that had stalled the request twice before.
Sixteen years after starting indoors, Bloomington Volleyball Club has built a summer sand program that's helping its 22 teams grow the game year-round.
A Bloomington resident raised concerns with the City Council about a neighbor's high-frequency pest deterrent, using a listening session set aside for topics that don't fit a regular meeting agenda.
The city adopted a second round of 'missing middle' housing rules in March, joining Richfield, St. Louis Park and now Golden Valley in loosening zoning to allow more duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes on lots long reserved for single-family homes.
For three days in June, about 30 kids and adults gathered above the Minnesota River Valley to practice Dakota vocabulary, walk the bluffs, and learn a language through the land it comes from.
A statewide air quality alert driven by wildfire smoke from northern Minnesota and Canada closed the Bloomington Family Aquatic Center and knocked out pools and programs across Richfield and Edina.
