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It’s cliché to call the Boundary Waters a refuge, but it certainly was mine when I was a kid.

It's a celeb local-angle extravaganza in today's Flyover news roundup.

Plus Rhiannon Giddens, Charlie Parr, and last call for ongoing spoooOOoooky events.

Seeking ghosts and good times as Halloween fever grips Anoka, Minnesota.

If you brave the long lines or successfully navigate the cutthroat preordering system, here's what you should get. racketmn.com/bangkok-swee...

The filmmaker and author reflect on taking the short story from page to screen, and celebrate its anniversary this weekend with a screening at the Main. racketmn.com/sweet-land-a...

Is it possible to find a cheaper burger basket ANYWHERE? racketmn.com/best-budget-...

Will this light rail put us on the map like Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook? racketmn.com/a-very-early...

Two For Tripping wants to revitalize Dinkytown with breakfast and banana bread lattes. racketmn.com/did-you-know...

Meet the Venezuelan chef with some of the best Cuban food in south Minneapolis.

Time to talk. racketmn.com/for-this-wee...

In today's Flyover news roundup... racketmn.com/wanna-own-a-...

If you brave the long lines or successfully navigate the cutthroat preordering system, here's what you should get. racketmn.com/bangkok-swee...

TGIF, we say.

I'm working on a story about whether there's momentum to ban AI in classrooms, like in NY and CA school districts, and I'm curious if anyone: a) is; or b) knows a grade school public school teacher who could speak to how AI, screens, tech, etc. impact their lives. HMU! jay@racketmn.com

Your life decisions have been good, according to one NYT analysis.

Oh yes, we're talkin' transit.

The line is NO JOKE.

Now more than perhaps ever before, it's Friday.

Pretty much all the movies you can catch in the Twin Cities this week. racketmn.com/on-the-big-s...

In today's Flyover news roundup... racketmn.com/who-is-poten...

The filmmaker and author reflect on taking the short story from page to screen, and celebrate its anniversary this weekend with a screening at the Main. racketmn.com/sweet-land-a...

From this month last year...

In today's Flyover news roundup... racketmn.com/who-is-poten...

Can there be such a thing as too many movies?

Return to the days when the hated immigrants were... German.

In today's Flyover news roundup: racketmn.com/why-are-we-s...

Is it possible to find a cheaper burger basket ANYWHERE? racketmn.com/best-budget-...

Will this light rail put us on the map like Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook?

In today's Flyover news roundup...

$7!!!

A way-too-early, station-by-station review of the extremely postponed light-rail adventure into the SW 'burbs.

In today's Flyover news roundup...

Is it enough to bring folks from elsewhere in Minneapolis to the neighborhood? Well… it’s no Kitty Cat Klub. But then, what is? racketmn.com/did-you-know...

It sold last month for $100K, per county records.

Plus data centers still suck, MN stays swampy, and a fire at Resource Mpls in today's Flyover news roundup.

Oh dang, there's too much happening on Saturday night:

“I would not give a restaurant with this set of stairs that name,” I thought, climbing up the winding staircase that leads to Two for Tripping.

In today's Flyover news roundup... racketmn.com/extra-extra-...

Meet the Venezuelan chef with some of the best Cuban food in south Minneapolis. racketmn.com/guavas-cuban...

Plus where to celebrate Halloween this weekend with your dog and/or kids. racketmn.com/drop-deadlif...

These actors are working the graveyard shift, literally.

guavas is: the best racketmn.com/guavas-cuban...

"Hartmann died decades before Flanagan entered politics, when she was still a young child. His alleged crimes are not hers," Jenna Gloeb of Alpha News writes, presumably with great strain to her brain as it putters like an old outboard motor.

Guavas owner Frank Machado never intended to end up in Minneapolis. “I thought I was gonna be here for six months, and that was in 2012—I haven’t left,” he laughs. Lucky for us! racketmn.com/guavas-cuban...

Plus ConFluence is back, The Tubs at Cloudland, and places to celebrate Halloween with your kids and/or dogs. It's our guide to the week's best events!