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Willernie toddler dies; mother’s fiance charged with murder
Jonathon Wierstad called 911 in May to report that his fiancee’s toddler had fallen down a small set of carpeted stairs at their house in Willernie and was having trouble breathing. Wierstad, 28, was...
View Article3 finalists selected to replace retiring Maplewood police chief
Maplewood has named three finalists to replace retiring Police Chief Paul Schnell, whose last day will be Friday. The finalists include one internal candidate and two chiefs from the police departments...
View Article6-year-old who drowned at Lake Elmo park lake ID’d
A 6-year-old St. Paul girl who apparently drowned Sunday while swimming at Lake Elmo Park Reserve has been identified as Ghia Vue. The Washington County sheriff’s office received a report about 1:17...
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17-year-old shot dead in St. Paul couldn’t have been targeted, her sister says
As a 16-year-old headed to St. Paul’s East Side to see her sister Friday, her bus was sidetracked by police squads blocking the street. Keyira Nunn (Courtesy of Keiariale Nunn) Keiariale Nunn figured...
View ArticleMan intentionally struck by SUV, assaulted in St. Paul, police say
A pedestrian was apparently run down by a motorist before being assaulted in St. Paul’s Payne-Phalen neighborhood on Monday afternoon, police say. The 37-year-old man was struck by the driver of an SUV...
View ArticleTeen shot Sunday in South Minneapolis dies, police say
Minneapolis police say a 17-year-old has died after he was shot over the weekend. Officers responded Sunday afternoon to the shooting in South Minneapolis. When police arrived at the scene in the 2400...
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Former Bemidji assistant principal could have as many as 50 child victims,...
The former Bemidji Middle School assistant principal accused of having sexual conversations with—and who received sexual photos of—children may have as many as 50 victims, according to federal court...
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Yanez defense focuses on statement by Philando Castile’s girlfriend
Diamond Reynolds, right, walks into the Ramsey County Courthouse in St. Paul today before her second day of testimony in the trial of St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez for the July 2016 killing...
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Armed robbery turns into rape of 2 teens near St. Paul park; 4 arrested,...
A night of teens hanging out, talking and eating near a park in St. Paul turned to horror early Tuesday when police say young men approached, robbed them at gunpoint and raped two 18-year-old women....
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Guilty plea in Dollar Tree shooting that left one dead, one paralyzed
A 28-year-old South St. Paul man on Tuesday pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and second-degree attempted murder in last year’s shootings of two men at a Dollar Tree store in Burnsville. Grant...
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Bemidji man says he strangled woman during sex, then kidnapped and raped girl, 5
BEMIDJI, Minn. — A Bemidji man who murdered a woman during sex and then kidnapped and raped a child in her care pleaded guilty to three felonies Tuesday. While entering his pleas to one count of...
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Young black bear charges man and his dog in Bayport
A black bear who just missed garbage day has been spotted wandering around Bayport. Bayport police say the bear was spotted several times Tuesday morning in and around Lakeside Park on the St. Croix...
View ArticlePolice chase after possible Minneapolis kidnapping ends in Inver Grove Heights
A man was arrested Tuesday in Inver Grove Heights after leading police on a chase that snaked more than 20 miles through the Twin Cities, officials say. Related Articles St. Paul lawmaker intervenes as...
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St. Paul man fleeing police in SUV nearly ran over cops at Grand Old Day,...
A St. Paul man is accused of speeding through a police barricade in an SUV at the Grand Old Day festival on Sunday — narrowly missing a pair of officers manning it — after being pulled over with more...
View ArticleMan suffers fatal gunshot wound outside Minneapolis residence on Tuesday evening
A 37-year-old man suffered a fatal gunshot wound outside a Minneapolis residence Tuesday evening, according to police. Related Articles Teen shot Sunday in South Minneapolis dies, police say 3-year-old...
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Dad dies a week after punch leaves him unconscious in Fargo bar fight
FARGO — A photo snapped at a downtown eatery and shared on social media shows Jamie Grant surrounded by family and friends on May 27. Later that Saturday night, outside Fargo’s HoDo Restaurant and...
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Yanez trial: Expert explains where bullets went in Philando Castile shooting
One of the bullets St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez fired into Philando Castile’s car last July struck the back seat, less than two feet from where a 4-year-old child was strapped into her...
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Burnsville police officer found justified in fatally shooting suicidal man
A Burnsville police sergeant who fatally shot a suicidal man last year was justified in using deadly force, Dakota County Attorney Jim Backstrom has concluded. On Sept. 26, Sgt. Steven Stoler fired...
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Former White Bear Lake chiropractor gets 7 years in prison for fraud
A former White Bear Lake chiropractor was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for conning a group of friends and patients, according to the Minnesota Department of Commerce. Randy Miland, 63,...
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St. Paul lawmaker intervenes as man allegedly attacks woman in public
A St. Paul lawmaker was among those who intervened when a man allegedly attacked a woman in St. Paul last week, according to police and the lawmaker. A suspect has been arrested, and the woman did not...
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