The Blue Door Pub, known as the 'Home of the Juicy Blucy’ in St. Paul, has been granted parking approval for a new location in Minneapolis' Longfellow neighborhood.

On a recent trip to the North Dakota oil boomtown of Williston, 18-year-old Evan Jensen noticed that something smelled kind of funny: the workers. The huge rush of people to the region to work on the oil boom has created a shortage of many things, including the ability to take a shower. So, the enterprising young musician came up with a clever idea that he hopes will cover the bills this fall at McNally Smith College of Music in St. Paul. CNN puts him in the spotlight.

J.W. Hulme, the St. Paul maker of fine leather goods, wanted to make a case for the new iPhone 5, but notoriously secretive Apple doesn't release info before its much-anticipated product unveilings. So staffers scoured the Internet for rumors to create prototypes of a new case by the time Apple actually announced the product on Wednesday, the Pioneer Press reports.

The Twin Cities-based company had planned to open 160 new supermarkets around the country. Instead it will open about half that number and sink the remaining money into remodeling existing stores. Wall Street analysts approve.

Two men have been jailed in the death of a 14-year-old St. Paul girl after they allegedly took her to a party and supplied her with alcohol and a new drink called "lean," a mixture of codeine and Sprite, the Pioneer Press reports. It's also known as "Sizzurp" or "Purple Drank," and reportedly originated in Houston.

The district has hired a private company to supervise children during recess at seven elementary schools.

In the first five months of this year, gun incident reports were up 65 percent, compared with the average for the same period between 2008 and 2010, a Pioneer Press analysis found. Reports of shots fired and aggravated assaults involving guns over the winter months were double of what has been typical. Law enforcement officials and community members are gathering to talk about gun violence issues Thursday.

Homeowners near the University of St. Thomas will now find it difficult to convert their houses into student housing after Wednesday's vote by the St. Paul City Council to enact a 150-foot buffer between off-campus student apartments. The Pioneer Press says university area residents have long complained of student "party houses" and late-night drunken behavior.