15-year-old shot while walking with mother in St. Paul. 18-year-old charged...
A 15-year-old boy was shot and injured while he was walking with his mother and siblings to a gas station in St. Paul on Sunday afternoon. The incident took place around 3 p.m. as the woman and her...
View ArticleMurder charges: St. Paul man gave mother heroin for post-operative comfort
A St. Paul man is accused of unintentionally killing his mother after authorities say he gave her a dose of heroin to help her sleep after her surgery in the fall of 2018. Police responded to an East...
View ArticleThis St. Paul man is among the grocery workers still showing up for work amid...
Steven Eull has been working both his jobs at Hy-Vee and Target through the COVID-19 outbreak, but the 35-year-old St. Paul man still doesn’t feel like he’s doing enough. So earlier this week, Eull,...
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Police, prosecutors, victim advocates press for legislation that would...
Criminal justice officials in Ramsey County and advocates against sexual assault are continuing their push for passage of legislation to preserve key evidence in such cases for longer periods. Ramsey...
View ArticleACLU sues Minnesota Department of Corrections for failing to keep inmates...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota filed a lawsuit against the state corrections department Wednesday for “failing to perform (its) legal and moral duty” to keep inmates at its Moose Lake...
View ArticleCounties receiving fewer reports of child abuse amid coronavirus, but staff...
Local counties are seeing a new trend in child abuse cases amid the coronavirus’s spread: the number of reports are going down. But that’s not good news, say county staff and advocates for children’s...
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New Brighton man who fired at police in standoff had message for them on...
When police finally entered the home of an armed man who engaged in an overnight standoff with officers in New Brighton this week, they found a message waiting for them. Along with a shotgun in the...
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Eagan man charged with felony-level stalking of his ex has done this before,...
A Woodbury woman broke up with a boyfriend she met online a year earlier after learning he’d been arrested for felony-level stalking of his ex. Then she became his next target, according to charges...
View ArticleLocal parents say distance learning is a struggle amid news that public...
Almost immediately after Laura Willemsen answered the phone to talk to a reporter about what it’s been like to work her full-time job from home while helping teach her two kids, one of them interrupted...
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Man charged with assault after shooting woman in Roseville following dispute...
An apparent dispute over headphones led to a 21-year-old woman getting shot in the back in Roseville earlier this week, according to criminal charges. The woman sustained non-life threatening injuries....
View ArticleReconstruction of Interstate 94/494/694 interchange closes lanes and ramps...
Drivers in the Woodbury, Maplewood and Oakdale areas will run into lane closures and detours this weekend as reconstruction of the Interstate 94/494-694 interchange. To accommodate the ongoing road...
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Support for addiction recovery goes virtual amid coronavrius, but it’s not...
For Lauren Pearson, inpatient treatment was the easy part of her recovery journey. Other than the six days she spent detoxing at Hazelden Betty Ford’s Plymouth center, the 20-year-old recovering...
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Man with permit to carry fatally shot 39-year-old in St. Paul after minor...
A Watertown, Minn., man fatally shot a 39-year-old man in St. Paul Friday after the two men exchanged words following a minor traffic collision, according to criminal charges. Police arrived at the...
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Fatal shooting in St. Paul Friday began with argument at gas station, charges...
A fatal shooting in St. Paul Friday night started over a disagreement over two men’s places in a gas station line, according to criminal charges. The incident took place shortly after 9 p.m. when...
View ArticleMaple Grove man charged with murder after authorities found wife’s body in...
A Maple Grove man was charged with murder Tuesday after police discovered his wife’s body in a crawl-space under their home. Joshua Fury, 28, reported his wife missing April 30. At the time he told...
View ArticleNorth St. Paul man assaulted, held woman against her will for hours, charges say
A woman who went to her friend’s North St. Paul apartment to celebrate his birthday last month ended up beaten and held against her will for hours, authorities say. The attack started around midnight...
View ArticleCircle Pines father-son meat processors charged with illegally selling wild...
The father and son behind a north metro meat-processing business have been charged with illegally selling wild venison products, according to court documents filed Wednesday in Anoka County District...
View ArticleSuspect in fatal drive-by-shooting of 21-year-old in St. Paul arrested in...
The suspected shooter involved in the fatal drive-by shooting of a St. Paul man late last month has been arrested, authorities say. Orlando Franklin was arrested early Friday in Memphis, Tenn., by the...
View ArticleMaple Grove man burglarized local Homeland Security and Emergency Management...
A Maple Grove man broke into a local Homeland Security and Emergency Management office in downtown St. Paul and stole personal items from inside, according to criminal charges. Minnesota Bureau of...
View ArticleThree teens charged with harassment, assault in connection with light-rail...
Three teenage boys are charged with harassment and low-level assault in connection with a recent attack on a woman on a light-rail platform in St. Paul. The incident was captured on video and...
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