Twin Cities

Preservationists holding public panel on debated '50-year rule'
Preservationists will meet tonight to raise awareness of a guideline they say threatens significant modernist buildings. They point to the old Guthrie Theater, above, which was demolished in 2006, as an example.
A car accidentally struck 56-year-old Mike Wilken Saturday night while he was volunteering on traffic detail at Fright Farm in Maplewood.
Lack of services making refugee life more difficult
New research at the University of Minnesota shows many of the refugees coming to the Twin Cities aren't getting the mental health services they need, and university researchers are searching for a way to solve that problem just as a new group of refugees arrives.
Rybak to speak at candidates' forum tonight
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak will speak at a neighborhood meeting Monday night, marking one of the few times the mayor has appeared with other candidates since the field of 10 challengers was established after the filing deadline closed this summer.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is backing the third-party candidate over the Republican nominee in a special election for a New York congressional seat.