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Jim Anderson

Staff Writer | East Metro

Phone: 612-673-7199

Jim is from Sunrise, Minn., but has lived most of his life in St. Paul. He’s been a reporter, columnist and copy editor at several dailies, including the St. Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press, Red Wing Republican Eagle, Mankato Free Press, Eau Claire (Wis.) Leader-Telegram and the St. Petersburg Times. He worked two years as a reporter in the Star Tribune’s East Metro Bureau. Follow @StribJAnderson

Suit over housing development appealed again

A seven-year legal battle over a housing development has reached the Court of Appeals for a second time.

Updated: May 18, 2013, - 12:26 PM

Johnson Boat Works site yields bits of White Bear Lake's past

Pause in redevelopment allows for speedy dig at storied location.

Updated: May 16, 2013, - 09:59 PM

Relaying life's dark moments a privilege

You stare at the phone. Then you get up and walk away. Returning, the phone is still sitting there. Then...

Updated: May 16, 2013, - 07:50 PM

State rebuffs 3M offer to pay to monitor PFCs in east metro

The 3M Co. offered to pay the $626,000 tab to continue a biomonitoring program to measure PFC levels in residents...

Updated: May 15, 2013, - 05:20 AM

Man's body pulled from St. Croix River

Investigators are trying to determine an identity of the badly decomposed body.

Updated: May 14, 2013, - 04:00 PM

Anguished journey ends for Danielle Jelinek's family

For her family, steeped in faith and strongly connected, the discovery of Danielle Jelinek’s body in a Chisago Lake swamp five months after she had disappeared eased one heartache, but opened another.

Updated: May 13, 2013, - 11:36 AM

Vietnam veteran gets belated homecoming parade

“They took me by surprise — I had no idea,” said William Isaacson, who was greeted last week by a...

Updated: May 11, 2013, - 12:40 PM

Woodbury singer on fast pace to success

Joel Kachel is pausing between long stretches on the road for a short breather — and some local shows —...

Updated: May 11, 2013, - 12:40 PM

Minnesota fishing opener on ice leaves many feeling 'sad, sad, sad'

The record-shattering ice that still grips many lakes has some Mille Lacs resort owners calling it "a bummer" and "just nuts."

Updated: May 11, 2013, - 06:46 AM

May 10: Searchers find Danielle Jelinek's body

Chisago County Sheriff Rick Duncan said the body was found in about 2 feet of water after a helicopter search led investigators to a reedy area near the home of Aaron Schnagl, a friend who police have identified as a person of interest in her disappearance.

Updated: May 11, 2013, - 06:35 AM