East Metro
October 10, 2016

Mosquito spraying has risks for pollinators

East Metro
October 9, 2016

St. Paul landlord alert program proves popular

The program, Landlord Alert, hopes to get ahead of problems by sending landlords daily e-mail updates about police calls to their properties.
East Metro
October 9, 2016

Caught: Masked robber with long gun who made short work of western Wis. bank

Variety
October 8, 2016
A couple were able to build a river home on the same spot of an old summer house on the St. Croix River by remodeling and reusing materials, designed

Home built for life on the St. Croix River — just 10 feet from edge of bluff

A couple were able to preserve a jaw-dropping view of the St. Croix River — only 10 feet from the edge of the bluff — by building on the footprint of an old summer cabin. Here's how they did it.
East Metro
October 8, 2016
Henry Isaacson made the most of his pumpkin portrait session at Anoka County Farms.

Anoka County Farms celebrates 10 years

The pumpkin patch has become a fall tradition for families.
East Metro
October 8, 2016

North/east police blotter, Oct. 9

East Metro
October 8, 2016

North/east metro briefs: Washington County sheriff honors notable service, lifesaving with awards

East Metro
October 7, 2016
Annika Sorenstam left and Thad Layton golf course architect looked over a fairway at the newly designed The Royal Golf Club Thursday September 29, 201

New Lake Elmo golf course promises royal competition in east-metro market

Annika Sorenstam and the late Arnold Palmer designed overhauled Lake Elmo course.
East Metro
October 7, 2016
2 killed in Lino Lakes copter crash were from Mpls., Blaine

2 killed in Lino Lakes copter crash were from Mpls., Blaine

Witnesses said they saw the helicopter flying northeast suddenly experience distress. They heard a pop, saw the rotary blade stop turning, then saw the helicopter drop from the sky like a "fireball."
East Metro
October 7, 2016
2 confirmed dead in helicopter crash in field near Lino Lakes

2 confirmed dead in helicopter crash in field near Lino Lakes

The aircraft crashed about 5:30 p.m. in a field near some houses, prompting several calls to 911. Witnesses reported a large fireball.
East Metro
October 6, 2016
Chris Stein is superintendent of the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, a national park.

St. Croix Riverway superintendent takes new Park Service job in Nebraska

Chris Stein became known as a champion of water quality, builder of partnerships.
East Metro
October 6, 2016
3M logo at headquarters in St. Paul to run with $200 million research expansion story. (MARLIN LEVISON/STARTRIBUNE(mlevison@startribune.com (cq ORG XM

Steelworkers picket 3M Cottage Grove chemical plant

Union members balk at 3M proposal to cut weekend pay and 401(k) contributions
East Metro
October 6, 2016
Real estate notebook: Timberland Partners buys White Bear Woods apartments

Real estate notebook: Timberland Partners buys White Bear Woods apartments

East Metro
October 6, 2016
Philando Castile was fatally shot by police July 6 during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights.

St. Anthony applies for federal program to improve police-community relations

St. Anthony has applied to join a federal program aimed at improving trust between police and the community, the city announced Wednesday.
East Metro
October 4, 2016

Man drowns at community pool in Forest Lake

East Metro
October 3, 2016
Dan McGuiness led a tour through the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary in St. Paul where the Wakan Tipi Interpretive Center to honor the site’s Amer

At Vento nature sanctuary, a push for interpretive center

Advocates make case for Wakan Tipi at St. Paul nature sanctuary.
East Metro
October 3, 2016

Authorities seek help to find missing Vadnais Heights woman's body

East Metro
October 2, 2016
The homecoming king and queen, Ian Offerdahl and Emily Bergquist, were crowned Friday, October 2, 2015. There will be no such crowning for the 2016 UW

Shedding gender labels, Wisc. university drops homecoming king, queen

UW-Stout joins UW-Eau Claire to have gender neutral honors.
East Metro
October 1, 2016
Joseph Zacher's family sits around the "Jefferson roundtable," as they like to call it, in the home of Tom Jefferson in Birchwood Village, Minn. (From

Well-meaning family takes in sex offender, inciting fear and outrage

The debate in Birchwood Village shows a problem that state leaders still have not figured out how to address: How to integrate sex offenders into a community.
East Metro
October 1, 2016

North/east metro police blotter, Oct. 2

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