An underappreciated service offered by the Hennepin County Library will be going away this spring. The library system will stop offering free subscriptions to the Kanopy streaming service on May 11.

HENNEPIN COUNTY, Minn. — Libraries are known for providing free books, but in Hennepin County, some libraries will soon begin a new free offering: gun locks. A partnership between the Hennepin County ...

Hennepin County issued more library cards last year than it had in years. Library visits have been declining nationwide for the past decade, so any reversal of that trend — even a 6% uptick in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The same week that the new "Purple Rain" musical opened at the State Theatre, the Hennepin County Library (HCL) has unveiled a ...

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Some people like to spend their Sundays curled up with a good book. Thanks to the new Twins Stadium, there will soon be more places for them to do just that. Starting June 1, 13 Hennepin County ...

After 10 years of planning, Hennepin County is moving closer to realizing a vision of ditching its aging Southdale Library in Edina in favor of a modern new building — a highly sustainable library ...

Libraries may seem an unlikely place to go in the search for answers after the police shooting of Philando Castile and Black Lives Matter protests in the Twin Cities. But the Hennepin County Library, ...

After giving serious consideration to simply replacing the building “like in kind,” the county decided instead on a comprehensive, sustainable retrofit, said Christi Duffy, Hennepin County Facility ...

The Arvonne Fraser Library in Dinkytown is commissioning two public artworks for its north and south stairwells. Hennepin County Library and Forecast Public Art, a nonprofit organization promoting ...