Paula Chesley

In 2026, Hennepin County will elect a new Attorney to replace Mary Moriarty who has chosen not to seek re-election. Paula Chesley was able to interview five of the six candidates.

Food shelves across Minneapolis are bracing for a surge in need as SNAP recipients contend with political uncertainty and new federal work requirements. At Joyce Uptown Food Shelf, volunteers say demand has climbed sharply in recent weeks, leaving storage rooms half-empty by midday. A visit on Nov. 1 offered a close look at how policy decisions are reverberating through one neighborhood.

Neighbors joined forces this fall to restore the east side of Cedar Lake through the DNR School Forest initiative — planting sedges, reforesting trails and removing invasive buckthorn to help the natural area heal.

Holidays on Hennepin will brighten the corridor from Nov. 28 to Jan. 1 with lights, events, and a business passport program celebrating the long-awaited reopening of Hennepin Avenue South.

East Isles neighbors honored the late “Tulip House” gardener Lisa Stortz by dedicating a bench and planting tulip bulbs in Levin Triangle Park — ensuring her legacy of color and community will bloom each spring.