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West Metro
February 4, 2016
Justin Lang shoveled a driveway. "I just want people to be nice to one another," he said.

Twin Cities man makes world better one shovelful at a time

In the dark of night, as Tuesday's snowstorm raged, Justin Lang grabbed a shovel and went house to house in north Minneapolis.
North Metro
February 3, 2016
East Bethel City Administrator Jack Davis stands outside the new water treatment facility in East Bethel, MN on February 6, 2014. ] JOELKOYAMA‚

Met Council makes sure sewer project doesn't sink East Bethel

Growth fizzled, so millions in debt for sewer forgiven.
East Metro
February 2, 2016
Police are looking for this man, suspected of eight robberies since late September in the north metro. These images show him in a liquor store.

Elusive gunman has robbed 8 liquor stores, gas stations in Twin Cities

With a bandanna over his face, the robber has struck his targets between 6 p.m. and 1 a.m. and has displayed a handgun at times, police said.
North Metro
February 1, 2016
Lyle Clausen, Blaine (left), watched a stone as it approached slid toward him along the ice. ] JIM GEHRZ ï james.gehrz@startribune.com / Blaine,

Aug. 12, 2015: Blaine curling club named official U.S. Olympic training site

It's the first time United States curling has received a national designation.
South Metro
January 29, 2016
Jessica Billmeyer has been chosen as the new police chief of St. Paul Park, a community of 5,300 near where she grew up. Billmeyer is currently a sarg

St. Paul Park chooses Inver Grove Heights sergeant as new police chief

Inver Grove Heights Police Sgt. Jessica Billmeyer will start Feb. 10.
East Metro
January 29, 2016

North/east police blotter

East Metro
January 29, 2016

North/east metro briefs: Coon Rapids City Council weighs loosening rules to allow taprooms

North Metro
January 28, 2016

ID'd: Man found fatally shot in car in north Minneapolis

North Metro
January 28, 2016

Arrest warrant issued for Columbia Heights murder suspect

North Metro
January 28, 2016
The main gate that leads to St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minn., is shown in 2002.

Highly personal info of clergy abuse victim posted online

St. John's Abbey says it seeks transparency; a monk's victim calls new website "betrayal."
North Metro
January 27, 2016

Severson wins Columbia Heights school board seat in special election

A board that has operated with two vacancies since Grant Nichols stepped down in October is beginning to fill its empty seats.
North Metro
January 27, 2016

Pickup driver killed in Anoka County crash ID'd as father of 3

The truck went off the road and hit a tree in Ramsey, authorities said.
North Metro
January 26, 2016

Pickup truck driver killed in one-vehicle crash in Ramsey

North Metro
January 25, 2016

Obituary: As radio host 'Miss Flo,' military wife found starring role

Floretta S. Welch, a devoted Navy wife, watched her husband go off to war over three decades spanning World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
West Metro
January 23, 2016

Obituary: James Mossey was Crystal's police chief for 27 years

East Metro
January 22, 2016

North/East police blotter

East Metro
January 22, 2016

North/East briefs: Five Newport officers now county deputies

West Metro
January 22, 2016

Tax preparer behind Hennepin County's largest tax fraud case is going to prison

Rona Griffin cost the state more than $1.6 million in tax revenue between 2009 and 2013.
North Metro
January 22, 2016

Lino Lakes Fire Division now open after Centennial split

Lino Lakes has joined a handful of cities that have cross-trained police officers as firefighters.

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