The true cost of cheap E-bikes

How well do you know your E-bike? How well do you know your kid’s? Each week, Minnesotans walk into bike stores seeking repairs on their E-Bikes unsure of exactly what they are riding. Details …

Families, supporters March for Justice for Stolen Lives

On Sept. 12, families who have lost loved ones at the hands of police joined with supporters for a three-mile march and car caravan on University Ave., from St. Paul’s Western Police District to …

Renee Good’s family members, firsthand witness of Alex Pretti’s killing testify to Congress

On Sept. 22, U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) heard testimony from three witnesses regarding the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti during Operation Metro Surge. Witnesses included …
Common Ground in the Battlegrounds?

Bipartisan Majority in Minnesota says if the people had more influence, 
Congress would find more common ground

Despite the steady drumbeat of assertions that Americans are highly polarized, bipartisan majorities say that if the public were to have more influence on members of Congress, they would be more …

State Patrol to construct new headquarters along Highway 36 in Roseville

The former Minnesota Plaza/Minnesota Department of Education building at 1500 Highway 36 in Roseville has been torn down and will be the site of a new Minnesota State Patrol headquarters, bringing …
School & Sports
St. Paul is a college town. It should start acting like one.
St. Paul faces a serious economic development challenge. Much of the discussion has understandably focused on downtown. Revitalizing downtown matters, but it cannot be the city’s entire strategy. …
Como Park High School students and chaperones enjoy the view above the harbor in San Sebastian, Spain. The group had 10 days of immersive learning in Spain through an Education First tour.
Students spend 10 days in Spain
As the new 2026-2027 school year begins, Como students returned to campus with a wide range of summer experiences. For 15 students and two staff chaperones, a long-planned trip to Spain was a …
Backpack giveaway at Eastside Salvation Army
The Salvation Army along with 125 volunteers distributed 1,200 backpacks, school supplies, food, clothing and more to an estimated 1,500 attendees at The Salvation Army Eastside Service Center (1019 …
Modern Germany: Takeaways from a teacher fellowship
As a social studies teacher at Como Park High School, Germany enters the scope of my U.S. History course at a predictable time. You can’t study the 20th century without recognizing the outsized …
Central High holds 50th reunion Aug. 21-22
The St. Paul Central Class of 1976 is holding its 50th reunion on Aug. 21 and 22, 2026. Events include a "meet and greet" at Mancini's Char House on Friday, Aug. 21 and a ride on a St Croix …
Opinion
Why the Deaf community must be recognized as a culture
My name is Ellie Kidder, founder of Deaf Cultural Arts & Wellness, or DCAW. DCAW strengthens Deaf culture through art, storytelling, community relationships, historical preservation, and Deaf-led …
Terry Faust
Woke: Discussing what it means and how it is used
For people to agree on what a word or phrase means before they discuss a topic seems like common sense and a necessary step in clear communication. However, as Ira Gershwin wrote for the character …
Leonard Woolsey, president, Southern Newspapers, and past chair of America’s Newspapers
The First Amendment belongs to all of us
Last week I posted the following words on a social media site — and you’d have thought I’d poked an angry dog with a hot stick. First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting an …
Garrison Mcmurtrey
We cannot allow fear to dictate who votes this fall
Election season is in full swing, and Ramsey County is ready. Our elections team is working to ensure every eligible voter can cast their ballot safely, securely, and accessibly. More than 113,000 …
Our AI policy
TMC Publications (including the Longfellow Nokomis Messenger, Midway Como Frogtown Monitor and Southwest Voices) follows Associated Press guidelines and other industry standards regarding the use of …
Development
Midway Hospital, circa 1950. (Photo courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society)
Monitor in a minute - Sep 2026
Board denies Domino’s variance A plan to convert a longtime Midway dry cleaners into a Domino’s Pizza takeout restaurant was tossed Aug. 3 by the St. Paul Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA). The BZA …
utFront Media’s long quest to erect a large digital display billboard near Highway 280 and Interstate 94 continues with an appearance before the St. Paul Planning Commission in the weeks ahead. District councils from Union Park and St. Anthony Park are opposing the proposal, as is the anti-billboard group Scenic St. Paul.
Highway 280/I-94 billboard fight drags on
OutFront Media’s long quest to erect a large digital display billboard near Highway 280 and Interstate 94 continues with an appearance before the St. Paul Planning Commission in the weeks ahead. …
In August 2021, the former Walmart was being transformed into At Home. The vacant property has now been sold, along with the former Cub building, to a company affiliated with H-Mart.
H-Mart in Midway?
Is the popular H-Mart grocery chain coming to Midway Marketplace? There’s excitement due to the recent sale of the shuttered Cub Foods and At Home stores to a New Jersey limited-liability …
Should Hamline Avenue be three lanes instead of four?
Hamline Avenue between Selby and University avenues is a smoother ride, thanks to skim coating work done in June. Union Park District Council and Hamline Midway Coalition leaders asked if street …
The parcels being redeveloped by the HRA sit between University and Sherburne at Galtier.
City HRA to develop former Saxon Ford site
A land assembly project on University Avenue in Frogtown could entice a developer to that neighborhood. Or at least St. Paul City Council members, acting as the Housing and Redevelopment Authority …
Living 50+ and Good Neighbor
Mary Bloom, a Como resident, has been a dining hall volunteer since the 1980s.
They make the Hamline Church dining hall happen
The 2026 Minnesota State Fair is now in the history books, ending on Labor Day. The end means that a large corps of volunteers gets to put away special volunteer garb for another year. The name tags, …
Hamline Midway Elders 25th
Hamline Midway Elders celebrated its 25th Anniversary Celebration & Annual Ice Cream Social on Tuesday, June 23, from 6–7:30 p.m. at Hamline Church (1514 Englewood Ave.). This milestone …
Tom Country works on the St. Anthony Park Area Seniors’ annual report. (SAPAS) is a nonprofit that provides services focused on seniors who are 60 and older and caregivers who live in its service area. SAPAS began in 1981 as the nation’s first block nurse program.
Give volunteering a try
After a long career as an attorney, St. Anthony Park resident Tom Countryman has found enjoyment and purpose in volunteering. He urges others to consider doing the same as they approach or are in …
It is hard to wrap words around what it is like for two vets to connect, no matter which generation or branch of service they come from, observed Dave Dahl. Coffee Talk started out as a Legion program, but now is affiliated with Every Third Saturday. (Photo by Terry Faust)
Thanks to Dave, vets gather for coffee, conversation
Each Tuesday, 50 vets gather in south Minneapolis to connect, thanks to Midway resident Dave Dahl. Dahl, 77, has led a life of service from being a Cub Scout as a child through his military career …
Jan and Hugh Lampert were married on June 12, 1950. In 2004, they traveled together to Alaska. (Photo submitted)
Hugh Lampert: local guy who heeded Uncle Sam’s call
Over 80 years ago marked the end of the Second World War. As history becomes more distant, Hugh Lampert’s legacy remains intact. An ordinary boy’s life changed quickly when he became a …

