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Jon Tevlin is a metro section columnist.

Tevlin: A vigil, and plea, for little Terrell Mayes

On a day when people gather to celebrate new beginnings, they came together to grieve a death. In a neighborhood where we try to raise children, they came to bury one.

Updated: December 31, 2011, - 07:17 PM

Tevlin: She helps keep cabs for drinkers rolling

Kathy McDonald, of Rush City, has provided one-third of the expenses for Safe Cab rides in a several-county area for the past half-dozen years.

Updated: December 27, 2011, - 06:31 PM

Tevlin: GOP saga has North Woods twist

Of course it had to go down at Moose Country Whiskey and Food, for this is a quintessentially North Woods kind of scandal. And it had to be a high school buddy who lured Republican power broker Michael Brodkorb to the bar, "Your friendly neighborhood meeting place," and -- who knows -- kissed him on the cheek Judas-style before they let him have it.

Updated: December 20, 2011, - 07:56 PM

Tevlin: Emmer-Hamline flap a lesson about bias

Tom Emmer thought he had a deal to teach at Hamline. And then the offer of a job as an adjunct "executive in residence" professor was withdrawn.

Updated: December 18, 2011, - 12:55 AM

Building in this village difficult for developer, and for village

Sunday afternoon was smack dab in the middle of the Christmas shopping season. The Minnesota Vikings were on television. Yet at Linden Hills Park, hundreds crowded an open house at the recreation center to read giant placards with such riveting headlines as: "Variances to Increase Portions of the 8-foot Setback."

Updated: December 13, 2011, - 09:45 PM

Tevlin: A product of the Ford plant graduates with lessons learned

This will be a strange week for Tracy Ausen, a vivid reminder that life can be at once sad and wonderful.

Updated: December 12, 2011, - 09:18 PM

Tech college gets a jump on growing use of drones

Four years ago, the large hangar filled with retired airplanes and helicopters just outside this town was a lonely place.

Updated: December 03, 2011, - 08:53 PM

Tevlin: 'Catch-22’ for homeowner

Andrew Moore, who is unemployed, said he was arrested for the crime of being unable to afford to paint his house. In one day he had gone from feted good neighbor to jailbird.

Updated: November 29, 2011, - 09:42 PM

Tevlin: There's more to egg video than just eggs and chickens

Last April, state Rep. Dean Urdahl, R-Grove City, was one of the authors of a bill that would have made it illegal for someone to enter a farm or animal-producing facility and take videos or photos without the permission of the owner. The bill didn't get anywhere, in part because a lot of people thought it would be overturned as being unconstitutional.

Updated: November 22, 2011, - 07:59 PM

New bike lanes bring confusion and criticism

Last week, Mayor R.T. Rybak tweeted the following message: "Number 1 again! Minneapolis ranked top city for drivers by Delivery Times Magazine due to abundance of bike lanes."

Updated: November 19, 2011, - 09:32 PM