🐶 A sneak preview of the Howe's new all-season "pawtio"
The new structure will feature clear walls, a roof that opens and closes, a nine-foot gas fireplace, TVs, expanded seating, and more.

🌮 Visiting downtown’s permanent taco trailer
Jaime Lopez operates the trailer at Lake and Minnehaha seven days a week.

🏈 Skol! The Vikings house just got a fresh coat of purple
Mary and Paul Uphoff first painted their Minnehaha Avenue home a Vikings-inspired purple more than 30 years ago.

🗓 Whenever Wherever: November events calendar
A roundup of hundreds of events in Longfellow this month.

🍂 October Whatevers: Notes and miscellanea
Updates on Francis, the Third Precinct, new happy hours, Community Hops Garden, and more.

🚔 What we know about the recent shootout(s) at 34th and Lake
A forced eviction is pending for the promoter who has been throwing large, unlicensed parties associated with the incidents.

🎃 100 spooky yards
A highlight reel (and map) of the neighborhood's most ghoulish decor.

📚 After parent pressure, Hiawatha will no longer have the two largest first-grade classrooms in the district
A look at the fight against crowded classrooms at Hiawatha-Howe Community School, where three teachers were cut this year despite steady enrollment.

🥣 Soup for You! brings gourmet approach to free community meals
Paying a visit to the daily free community meal in downtown Longfellow, ahead of its annual fundraiser on Saturday.

🚧 Hiawatha-Lake interchange will stay closed until December
An update on the major reconstruction, which promises to make the complicated junction more palatable no matter how you traverse it.
