Allie Shah
Reporter | East Metro
Phone: 651-298-1550
E-mail: ashah@startribune.com
Allie Shah writes about government and community affairs and personalities in cities from Stillwater and Lake Elmo to Hugo, Forest Lake and Chisago County and Hudson and Polk County, Wis.
Recent content from Allie Shah
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Bicyclist, 60, killed by car in Blaine
Police continue to investigate what looks to be a "tragic accident" involving a vehicle driven by a Ramsey woman.
Jul 3, 2009 -
Gray wolves get federal protection again
Advocates and U.S. government agree to list the gray wolf as "threatened" in Minnesota and to put ones in Wisconsin and Michigan on the endangered list.
Jun 30, 2009 -
Look in my eyes, at war's essence
A portrait exhibit offers an intimate look at the combat experience in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Jun 21, 2009 -
Somalis take to the street to protest group's actions
Relatives and friends of a dead Minneapolis teen complain that a Muslim civil rights group is blocking an FBI inquiry.
Jun 12, 2009 -
Word of 2nd death jolts Twin Cities Somalis
Word of a second Minneapolis man dead in Somalia adds urgency to questions of how a group went abroad.
Jun 9, 2009 -
Somali youth from Minneapolis dies in homeland
The Minneapolis family of Burhan Hassan learned that he died in Somalia --another in a group of Somali youth who vanished last fall.
Jun 7, 2009 -
Test of faith
Parents are questioning the role of the mosque in their families since last fall's disappearance of as many as 20 young Twin Cities men.
Jun 3, 2009 -
A final toast to the Vineyard
A longtime Anoka restaurant shuts down to make way for a future Hwy. 10 interchange.
Jun 1, 2009 -
The making of a Minnesota suicide bomber
He was once a shy young man who liked basketball, hip-hop and girls. Years later he drove a truck full of explosives into a crowd in Somalia, leaving only grief and questions behind.
May 6, 2009 -
Neighbors wonder: What's that smell?
A chemical odor emanating from a New Brighton utility pole yard is becoming a headache -- literally -- to some residents.
Apr 22, 2009