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Mary Lynn Smith

Reporter | Metro

Phone: 612-673-4788

After getting a master’s in public affairs reporting, Mary Lynn Smith spent much of her 30-year-newspaper career covering government from the statehouse in Illinois to local governments in Minnesota. Now as a general assignment reporter, she covers a broad range of breaking news stories and features. She was born and raised in Chicago but has chosen to live, work, and raise a family in Minnesota -- first Duluth and then the Twin Cities.
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Rochester mom with five kids in her car crashes

She was allegedly drunk when she ran off the road. Four children were injured.

Updated: March 02, 2011, - 11:49 PM

Drunken Burnsville man’s threats lead to Amtrak evacuation

Police say a drunk passenger man indicated he left a bomb aboard, forcing an evacuation during a Montana blizzard.

Updated: February 17, 2011, - 09:53 AM

'There’s a deer in my closet’

The 911 calls came from an Eagan apartment complex where two panicked deer crashed past frightened residents.

Updated: February 15, 2011, - 06:18 AM

Woman who tried to mail puppy wants him back

Minneapolis authorities charged Stacey Champion, 39, with animal cruelty and impounded Guess, a 4-month-old poodle-Schnauzer mix that postal officials said likely would have been DOA at its Georgia destination.

Updated: February 04, 2011, - 03:57 PM

If not for postal clerks, puppy would have been DOA

A 39-year-old woman was charged with animal cruelty after she tried to air-mail the dog to Atlanta from downtown Minneapolis, authorities said.

Updated: February 02, 2011, - 02:18 PM

City and Wolves seek Target Center renovation

They say the 21-year-old Target Center needs a face-lift to bring it up to the fan-friendly level found at Twin Cities sports facilities.

Updated: February 01, 2011, - 06:32 AM

Fishman’s deli preparing to close, citing looming rent increase

Dedicated customers are devastated by the news that Fishman's deli in St. Louis Park is closing.

Updated: January 27, 2011, - 03:27 PM

Revered leader of Minnesota’s Hmong dies

As iconic as he was divisive, he was devoted to the people he led.

Updated: January 07, 2011, - 01:00 PM

Edina gas leak capped, but not before evacuations

CenterPoint Energy workers capped the source of a natural gas leak in Edina's South Harriet Park neighborhood Thursday evening that earlier had prompted voluntary evacuations of several homes.

Updated: January 07, 2011, - 06:56 AM

Baby taken in stolen car is found safe in Maplewood

Ayden Hoang, 11 months, was found safe, stashed next to garbage containers and still strapped in his car seat, 90 minutes after the theft in St. Paul.

Updated: December 23, 2010, - 12:30 AM