City Administrator Dave Montgomery says the plaza is not designed to be a campground and negotiations on moving the protest will begin early this week. Surprised demonstrators say it's the first they've heard of a move.

The Minneapolis City Council awarded the third-largest settlement in city history Friday to a woman who was severely burned from a flash-bang grenade used during a drug bust in 2010. Police didn’t find drugs or the man they were looking for.

After a four-year, $100 million pilot project in four communities, including the Twin Cities, the U.S. Department of Transportation said in a report that not only did biking increase by nearly 50 percent over the three-year life of the four projects, but there were 7,700 fewer tons of carbon dioxide emitted.

The Minnesota Department of Health revealed findings Friday after 60 Farmington High School students came down with an unknown illness, says KSTP. Students started showing symptoms last week at the start of the school's homecoming weekend. Norovirus infection often occurs in closed or semi-closed communities.

Details are emerging in the death of a 3-month-old boy who died while at a Farmington in-home daycare last week. The provider has admitted that the infant was sleeping on a bed and not in crib, but her lawyer says negligence should not be assumed.

St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman says he'll propose to increase the city's property tax levy by about 2 percent. Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak's spokesman says he's aiming for a tax levy increase of less than 3 percent.

The Pioneer Press reports the Coon Rapids city council will vote tonight on whether mandate all fuel purchases at gas stations be paid for at the pump. Supporters say the change would help prevent rising gas thefts.