The abandoned nursing home at 2309 Hayes St. NE has been sold.

In February, the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board (MPRB) announced that due to what was called a “major mechanical failure,” the 2025-2026 ice rink season at the Northeast Ice Arena would be cut short a few weeks before its usual March 1st closing. The Arena’s turf season, including soccer and lacrosse, opened on schedule.

About 40 people packed into the back room of The Coffee Shop NE on Saturday, May 23 to hear about the creation of “Floyd’s Baller,” a new book from Duluth author Heather N. Wilde and Adarryl Hunter, a longtime friend of George Floyd. 

In the months since Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents undertook Operation Metro Surge in January, eviction rates have been on the rise throughout Minneapolis. The City Council and the Mayor’s office have been at odds over how to resolve this, with politicians proposing rent-relief funds and changes to pre-eviction notice periods.

Recovery Bike Shop owners Seth Stattmiller and Elizabeth Richardson ran a Burning Man theme camp for ten years. This year, they restarted their themed camp dreams in Northeast Minneapolis during Art-A-Whirl®, dubbing the event “Sparcle” — part spark, part bicycle. They roped in fellow campmates and other artists from the Arts District for months of planning and implementation.

When three burglars broke into Northeast Yacht Club the morning of May 13, they cut a square hole into the business’ window and popped out the glass block in order to gain entry. The three masked thieves carried equipment like a grinder to crack safes as they calmly but quickly walked the rooms of the oldest continuously operating Northeast bar, opening cabinets and searching for loose cash.

The 2nd Precinct Advisory Council — a group of area residents that keeps an eye on crime statistics in the area and, according to its website, helps make “the Second Precinct the safest place to live, work, and visit” — is looking to grow.

A community of chosen family, loved ones and friends filled Mojo Coffee Gallery, 2205 California St. NE, on May 22. These people came to the establishment to express their joy and grief, to share laughter and tears, and to tell stories about Marko Fields, the 71-year-old Northeast artist who passed away earlier this year.

A century ago, the Mississippi River was declared dead. A survey of the river around the Twin Cities revealed only three fish — not three fish species, but three fish, period. In the years that followed, treatment plants and other measures were invented to reclaim what was an open sewer. Soon fish and other wildlife started to bounce back.