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Pat Pheifer

Reporter | Ramsey County Courts

Phone: 651-298-1551

Email: ppheifer@startribune.com

Pat Pheifer covers courts and other legal affairs in Ramsey County.

Dave Gisch retiring as Dakota County emergency director

After 29 years, he's got plenty of war stories to tell -- simulated war stories, that is.

Updated: January 04, 2013, - 06:15 PM

HealthPartners and Park Nicollet wrap up merger

With a single elected board, HealthPartners and Park Nicollet come together. Patients shouldn't see many changes, officials say.

Updated: January 01, 2013, - 07:39 PM

Dakota County judge is charged with gross-misdemeanor DWI

Charges say Judge Michael Sovis crashed an SUV into parked vehicles in St. Paul on Christmas Eve.

Updated: December 27, 2012, - 11:17 PM

Data privacy ruling under review

The state Supreme Court will take a look at a decision granting a publisher access to public-works subcontracts.

Updated: December 26, 2012, - 07:17 PM

Christmas in Dakota County jail

Dakota County jail inmates miss their families, but these three say they're glad for the chance to turn their lives around.

Updated: December 22, 2012, - 11:11 PM

Jury finds high-profile death plot in Dakota County was real

Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom was intended target.

Updated: December 07, 2012, - 09:33 PM

Woodward case goes to the jury: Was it revenge or a game of charades?

In John Woodward's mind, it was the actions of his one-time neighbor, Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom and two others -- not his own actions -- that landed him in prison in 2007 for multiple felony drug convictions, Rice County Attorney Paul Beaumaster told jurors Thursday morning.

Updated: December 06, 2012, - 05:03 PM