Rosemount contractor pleads guilty to defrauding investors
A Rosemount contractor pleaded guilty Monday to stealing $880,000 from a pair of investors who believed his company was using their money to flip houses. Jesse Wells Haug, 33, pleaded guilty in U.S....
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Brother of woman killed at St. Paul convenience store threatens clerk,...
A St. Paul man faces criminal charges after threatening to kill a store clerk who told him he wasn’t allowed to smoke inside a mini-market on Payne Avenue. Norman Richard Strong Norman Richard Strong,...
View ArticleWoman involved in fatal Newport stabbing had cut to head, multiple bruises,...
The woman involved in a fatal stabbing in Newport over the weekend was hospitalized for a laceration to her head and multiple bruises on her body, authorities say. Washington County authorities are not...
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Grand jury indicts fugitive Minnesota grandma in Florida slaying
FORT MYERS, Fla. — A Minnesota woman accused of killing her husband and a Florida woman and leading authorities on a cross-country manhunt was indicted by a grand jury in Florida, officials said...
View ArticleMan shot by Minneapolis police at City Hall pleads guilty
Prosecutors have reached a plea deal with a 19-year-old man who was shot by Minneapolis officers after he brandished a knife in a police interrogation room in December. Marcus Fischer pleaded guilty...
View ArticleSuicide pact ends with elderly Fargo woman dead, husband charged with murder
FARGO, N.D. — Ila Mae Lou Averson was a baseball fan and a fun-loving person. She built a 40-year career as a secretary for Northern States Power Co., and she was married for more than 50 years. But...
View ArticleFugitive considered armed and dangerous may be headed for La Crosse or Minnesota
TOWN OF EAGLE, Wis. — Authorities in Waukesha County say a fugitive considered armed and dangerous may be driving a stolen car and could be headed for the La Crosse area or Minnesota. Dozens of law...
View ArticleVehicle slams into Joseph’s Coat, free store in St. Paul, leaving it...
A vehicle slammed into Joseph’s Coat in St. Paul early Thursday — temporarily shutting down the nonprofit, which provides free clothes and other items for those in need. The building sustained...
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St. Paul woman whose husband was fatally shot by police is charged with...
The wife of a man fatally shot by St. Paul police two years ago faces criminal charges after authorities say she threatened to shoot officers in retaliation. Kay Maureen Smith, 42, was charged Thursday...
View ArticleMotorcyclist who fled Fridley police, died in 100-mph crash is identified
A teenage motorcyclist who crashed into a car after fleeing from police in Fridley has died. Police identified the motorcyclist as 18-year-old Zachary McGee of New Brighton. Authorities said an officer...
View ArticleGunshots fired from one vehicle to another in St. Paul ends with crash blocks...
Gunshots fired from one vehicle to another at mid-day Thursday in St. Paul ended with a crash and a woman taken to the hospital for evaluation. No injuries were reported from the shooting, said Sgt....
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Champlin man charged with twice robbing same Mounds View drugstore at gunpoint
An armed man walked into a Mounds View drugstore in March with a black mask covering the lower part of his face. Martavis Shawn-Demar James, 37, of Champlin pointed his handgun at a CVS employee around...
View ArticleSpurred by opioid crisis, DEA creates new Midwest office
OMAHA, Neb. — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is establishing a new field division based in Omaha that will include Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. In a news...
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Minneapolis police ending undercover marijuana arrests in light of racial...
The Minneapolis Police Department said Thursday it will discontinue undercover stings targeting low-level marijuana sales in the wake of operations that resulted in the disproportionate arrests of...
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Eagan bank robber arrested in St. Paul, authorities say
Surveillance video from a nearby business led authorities to an Eagan bank robber, police said. Damien James McDonald is accused of robbing Associated Healthcare Credit Union at 1460 Yankee Doodle Road...
View ArticleSuspicious bag or package halts Green Line traffic to Union Depot
A suspicious bag or package at Union Depot Thursday night caused authorities to halt light rail traffic to the station for about an hour, officials say. The item was reported to Metro Transit police...
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2 North End armed robberies, one demanding woman’s money or her baby
A teen put a gun to the forehead of a woman carrying a baby in St. Paul early Wednesday and demanded that she hand over either money or her child, authorities say. After searching the woman’s pockets,...
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She disappeared in 1988. Now Lake Elmo gatherings set to stir new clues
“I hate this time of year ’cause I always stare out the window; I’m always looking for her,” said Christine Swedell, left, with her mom, Kathy, on Dec. 20, 2017. Christine’s sister and Kathy’s...
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More charges pile up against suspended Lakeville middle school principal
Christopher Endicott, the suspended Lakeville middle school principal previously accused of felony burglary and stalking, was charged Friday with four more crimes. Endicott now is accused of stealing...
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Officials: Wisconsin fugitive’s note says he’s going to BWCA
Jonathan Pogreba, a fugitive considered armed and dangerous, may be be headed for the La Crosse area or Minnesota in a stolen BMW, authorities said Thursday, June 7, 2018. (Courtesy of the Waukesha...
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