A Nebraska fire messed up 911 calls in the Twin Cities Tuesday
A fire in Nebraska left some Sprint customers in the Twin Cities unable to call 911 Tuesday, and officials initially told people to call alternate numbers if they needed to reach emergency services....
View ArticleGOP, DFL lawmakers oppose GPS tracking of drunken drivers
Some Minnesota lawmakers are making a bipartisan push to block GPS tracking of motorists who are required to use ignition interlock devices. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety runs the program...
View Article$10,000 reward offered in gun shop burglary in Rogers
A reward of up to $10,000 is being offered for information that helps crack the case of a gun shop burglary in Rogers. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says a number of...
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St. Paul officers stop black motorists at higher rates than whites, data shows
The St. Paul Police Department routinely stops and searches black drivers at higher rates than white drivers, 15 years worth of traffic stop data shows. The department released data Wednesday covering...
View ArticleMen posing as good Samaritans robbed another man at gunpoint in St. Paul,...
They seemed like Good Samaritans who arrived at just the right time to help a man in need. The man had been driving in St. Paul shortly before midnight Dec. 11 when he lost control of his vehicle and...
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St. Anthony police faces Department of Justice review; Philando Castile...
Weeks after criminal charges were filed against a St. Anthony police officer for the fatal shooting of Philando Castile, the federal Department of Justice has announced that it will conduct a review of...
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Officer’s lawyers say Castile was high on marijuana, charges should be dismissed
Attorneys for the St. Anthony police officer charged in the July shooting death of Philando Castile filed a motion Wednesday for charges against their client to be dropped, claiming Castile was...
View ArticleMinnesota family displaced by fire hit by Christmas present thieves, too
A northern Minnesota family is facing another loss days after a fire in their apartment building displaced them. Burglars entered the rear first-floor apartment where the family lived in Hibbing, and...
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$1M bail for suspect in Vadnais Heights mother’s killing
Timothy James Barr FARGO, N.D. — A judge on Wednesday set bail at $1 million for a Twin Cities man charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of a Vadnais Heights mother last summer....
View ArticleMurder charges: Aitkin County man threw 5-week-old daughter ‘like a basketball’
AITKIN, Minn. — A 33-year-old Aitkin County man has been charged with fatally abusing his 5-week-old daughter last month. John Douglas Peterson of Palisade was charged Wednesday with one count of...
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Iron Range man sentenced for stabbing, strangling, beating, burning roommate
VIRGINIA, Minn. — Thursday would have marked the 21st birthday of Jaysen Greenwood. It’s a day when he would typically gather with those closest to him for a meal and cake, family members said. That...
View ArticleEx-Milwaukee cop charged in shooting death that sparked riots
A Milwaukee police officer who killed a black man in August fired the fatal shot after the man had thrown away his gun, according to court documents released Thursday. The documents reveal for the...
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Chanhassen high school principal charged with possessing child porn
A Chanhassen high school principal has been charged with seven counts of possessing child pornography. Timothy Dorway Timothy Dorway, 44, was charged Thursday in Carver County and remains in custody....
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St. Paul crews fight suspected arson fire at vacant home in icy cold
Firefighters in St. Paul fought a challenging blaze in frigid temperatures early Thursday morning in the Dayton’s Bluff neighborhood. The fire at 771 E. Fourth St. is being investigated as arson, said...
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Know these Burnsville burglars? $50,000 in guns, artwork, coins gone
Surveillance video shows a suspect using a rental van to make off with the items from North Star Mini Storage, 1900 143rd St. W., on Oct. 29 and 31. (Photo from Burnsville police) On two days in late...
View ArticleJurors convict Dylann Roof on all counts in church slayings
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Dylann Roof was convicted Thursday in the chilling attack on nine black church members who were shot to death last year during a Bible study, affirming the prosecution’s...
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Fed details review of St. Anthony police after Philando Castile shooting
Over the next two years, the U.S. Justice Department will work with the St. Anthony Police Department to identify and implement recommendations that could lead to significant reforms within the...
View ArticleEagan officer cleared by grand jury in August fatal shooting
A Dakota County grand jury on Thursday determined that an Eagan police sergeant was justified in fatally shooting a man who fired a handgun at officers last summer. Related Articles Eagan security...
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St. Paul gets 34 new officers, including son of officer who nearly lost life
After St. Paul police officer Dave Longbehn nearly lost his life during a fight with a man who had already killed another cop, he asked his then-17-year-old son if he was sure he wanted to follow in...
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He was shot in a drive-by. Now his killers will spend decades in prison.
Two St. Paul men were sentenced Thursday to decades in prison for their involvement in a drive-by shooting on the East Side that left a young man dead in the fall of 2015. Dearies Calvin Collins...
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