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Woodbury man charged in New Brighton woman’s fatal overdose
Hours after a Woodbury man dropped off heroin to a woman last March in New Brighton, her boyfriend called the dealer to say something was wrong, authorities say. The man told John Jay Williams that his...
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St. Paul man gets jail time for biting 3-year-old’s cheek
A St. Paul man was sentenced to 100 days in jail for biting a 3-year-old’s face after getting into a fight with the child’s mother. Scottie Dale Heckel, 20, was ordered to serve the jail time by a...
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Minnesotans can now text to 911 with an emergency
Minnesotans have been dialing 911 for emergency help since 1968. On Tuesday, the state rolled out a statewide program allowing Minnesotans to text 911 for help as well. State officials still encourage...
View ArticleSnow-encrusted LED stoplights create havoc in Oak Park Heights
Energy-efficient traffic lights on Minnesota 36 in Oak Park Heights caused a major problem for eastbound drivers Tuesday morning after the lenses became encrusted with ice and snow overnight. “They...
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Memorial checks stolen in St. Paul were to go to non-profit, and family is...
Having your vehicle broken into while attending a funeral is bad enough, but it was even worse for Katy Thuleen because the items stolen have special significance. Thuleen’s father-in-law died in...
View ArticleFederal government seeks return of FBI files on Wetterling
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — The U.S. government is asking a state court judge to order that FBI documents related to the Jacob Wetterling investigation be returned to the federal agency. Officials in Stearns...
View ArticleUMN police investigate death on campus
University of Minnesota police are investigating a death on its Minneapolis campus, officials say. The death occurred in the Mechanical Engineering Building, according to a tweet posted Tuesday night...
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Why did Jacob Wetterling’s abduction hit us so hard? Filmmaker tackles that...
The scene, shot in November 2015, is painfully intimate. Jerry and Patty Wetterling stand in the middle of their kitchen in St. Joseph, riffling through their notes as they prepare to address the media...
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She got a ride from an elderly St. Paul man, then stalked him for more,...
Misty McKinley met an 84-year-old St. Paul man with signs of dementia at a gas station when she walked up to him and asked him for a ride. Then she started stalking him, showing up uninvited at his...
View ArticleRoseville massage therapist charged in sexual assault of longtime client
“What happens in this room stays in this room.” That’s what a massage therapist said to his client moments after sexually assaulting her during a session at his Roseville business this fall,...
View ArticleMan intentionally hit woman with car and sped off, Roseville police say
A 22-year-old St. Paul woman was run over in a Roseville parking lot Nov. 6, and police want the public’s help in finding the man responsible for her injuries. The woman was seen talking to a man who...
View ArticleLawsuit: Woman taking out garbage attacked by St. Paul police dog searching...
A regular Saturday morning turned into a nightmare for a St. Paul woman as she took her garbage out and found herself being attacked by a police dog looking for a male burglary suspect, according to a...
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St. Paul restaurant employee dies of injuries suffered in bike hit-and-run
In Jose Hernandez Solano’s final moments, his friends and family were by his side. The 52-year-old, who was struck by a hit-and-run driver in St. Paul a week and a half ago, was taken off life support...
View ArticleRapist slammed victim’s head into wall near downtown light rail, charges say
A St. Paul man is charged with raping a woman he met less than an hour before near a light-rail station in downtown St. Paul, authorities say. Torrie Lee Bolden, 41, was charged Thursday with one count...
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Police: Otter Tail County prosecutor fatally shot his lawyer wife, then...
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. –The bodies of two recently divorced attorneys were discovered in an apartment in Fergus Falls late Wednesday following what authorities say was a homicide and a suicide. A...
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Stillwater high school shooting threat was ‘dark humor’ gone bad, police say
Oak Park Heights police say a threat about a shooting at Stillwater Area High School posted last week on social media appears to be an attempt at “dark humor” gone bad. Some Stillwater students...
View ArticleRoseville man sexually assaulted wife’s day care children, charges say
The husband of a Roseville-based home day care provider is accused of sexually assaulting three children cared for at the site, authorities say. Edgar Noe Lopez-Monter, 44, was charged Thursday with...
View Article2 northern Minnesota men face cattle rustling charges
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — Two Park Rapids, Minn., men are lucky this isn’t the Old West and they don’t hang rustlers in these here parts. The two have been charged with felonies after allegedly selling...
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Vikings superfan ‘Sir Death’ gets prison in 170-pound pot bust
A Minnesota judge didn’t doubt the the progress a confessed drug dealer had made in treatment, but said those steps weren’t enough to avert a prison sentence. Washington County District Court Judge...
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Plea from son of St. Paul hit-run victim: ‘The only thing I ask is for...
St. Paul Police Commander Pamela Barragan, front left, translates for Jose Adrian Hernandez, son of hit-and-run victim Jose Hernandez Solano, during a news conference Friday. In the background are,...
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