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Reporter | West Metro

Phone: 612-673-4141

Kelly Smith covers west metro suburban cities including Plymouth, Eden Prairie, Wayzata, Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Excelsior, Osseo and Robbinsdale.
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SEIU janitors, guards authorize strike

SEIU union members voted to allow negotiators to call a strike if contract agreements aren't reached. More talks are scheduled.

Updated: February 09, 2013, - 05:31 PM

Weather forecast ahead has snow, snow, snow

It won't be a lot, but expect messy driving and a dusting almost every day for a while as temperatures slowly climb into the 30s.

Updated: February 03, 2013, - 12:22 AM

Families fight to keep Mound school open

Our Lady of the Lake is slated to close this summer after years of enrollment declines -- unless parents raise enough to reverse its fate.

Updated: January 29, 2013, - 03:44 PM

Edina parents resist pre-Labor Day school start

Some families are signing petitions or reaching out to legislators as the city's school board prepares to vote on an August start date.

Updated: January 27, 2013, - 09:33 PM

Hopkins School District takes science ed down to the next level

As elementary schools across Minnesota add science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, programs, Hopkins introduced a preschool version for 4-5 year-olds.

Updated: January 27, 2013, - 09:12 PM

Minnesota ahead of the game in ruling over sports and disabilities

The U.S. Department of Education told school districts nationwide Friday they should give disabled students a chance to play on traditional school teams or create parallel athletic programs to allow universal access to sports for kids.

Updated: January 25, 2013, - 11:45 PM

Minnesota's school start date spurs fights

From local school boards to the State Capitol, the debate over kids starting school before Labor Day is divisive.

Updated: January 20, 2013, - 09:49 PM

Minnesotans rally at State Capitol against stricter controls on guns

More than 500 people turned out against measures proposed after Sandy Hook killings.

Updated: January 20, 2013, - 12:03 AM

Eden Prairie to license massage therapists

Eden Prairie will use the new requirement in a bid to crack down on prostitution. Over a dozen cities have passed similar ordinances.

Updated: January 13, 2013, - 09:39 PM

Bar patron was a wanted man night of slaying

The man who hanged himself after becoming a ''person of interest'' in the slaying of officer Thomas Decker had faced imminent arrest on the night of Decker's shooting.

Updated: January 06, 2013, - 06:44 AM