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Former employees of Cardamom, the restaurant formerly housed inside Minneapolis’ Walker Art Center, have filed an unfair labor practice charge that deepens a conflict over layoffs, QR-code ordering and worker organizing. The complaint adds a new legal dimension to a dispute that has already reshaped one of the city’s highest-profile museum dining spaces.

After years of brinkmanship, the University of Minnesota and Fairview have reached a new long-term agreement that stabilizes academic medicine while stripping the university’s name from its flagship Minneapolis hospital. The deal secures funding, preserves physician training and patient care, and reveals just how far the partnership has narrowed.

Downtown Minneapolis became a citywide tribute to Prince over the weekend, as thousands gathered for a free sing-along and block party tied to the annual Prince Celebration. The event blended music, memory and civic pride in a public homage to the artist whose legacy remains woven into Minneapolis itself.

Minneapolis is moving ahead with a two-year reconstruction of George Floyd Square, with work beginning June 8 as officials promise to preserve memorial access and support the local economy. Some nearby business owners say they are bracing for steep losses and worry they may not survive the disruption.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued an air quality alert for the Twin Cities for Friday afternoon and evening as ground-level ozone was expected to reach unhealthy levels for sensitive groups. Officials said the alert was driven by weather conditions and traffic-related pollutants, not wildfire smoke.

Two men were wounded, including a bystander working nearby, in a daylight shooting near 9th Street South and Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis. Police said a suspect was arrested within hours after officers tracked him to an apartment south of the scene.