Read
read
Minneapolis Star Tribune
(http://www.startribune.com/). also known as the strib, it is minneapolis' daily paper.
read
St. Paul Pioneer Press
(http://www.twincities.com/). perhaps not as widely read as the strib, but has a larger pulitzer prize-to-staff ratio keeping it well in place as a solid regional and world news source.
read
City Pages
(http://www.citypages.com/). the local metro weekly, with theatre and music listings, and an annual "best of" issue well worth checking out.
The Twin Cities are like most major American cities when it comes to crime issues, and all standard common-sense precautions should be taken.