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St. Paul teen now charged with murder in Mounds Park gang shooting
Authorities believe they know who fired the shot that left an 18-year-old dead after a chaotic altercation between rival gangs broke out at Indian Mounds Regional Park earlier this spring. Rayvion...
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UCLA gunman, from St. Paul, was married to Brooklyn Park woman found dead
A photo from Mainak Sarkar’s Facebook page shows Sarkar, right, and a woman identified as Ashley Hasti, left. Hasti was found dead Thursday in her Brooklyn Park home. The St. Paul man who carried out a...
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Maplewood man sentenced to 25 years for beating toddler to death
A Maplewood man was sentenced to more than two decades in prison for beating his girlfriend’s 17-month-old daughter to death last winter. Leb Mike Meak, 36, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the...
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Vadnais Heights won’t release audit findings of troubled sports center
Vadnais Heights city officials have closed the book on the question of releasing findings of an investigation that sought to unravel how the once touted Vadnais Sports Center became a drain on taxpayer...
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Land O’Lakes plans $80 million Arden Hills expansion, 200 new jobs
Land O’Lakes’ already big footprint in Arden Hills is about to grow. One of the northern suburb’s biggest employers recently announced plans to move ahead with an $80 million expansion at its corporate...
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s former home for sale on Summit Avenue
F. Scott Fitzgerald's former home at 599 Summit Ave. is now for sale. The row house, which has been listed for $650,000, is where the author worked on "This Side of Paradise," the novel that launched...
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Former St. Paul teacher vies to become ‘America’s Greatest Thinker’
As a former teacher, Alex Liuzzi has always appreciated a meaty debate. The St. Paul resident liked taking issues and spinning them around so his students could see them from multiple angles. In the...
View ArticleNorth suburbs to get a lot quieter starting June 15
North-suburb residents with train tracks cutting through their town are about to get reacquainted with the sound of silence. Or at least something quieter than it has been in recent years, when train...
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Como Zoo has a new little lamb, and her fleece really is white as snow
A snowy white female baby Dall’s sheep was welcomed into the world on Saturday, June 4, at Como Zoo in St. Paul. The baby lamb named “Rainy” can be seen scampering around the exhibit she shares with...
View ArticleSt. Paul road-closure alert: Randolph Avenue, from Lexington to 35E
Here comes another street closure. Randolph Avenue between Lexington Parkway and Interstate 35E will close for about a month starting Monday while crews continue work along the roadway, according to...
View ArticleRamsey County commissioners getting raise (again) to $90K a year
Ramsey County commissioners just got another raise. The Ramsey County Board voted 3-2 Tuesday to increase commissioners’ take home pay by 2.5 percent next year, according to John Siqveland, spokesman...
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More charges in Minnesota man’s alleged million-dollar Hmong elder scam
Additional federal charges have been filed against a local Hmong man accused of making a promise that cost some thousands of dollars and, according to authorities, proved too good to be true. Seng...
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Meet the people behind the biggest redevelopment project in Ramsey County
The future Rice Creek Commons as seen from the air on May 5, 2016. (Pioneer Press: John Autey) There is a dual vision for the members of the team charged with developing the biggest chunk of empty land...
View ArticleSnelling Avenue could get another grassy median
You know that grassy median that splits Snelling Avenue between Summit and St. Clair avenues? Another one might be coming to a different stretch of the busy St. Paul street. The St. Paul City Council...
View ArticleNew senior home facility to open in White Bear Lake
The opening of a new independent living community for seniors will take place in White Bear Lake next week. The party starts at 3 p.m. at The Waters of White Bear Lake, located at 3820 Hoffman Road....
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St. Paul’s new interim superintendent lauded at Roseville where he ‘walked...
School districts employees bid farewell to District 623 (Roseville) Superintendent John Thein at his last School Board meeting at the district administrative office building in Roseville on Tuesday,...
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What St. Paul leaders want in a new superintendent
The board severed its contract with Superintendent Valeria Silva Tuesday without cause after a contentious five months of clashes over budgets, student discipline and declining enrollment. St. Paul...
View ArticleNew pilot program in St. Paul aims to improve health for adults with...
It really hit home for Pat Leseman on a recent trip to the Dollar Store. Leseman ran into a staff member of a local group home for adults with disabilities, along with one of the home’s clients. The...
View ArticleDowntown Minneapolis shooting leaves 2 wounded
Police are investigating a shooting that took place in downtown Minneapolis early Sunday that left two men injured. Officers responded to the area near Fourth Street and Second Avenue North about 2:45...
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Conviction stands in St. Paul sex-trafficking of vulnerable women
The Minnesota Supreme Court has affirmed a conviction against a Brooklyn Park man who received the longest prison sentence in state history for his involvement in a sex-trafficking operation. The court...
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