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Nokomis

Morris Park Players threatened with eviction

By staff, Southside Pride

Almost every week night in October, a number of Southside residents, including Kaj Johnson, Carolyn Strauss, and brothers Noah and Tyler Quam of Nokomis,  could be found singing and dancing with a dedicated group of over 40 performers while an elaborate theater set was being built all around them in preparation for the opening night of the beloved Disney musical "Beauty and the Beast" on Nov. 6. MORE »

Dave Bicking will be kicking ...

By Paul Schmelzer, Minnesota Independent

Quick: What rhymes with Bicking? In South Minneapolis’ city council race, Ward Nine challenger Dave Bicking is rolling out an unconventional campaign tool: the Green Party–endorsed candidate now has a song written about him. And to answer that question, “kicking” is the rhyming word — and it’s followed immediately by the word “ass.” MORE »

Paying obeisance to monarchs (monarch butterflies, that is) at Lake Nokomis

By Jeanette Fordyce, TC Daily Planet

A celebration of the monarch butterfly's amazing 2,000-mile migration from Minnesota to Mexico will take place on Saturday, September 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.MORE »

Coldwater Spring finally about to become public greenspace

By Maria Almli, KFAI Radio

Unknown to many, almost destroyed by Highway 55 and unavailable to the public for the better part of fifty years, Coldwater Spring was an important place in Minnesota history long before statehood.MORE »

Between a rock and a Greenway: Xcel takes heat for plans to run power lines along bike trail

By Jane Biliter, TC Daily Planet
Just over 100 community members attended a public meeting at the Midtown Global Market last Wednesday, June 18th to submit their comments and questions on Xcel Energy’s Hiawatha Project.MORE »
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Nokomis

Nokomis contains the following neighborhoods:
Regina

Field
Northrop
Hale
Page
Diamond Lake
Wenonah
Morris Park
Minnehaha
Ericsson
Hiawatha
Keewaydin

 

City Council Members:
Ward 12 - Sandy Colvin Roy: Hiawatha, Minnehaha, Ericsson, Keewaydin and Morris Park

Ward 11 - Scott Benson: Northrop, Hale, Diamond Lake and Wenonah

Ward 8- Elizabeth Glidden: Field and Regina

News Day

NEWS DAY | Homes at risk in Minnesota / Dragons, dinosaurs and Quist / Students vs. superintendent candidate

By Mary Turck, News Day

Minnesotans losing homes A record 92,500 Minnesota homes are either in foreclosure or in danger of foreclosure, reports the Star Tribune. Altogether, that's just over ten percent of the 900,000 home loan mortages in the state.  Some 62,000 mortgage holders were behind don their mortgages during the third quarter. MORE

• Minnesotans losing homes Foreclosure and delinquency rates at record levels
• Dragons, dinosaurs and Quist Allen Quist is back, as a far-right First District candidate
• SPPS superintendent candidate sees no relation between race, achievement gap

 MORE »

News you can use

NEWS YOU CAN USE | Click for food shelves!

By Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet

My friend Ken writes "I know that food shelves are really hurting this year," and then passes along a painless way to send donations:MORE »

KARE 11 & Land O'Lakes are donating $1 for every person who clicks on their web site.   Go to the website listed below and on the right side of the screen (at the top) there is the green area where it says:   You Click, We Donate.   It's that easy. Please pass to all of your friends.

Thanks, Ken!

THEATER | Barbara Berlovitz's "Stories as Told in a Bed": An intimate and sublimely humorous journey

By Dwight Hobbes, TC Daily Planet

It is tricky business reviewing a work in progress, putting the writer in a barely tenable position. How can you be fair to the playwright, casting comment on a script that's still in development? Critique the weaknesses and you're a villain for kicking the play's legs out from under it before it's had a chance to actually stand on them. Praise the strengths and you're a cheerleader clapping the author on the back before the job's finished being done.MORE »

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Stories we are working on

These are some of the stories we are working on. If you would like to contribute information or opinions, please e-mail the writers!

• Emerald ash borer Ramsey and Hennepin Counties are under quarantine for Emerald Ash Borer.  Have you been affected? Email sheila@tcdailyplanet.net

• Thanksgiving recipes No - not the turkey and the pumpkin pie. We're looking for your favorite non-traditional recipe, like Aunt Harriet's vegetarian non-meat loaf. Send them to editor@tcdailyplanet.net

• What's your story? Is there a story you'd like to write? Or a story you think we should be covering? Email editor@tcdailyplanet.netMORE »