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March 10, 2017
Masked suspect in Lakeville home invasion turns out to be hungry 20-pound raccoon

Masked suspect in Lakeville home invasion turns out to be hungry 20-pound raccoon

South Metro
March 10, 2017

St. Olaf to strip prof's name from building after reports of sex misconduct

Reidar Dittmann was a Holocaust survivor who taught art and Norwegian at the Northfield college for more than 45 years and died in 2010 at age 88.
South Metro
March 9, 2017
Sgt. Bobby Lambert, lower left, poses with other officers at the unveiling of a sign commemorating fallen Mendota Heights officer Scott Patrick. Photo

Arbitrator upholds firing Mendota Heights cop

An arbitrator said Sgt. Bobby Lambert's dismissal took place during his probationary period.
South Metro
March 9, 2017
Taxidermist Tia Annis held up one of the deer heads she has mounted. Annis is an avid hunter and doesn't buy store-bought meat. She will hunt deer as

Chaska taxidermist aims to preserve animals through art

Tia Annis has opened a taxidermy practice in her home and is taking orders.
South Metro
March 8, 2017

Woman taken to hospital after Eagan highway standoff

Police closed Hwy. 3 for a time as they negotiated with the armed driver after she crashed her car.
South Metro
March 7, 2017
The home on Logan Ave. in West St. Paul that has received more than 150 police calls in five years. ] JEFF WHEELER • jeff.wheeler@startribune.c

West St. Paul threatens to bar family from home over police complaints

Homeowner LeeAnn Broadbent says racism is behind the complaints.
South Metro
March 6, 2017

Two men fall through ice in East Bethel — twice

A pair of snowmobilers in East Bethel had to learn the same cold lesson twice on Sunday — thin ice is no joke.
South Metro
March 3, 2017

South metro police blotter, March 5

South Metro
March 3, 2017

South metro news briefs: Burnsville OKs church expansion after debate

South Metro
March 2, 2017

Sanimax calls South St. Paul's stench rules unconstitutional

Company says Nasal Ranger technology, used to identify culprits, depends on sensitivities of the user.
South Metro
March 2, 2017

South metro postmaster allegedly faked work injuries, collected $275K

Prosecutors say he did yard work, unloaded heavy coolers from his fishing boat.
South Metro
March 1, 2017
An explosion and fire struck a wine store in Shakopee in 2012, peeling off the front of the business.

Prior Lake man charged with tax fraud allegedly set his liquor store ablaze

The onetime owner of WineStyles in Shakopee laundered inheritance money to buy the business in Shakopee, prosecutors say.
South Metro
March 1, 2017
Eagan police: We have '2 runaway llamas in custody on Skyline Drive'

Eagan police: We have '2 runaway llamas in custody on Skyline Drive'

Eagan Police took two unusual suspects into custody Wednesday morning: Two llamas.
South Metro
February 28, 2017
Clockwise from top left: Anthony Taylor, Gwen Wilson, Mercedes Akinseye and Alora Jones.

Leaning on their own outdoors lives, and connecting with young people

These Minnesota outdoors leaders are trying to open the door to the natural world for people of all backgrounds.
Music
February 27, 2017
Carlos Santana

Mystic Lake revives its amphitheater with Santana

South Metro
February 25, 2017

Woman gets three years in prison for ignoring abuse that led to child's death

'Every day is my punishment,' Lia Pearson said at her sentencing.
South Metro
February 25, 2017

South metro police blotter, Feb. 26

South Metro
February 24, 2017
Mollie Mahowald

Motorcyclist guilty of killing Army specialist in Scott County hit-and-run

Jurors did acquit the defendant of being drunk at the time he hit the woman along the side of the road.

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