Wisconsin roofer in co-worker’s circular saw slaying says he was being teased...
A roofer accused of killing a co-worker with a circular saw in western Wisconsin said he was being teased and thought he was being drugged, according to a criminal complaint. Miguel Navarro, 24, of St....
View ArticleArresting officer in two big I-94 drug busts quits after cases dismissed
JAMESTOWN, N.D.—A Stutsman County deputy who made two traffic stops resulting in the seizure of hundreds of pounds of marijuana but did not result in any convictions has resigned. Stutsman County...
View ArticleHennepin, Ramsey county staffs under cyberattack. Sophisticated online...
Both Hennepin County and Ramsey county are investigating cyberattacks that have targeted employee emails. Hennepin County announced Thursday that 20 employees became victims of a sophisticated...
View ArticleMan taken into custody after police standoff in rural Washington County
A man was arrested in southern Washington County late Thursday night after a police standoff that began several hours earlier with the discharge of a firearm in or near a home in rural Denmark...
View ArticleAfter immigration raids, Minnesota hog producer blames third-party vendor...
SLEEPY EYE, Minn. — A federal indictment alleges a criminal conspiracy in which a Nebraska man supplied illegal immigrants to work for ag-related facilities in Nebraska and Minnesota, including Sleepy...
View ArticleSt. Paul city council candidate Martinez arrested again; city attorney’s...
St. Paul police arrested Ward 4 City Council candidate David Martinez for a second time this week, again for allegedly violating an order for protection. The city attorney’s office, however, said there...
View ArticleCottage Grove woman charged with drug possession after police received tip
A Cottage Grove woman has been charged with first-degree drug possession after more than a pound of methamphetamine was discovered in her vehicle, authorities say. Mary Louise Perkins, 54, was arrested...
View ArticlePolice trying to ID man who’s been exposing himself on porches in St. Paul
St. Paul police are asking for the public’s help to identify a man who has exposed himself several times. He went on a porch in the Hamline-Midway area on April 6 about 1 a.m., where he knocked on the...
View ArticleSt. Paul police stop assault suspect from jumping off bluff, then arrest him
A North St. Paul man is in custody for domestic assault after fleeing police and attempting to jump off a bluff while officers held him back, authorities say. Terence Martin, 26, was charged Friday in...
View ArticleWashington County stand-off suspect booked on assault, firearm charges
A 31-year-old man involved in a six-hour standoff with the Washington County sheriff’s office Thursday is accused of domestic assault and firing a gun as deputies evacuated several people from a...
View ArticleSister of man shot by St. Paul police says she’s been disturbed by protests...
Libby Meyers wishes her brother were still alive. And she wishes the noise would stop. As Meyers made funeral arrangements for William James Hughes, she has been disturbed by the public firestorm that...
View ArticleCourt upholds sentences for 3 Twin Cities men who aimed to join Islamic State
A federal appeals court has upheld lengthy prison sentences for three Twin Cities men who were convicted in 2016 of plotting to join the Islamic State group to fight in Syria and kill for the terrorist...
View ArticleWrong-way driver kills motorist in Minnetonka collision, police say
Minnetonka police and the Minnesota State Patrol are investigating a wrong-way crash that killed an Excelsior man Friday night on Minnesota 7. Shortly before 11 p.m., Minnetonka police said, they were...
View ArticleFour women on a unicorn get stuck in the weeds. Deputy ropes them in.
A giant floating unicorn with rainbow-colored wings was not able to fly free of the weeds Saturday, leaving its four passengers stranded offshore in a Chisago County lake. Fortunately, the Chisago...
View ArticleShooting death on St. Paul’s East Side under investigation
A 21-year-old man is dead after a shooting on St. Paul’s East Side on Sunday afternoon, police say. Officers responded about 4:30 p.m. to a 911 report of shots fired in the 1400 block of East Sixth...
View ArticleDriver dies after striking bicyclist in St. Paul, speeding away and crashing,...
A 49-year-old driver died after striking a bicyclist, speeding away and crashing on Sunday night in St. Paul, according to police. The bicyclist had minor injuries after the collision, which happened...
View Article2 men wounded in Frogtown shooting in St. Paul
Two men were hospitalized after being shot in St. Paul’s Frogtown area on Sunday night. Officers responded to Edmund Avenue and Milton Street about 9:50 p.m. on a report of shots fired. Police found a...
View ArticleWoman dead, 1 arrested in Shakopee domestic violence incident
A 27-year-old woman was killed and her alleged killer hospitalized in a domestic violence incident Sunday, police said. Shakopee police officers were called to a fight involving a knife in the 1200...
View ArticleFore! Truck stuck on Stillwater golf course over weekend
A truck driver got stuck while attempting to cross a bridge at the Oak Glen Golf Course in Stillwater on Saturday morning. Oak Glen officials called Stillwater police on Saturday morning to report that...
View Article21-year-old killed in St. Paul shooting remembered as devoted dad
On Sunday morning, Devon L. Goode posted a selfie on Snapschat of him cuddling his 1-year-old daughter close to his face. Hours later, he was killed in a shooting in St. Paul’s Dayton’s Bluff area....
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