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Richard Meryhew

Reporter | Regional

Phone: 612-673-4425

Richard Meryhew covers state news. In 2006, he authored an award-winning series on Kirby Puckett's life and he has played a key role in team coverage of many of the state's biggest stories in recent years.

Feb. 5: Doctors who err escape penalties

The Minnesota Board of Medical Practice often shies away from punishing doctors whose mistakes harm patients or who demonstrate a pattern of substandard care, a Star Tribune investigation has found.

Updated: February 05, 2012, - 12:12 PM

March 28, 2008: Agonizing wait ends for news from Iraq

They don't know how or when he died or whether he was tortured. They don't know where his body was...

Updated: December 13, 2011, - 11:02 AM

Bringing 9/11 home

A World Trade Center beam from New York City forms the centerpiece of a memorial planned for Marshall, Minn.

Updated: August 10, 2011, - 10:25 AM

July 2: State shutdown hits home - and wallet

Layoffs and curtailed services in wake of budget impasse have some Minnesotans angry, others fearful.

Updated: July 01, 2011, - 10:55 PM

Driving I-94 from city to city now borderline nuts

Construction projects in the busy area where Minneapolis and St. Paul meet are slowing and frustrating commuters.

Updated: June 04, 2011, - 11:22 PM

Voters say: Enough already

In politically diverse House District 25B, folks wonder how compromise became a four-letter word at the Capitol.

Updated: May 29, 2011, - 09:32 PM

May 22: North Minneapolis tornado toll $166 million and likely to rise

Hundreds of residents left homeless by Sunday’s tornado sifted through the ruin of their homes and neighborhood amid a treacherous landscape of downed trees and power lines.

Updated: May 23, 2011, - 11:30 PM

For Flight 93 hero's parents, a sense of justice at long last

The death of Osama bin Laden brings a bit of relief, but little comfort to the parents of a Flight 93 hero.

Updated: May 03, 2011, - 07:09 AM

When the sprawl stopped

Once booming symbols of possibility, the Twin Cities exurbs are scarred by foreclosures, battered by gas prices and uncertain when recovery might come.

Updated: April 13, 2011, - 10:42 AM

Minnesota vs. deadly DWIs: Who's winning?

Minnesota gets high marks among states for enforcement, but not for punishment. Nearly 900 people in Minnesota have been killed in alcohol-related crashes over the past five years. | Smashed: A Star Tribune special project about the toll of driving drunk in Minnesota.

Updated: March 30, 2011, - 04:50 PM