25 awards for TMC Publications from MNA in 2026

Eric Erickson, Tesha M. Christensen, Amy Holmberg and Jill Boogren
During the January 2026 Minnesota Newspaper Association Convention, TMC Publication CO accepted 25 awards during the Better Newspaper Contest Awards banquet. Accepting them in person were (left to …
Voices Against Violence
Teen calls Minnesota family court, special master system: ‘Intrafamilial Childhood Torture’
Her experience in family court has put Marie* in the hospital twice for mental health treatment. But the special master, a judge that her parents were ordered to pay for, didn’t stop pushing for …
Two teens are homeless right now following special master, family court decisions
Two teenagers are currently homeless after special master Jennifer Joseph ordered them away from their mom’s house and told them to live with the dad they fear. Seventeen-year-old Ethan* and …
Adapted from the Domestic Abuse Invervention Programs Duluth Model Power & Control Wheel and the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL), a project of the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WCADV).
Teens say family court shouldn’t force them to have relationship with dad
Ethan* and Mason* have told professional after professional that they don’t want to see their dad. And now, because they won’t go, the 16-year-old and 13-year-old might be put in an …
The rulings of forced contact from those involved in family court go against standard psychological advice, according to clinical forensic psychologist Dr. Catherine Barrett of Los Angeles, Calif., who has spoken nationally about reunification therapy and camps. She points to a confirmation bias in family court that believes women coach children to make up allegations of abuse, and then acts on that belief that children are lying about abuse. “We need to listen to kids,” said Dr. Barrett. “Kids don’t make this stuff up.” According to a study by Dr. Joan Meiers and George Washington University Law School that was funded by the National Institute of Justice, in family court allegations of abuse are not believed 75 percent of the time. “The confirmation bias is that victims are lying,” said Dr. Barrett.
“This is the generation of voice and technology,” she observed. “These kids aren’t being coached.”
An ‘oppressive’ experience: 57 hearings, 80 court orders and 12 parenting time schedules
What do you do when 11 judges and referees, 20 therapists, 12 mediators, two parenting consultants (with 37 directives), one custody evaluator, and one guardian ad litem haven’t been able to …
Police officer Paul Elmstrand, officer Matthew Ruge and firefighter/paramedic Adam Finseth
Violence Free Minnesota issues statement on Burnsville Police and EMT domestic violence homicides
Violence Free Minnesota issued the following statement on Tuesday, Feb. 20 to call attention to the full circumstances around Shannon Cortez Gooden's murder of two police officers and an EMT in …
George Floyd Square
Rise and Remember festival honors George Floyd May 23-26
The 6th Annual RISE & REMEMBER festival will be held May 23-26, 2026. The annual event, Rise & Remember Festival, exists to hold in remembrance George Floyd and those we have lost unjustly to …
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