The dreaded Asian carp is flopping on the city's doorstep - that is, the Mississippi River waters below the Ford Dam, Paul Walsh reports. Moving at a much greater speed than killer bees, the voracious jumping fish has moved inexorably north from Arkansas over the past 15 years and now threatens the Great Lakes. Could the arrival of the carp in Minneapolis give more urgency to the proposal to close the locks and dams forever?

Accustomed to being on the other side of the probe, the Roto-Rooter man faces his own internal examination, courtesy of Minneapolis police fraud investigators, Nicole Norfleet and Anthony Lonetree report. This follows Lora Pabst's Whistleblower report in February that described how a pattern of complaints about high-pressure sales tactics and dubious repair recommendations prompted city license inspectors to crack down on Roto-Rooter.

The Minneapolis park board won't ask for higher property taxes, yet will find the money to invest more in neighborhood parks and plant more trees, Nicole Norfleet reports.

Trick-or-treaters have known this forever, but grownups are catching on: the best sweet hunting takes place in neighborhoods with money for big candy bars and houses close together. That's why Linden Hills, Cedar-Isles Dean, Lynnhurst, Fulton and East Isles top a list of best trick-or-treating spots in the city, Jeremy Olson reports.

City Hall, meanwhile, is trying to kick the sweet habit, but a proposal to serve only healthy fare at city functions is causing indigestion among some on the council, Eric Roper reports.

Public safety: Two Rochester women were convicted of supporting a terrorist group in their native Somalia, Allie Shah and Rose French report. The notorious Beat-Down Posse gang of north Minneapolis is back in the news after a man from Blaine was accused of intimidating a police witness, Matt McKinney reports. A fatal shooting Thursday night behind an East Lake Street parking lot could be an act of self-defense against an armed robber, Paul Walsh reports.