St. Paul teacher fired after confronting student’s family members
A St. Paul elementary school teacher was fired in February for charging at a student’s family members. Police initially identified the teacher, Jennell Walker, as a victim. But a St. Paul Public...
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Fire destroyed their house and killed their dog. Now, they’re accused of...
OLIVIA, Minn. — The owners of a south-central Minnesota home destroyed by fire in January have now been charged in connection with that fire. Jeffrey George Ackerson Jr., 34, of Bird Island is facing...
View ArticleMinneapolis police investigating fatal shooting
Minneapolis police are investigating a fatal shooting on the city’s north side. The police department’s shot spotter system alerted offices to gunfire about 5 a.m. Thursday. A male victim was found...
View ArticleBody found near Minnesota River in Burnsville was a 41-year-old woman
Burnsville police said Thursday that the human remains found near the Minnesota River in Burnsville on Sunday are those of a 41-year-old woman who had been missing for several months. Elizabeth...
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No charges in Green Line train crash that killed young St. Paul man
A light-rail operator failed to stop his train when he was supposed, causing a crash in St. Paul that killed a 29-year-old ballroom dancer, a Metro Transit investigation found. The operator will not...
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St. Paul’s Officer of the Year embraces ‘guardian mind-set,’ Detective of the...
St. Paul’s Officer of the Year chooses to work in the busiest part of the city on the most hectic shift, and embraces a “guardian mind-set,” Police Chief Todd Axtell said Thursday. He gave the 2017...
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Of 646 reported east metro sex assaults, only 11 percent saw charges. What...
If someone reports to police that he or she was raped in Ramsey County, chances are slim that criminal charges will be filed in the case. A study recently released by the Ramsey County attorney’s...
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Lois Riess is moved from Texas to Florida to face murder charges
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Officials say a southeastern Minnesota woman suspected of killing her husband at their home and then killing a Florida woman and stealing her identity is heading from Texas to...
View ArticleRoseville massage therapist found not guilty of sexual assaulting client
A jury has acquitted a former Roseville massage therapist accused of sexually assaulting a client. Marion Guy Anderson, 39, was found not guilty in Ramsey County District Court on Friday, April 20 of...
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Recently deployed Minnesota soldiers needed food. St. Paul police stepped up
When officials with the St. Paul Police Department heard that more than 300 Minnesota soldiers recently had been deployed unexpectedly and had no commissaries or stores nearby, they were quick to...
View ArticleNational organization honors 2 state troopers for Minnesota river rescue
Two Minnesota State Patrol officers are receiving national recognition for rescuing a man from a southern Minnesota river in 2016. Troopers Zachary Borchardt and Nate Walton were named officer of the...
View ArticleMan shot to death in Minneapolis had broken up argument involving suspect,...
A man who allegedly propositioned a woman, shot the man who intervened in the ensuing argument and returned later to shoot at the house where the woman lived was charged with second degree murder...
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Woodcarving brings peace for grieving Mendota Heights cop
For Tanner Spicer, woodcarving is a respite from the rigors of everyday life. He sits in his garage workspace for hours at a time, slicing away at blocks of basswood and briarwood until they come to...
View ArticleEden Prairie woman dies from snowstorm crash injuries
A 29-year-old Eden Prairie woman who in mid-April was struck by a car on Minnesota 5 while trying to dig her car out of a snowbank has died from her injuries. Jennifer Lynn Lovering died April 25 at...
View ArticleAlert issued for Forest Lake man missing since April 23
Forest Lake police say Mark Kurtz hasn’t been seen or contacted friends or family members since April 23. Police on Monday issued a statewide missing-person alert for Kurtz, 55, who left his apartment...
View ArticleAddiction specialist is featured speaker at YSB gala
Joseph Lee, medical director for youth continuum at Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation and author of “Recovering My Kid: Parenting Young Adults in Treatment and Beyond,” will be the featured speaker at...
View ArticlePrinceton woman goes missing, police seek help finding her
Police in Princeton are asking for the public’s help to find a woman last seen on Saturday afternoon. She is Tanis Larson, 46, and is 5 foot 7 and 240 pounds, with green eyes and brown hair. She walks...
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After St. Paul police vehicle strikes a man’s van, State Patrol leading...
A St. Paul Police Department vehicle struck a man’s van last week, and police said the case is being investigated as a hit-and-run. On the same day, the police department put Officer Nick Kellum on...
View ArticleMaple Grove pharmacist accused of stealing 20,000 pills from employer
A Maple Grove pharmacist is accused of stealing 20,000 pills from a pair of Park Nicollet Health Services pharmacies where he worked. Jeffrey Grothaus, 49, allegedly stole five different drugs for his...
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Cottage Grove man, a Hennepin sheriff’s deputy, charged with child sex crimes
BARRON, Wis. — A sheriff’s deputy from Minnesota is jailed in northwestern Wisconsin on felony child sex crimes. Jeffrey Masek, 60, is charged in Barron County with child enticement-sexual contact,...
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