Wisconsin man sentenced to 60 years for abduction, sexual assault of missing...
SUPERIOR, Wis. — A Superior man was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison Friday after he was found guilty by a jury of several felony child sexual assault charges. Peter Alan Diehl Peter Alan Diehl,...
View ArticleSt. Paul council candidate recently kicked out of library and Twins game is...
David Martinez, a candidate for St. Paul City Council Ward 4 who was recently ejected from the St. Paul Public Library and a Twins game for violent behavior, appears to have posted a topless photo of...
View ArticleCaregiver charged after taking disabled man to a party where he died
An Inver Grove Heights woman has been charged with the neglect of a vulnerable adult after she allowed a disabled man in her care to consume alcohol resulting in his death. On Aug. 5, 2017, Taylor...
View ArticleThese are the St. Paul cases that haunt investigators. You might have tips to...
St. Paul Police Department Sgt. Dan Zebro, left, and Sgt. Shawn Shanley talk about the as-yet-unsolved murder of Andrew Joseph Rehberger at this home in St. Paul on Tuesday, July 3, 2018. Rehberger,...
View ArticleSt. Paul candidate Martinez arrested in alleged ‘porn revenge’ of his wife
St. Paul police arrested city council candidate David Martinez on Monday morning on suspicion of violating the state’s revenge porn law. On Saturday, a blog post appeared on Martinez’s campaign website...
View ArticleChild killer taunted little girls with terrifying notes, police say. After 30...
The message was slashed onto the weather-beaten planks of a barn in the empty farmland not far from where the girl’s body had been found. Police in northern Indiana stared at the jerky handwritten...
View Article2 wounded in 3 separate shootings Sunday in St. Paul
Two people were shot and wounded, one seriously, in apparently unrelated cases in St. Paul on Sunday. Police called at 10:40 p.m. to the 1400 block of Virginia Street in the North End found bullet...
View ArticleRetired Mahtomedi principal died ‘doing what he loved to do’— struck while on...
Lake Elmo resident David Noennig — shown second from left with Eric Jorve, Elizabeth Evans, Carol Henseler of the St. Paul Civic Symphony — died from injuries he suffered when he was struck while...
View ArticleMN appeals court: Indefinite drug tests not a condition for welfare
Minnesota residents with prior drug convictions can’t be required to undergo random drug testing indefinitely as a condition of receiving state welfare benefits, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled...
View ArticleMN appeals court says convicted serial rapist should be released
A convicted serial rapist should be allowed to be released into the community under supervision, the Minnesota state Court of Appeals ruled Monday, saying the state did not prove by clear and...
View ArticleN.J. police post mugshot of lost pug, bail paid in cookies
CAPE MAY, N.J. — A dog is home after police in a New Jersey shore town posted its mugshot on social media. Cape May Patrolman Michael LeSage found Bean the pug in a yard on Sunday. He tells The...
View ArticleInput sought on St. Paul police policy on interactions with transgender people
St. Paul police officials are working on the department’s first policy about interactions with transgender people and they’re asking people to weigh in at a meeting this month. After Todd Axtell became...
View ArticleBicyclist dies in Minneapolis collision with motorcycle, car
A bicyclist died Monday night after hitting a motorcycle in an intersection and then being struck by a car, Minneapolis Police said Tuesday. The bicyclist, identified as an adult male, was riding west...
View ArticleSt. Paul man who assaulted girlfriend’s 9-month old son sentenced to probation
A St. Paul man who badly hurt his girlfriend’s 9-month-old son was ordered to undergo anger management training and placed on probation for five years, court records say. Ramsey County District Judge...
View ArticleWest St. Paul police searching for missing 14-year-old last seen in late June
West St. Paul police are searching for a missing 14-year-old last seen on June 22. Kimberly Muro, of West St. Paul, is described as 5 feet 4 and 120 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, according to...
View ArticleHe tried to stop a purse snatcher. Instead, the thief ran over his leg,...
A Two Harbors, Minn., woman made off with a stolen purse from a Cub Foods in Maplewood this past winter and then with her car dragged a man who tried to stop her for nearly 20 feet, authorities say....
View ArticleBCA identifies deputies in fatal shooting of Chanhassen teen, details...
Authorities on Tuesday released the names of the Carver County sheriff’s deputies involved in fatally shooting a 16-year-old Chanhassen boy Friday along with details that revealed the teen ran at the...
View ArticleMinneapolis day care provider who hanged toddler receives probation
A Minneapolis day care provider accused of hanging a toddler in her home was sentenced to 10 years’ probation on Monday, according to the Hennepin County attorney’s office. Nataliia Karia, 43, pleaded...
View ArticleSt. Paul city council candidate released from jail as investigation into post...
St. Paul City Council candidate David Martinez was released from jail on Wednesday morning without being charged. Police said the investigation continues after a topless photo of his estranged wife...
View ArticleIllegal firework explosion in St. Paul caught on security camera
An explosion resulting from the lighting of an illegal firework was caught on security camera footage in St. Paul. On May 8, brushes lining an alley on the 1200 block of Margaret Street in St. Paul...
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