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Star Tribune Unloading North Loop Printing Facility, Laying Off 125 Workers

Plus Hegseth bad, climate change bad, and J.J. McCarthy kinda interesting in today's Flyover news roundup.

September 8, 2025

Street Wheat: The Front Porch Bakery Bringing Croissants, Community to the Wedge

For three hours every Sunday, a powder-blue house at 27th and Colfax becomes the neighborhood's hottest bakery.

September 8, 2025

Crypticon, Dogtoberfest, Wet Leg, and Palmer’s Last Call: This Week’s Best Events

Plus epic bike rides, parties in parks, and lots of art on the streets.

September 8, 2025

Fik Yeah: Fika Cafe Workers Vote to Unionize

Plus Blaine looks into re-banning the nipple, staff shakeups at KARE 11, and Fateh talks to The Nation in today's Flyover news roundup.

Goodbye to Palmer’s: A Requiem for Minneapolis’s Weirdest and Wonderfullest Bar

The landmark West Bank bar will close in 10 days. Here's why that happened—and what will be lost.

For This Week’s Open Thread, Tell Us About the Worst Landlord You’ve Ever Had

As we do every week at this time, we're turning Racket over to you, the readers.

September 5, 2025

Freeloader Friday: 99 Free Things to Do This Weekend

Cats and tatts! Butterflies! Vintage markets!

Coming Soon to Lake & Hennepin… Stumpybudz Dispensary?

Plus surgical heroes, anti-vax madness, and a momo fire in today's Flyover news roundup.