Susan Du
Reporter
MinneapolisSusan Du covers the city of Minneapolis for the Star Tribune.
Latest from Susan Du
Minneapolis urban farm activists miss purchase deadline for Roof Depot industrial site
East Phillips environmental activists fell millions short of a deal to buy a contentious vacant warehouse from the city.
September 16, 2025
Rocked by gun violence, a Minneapolis neighborhood remembers fixture slain on his birthday
Justin Marshall, aka DJ Juice, was gunned down over a month ago. The family still doesn’t have answers.
September 9, 2025
Minneapolis City Council authorizes lawsuit to close landlord’s private homeless encampment
Landlord Hamoudi Sabri invited homeless people to set up camp in his parking lot off E. Lake Street.
September 8, 2025
Should public housing renters have the same protections as other tenants? Lawsuit moves ahead.
A discrimination lawsuit says the city allows people on public assistance to live in homes unfit for habitation.
September 8, 2025
Minneapolis DFL seeks to restore Omar Fateh’s endorsement for mayor
Fateh is running against incumbent Jacob Frey. Fateh’s endorsement was vacated after questions about the voting process came to light.
September 5, 2025
Minnesota churches are sharing land with homeless people. They say it’s the Christian thing to do.
Believing community to be the key to ending chronic homelessness, the Sacred Settlement model uses religious land use law to overcome opposition.
September 5, 2025
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Protest moved from Frey’s home as concerns rise over safety for public officials
Environmental groups had planned a protest outside the Minneapolis mayor’s home, but changed course amid heightened concerns over violence toward politicians.
August 27, 2025
DFL revocation of Minneapolis mayoral endorsement threatens to widen schism within party
The division between the more moderate party establishment and Minneapolis activists could ripple beyond the mayoral race.
August 23, 2025
A repeated rain of golf balls plague these Minneapolis neighbors
The Park Board’s redesign of Hiawatha golf course aims to satisfy many constituencies.
August 22, 2025
Minnesota DFL revokes Omar Fateh’s endorsement for Minneapolis mayor
The state party’s rules committee heard scores of challenges to the historic endorsement that drew national attention.
August 22, 2025
From crumbling industrial ruin to hotel, restaurant and spa? City says it could happen.
The Fruen Mill, next door to Utepils Brewing, has been a developer’s nightmare and a fall trap for urban explorers. The property’s owner has big plans for the Minneapolis site.
August 14, 2025
Minnesota, feds play hot potato with hidden wall holding up St. Anthony Falls
A long-neglected cutoff wall stabilizing the downtown Minneapolis waterfall is undergoing inspection.
August 11, 2025
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