MINNEAPOLIS -- What do Mao Zedong, J. Edgar Hoover, Batgirl and Casanova have to do with the new Minneapolis Central Library? They're part of an edgy new ad campaign from the Friends of the ...

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. — A long-standing community resource is evolving in ways you might not realize, now offering everything from e-books to streaming movies for free. In honor of National Library ...

Carpet and fixtures at the Brookdale Library are wearing out. Tall stacks block sightlines and make it difficult for patrons to reach materials on the top shelves. The technology in meeting rooms and ...

"The Women" by Kristin Hannah was Hennepin County Library's most borrowed book of 2025 for adults, and a veteran from ...

Libraries across the metro are accessible to patrons with pre-registration for extended hour usage, with more branches offering the service later this summer and fall. Just after noon one cloudy ...

I live in East Phillips, near the Smith Foundry. For years, it spewed black smoke and acrid smells. For years, we asked our city and state agencies to take action. Illegal pollution was making us sick ...

Dinkytown book junkies might need a new place to get their fix. A recent study analyzing current needs of Minneapolis Public Libraries suggests that a new location be found for the system’s southeast ...

Students, employees and library patrons are reacting to news that the Southeast Community Library at Fourth Street Southeast and 13th Avenue Southeast will close in early January due to budget ...

After 10 years of planning, Hennepin County is moving closer to realizing a vision of ditching its aging Southdale Library in Edina in favor of a modern new building — a highly sustainable library ...