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Home & Garden
July 26, 2018
$1.35M historic brewery complex in Jordan boasts 6 apartments, 2 houses and a cave

$1.35M historic brewery complex in Jordan boasts 6 apartments, 2 houses and a cave

Built in the 1860s, the limestone building used to cool its beer in a cavern carved into a bluff.
South Metro
July 26, 2018
Police are responding to an active situation at the Costco in Burnsville on Wednesday, July 25, 2018.

Burnsville Costco evacuated, police respond to report of man with gun in parking lot

Burnsville police were warning on Twitter for people to "please stay out of the area," near Burnhaven Drive and McAndrews Road.
South Metro
July 25, 2018
Olmsted County SHariff Kevin Torgerson

Olmsted County officers 'Twist and Shout' their way to big video views

Employees with the sheriff's office jumped into the Lip Sync Challenge by shaking their uniformed booties.
South Metro
July 24, 2018

Motorcyclist dies in collision on Hwy. 169

A 51-year-old Jordan man was killed in the crash at southbound Hwy. 169 and 150th Street W. in Louisville Township.
South Metro
July 24, 2018

Child porn case nets 28-year prison term for Apple Valley man

Joseph T. Perkins, 36, was sentenced in federal court for contacting four victims, soliciting sexually explicit photos from them and meeting with them on "multiple occasions" between 2013 and 2016.
South Metro
July 24, 2018

Body recovered from Vermillion River in Dakota County

A late-night swim turned deadly for a 30-year-old St. Paul man.
South Metro
July 21, 2018

Inver Grove Heights biofuel plant still on track, but hurdles remain

Garbage-to-ethanol plant in Inver Grove Heights still needs approvals.
South Metro
July 21, 2018

Metro police blotter, July 22

South Metro
July 21, 2018

Doug Hennes, journalist and passionate St. Thomas advocate, dies at 63

Hennes, 63, died unexpectedly Thursday at his Mendota Heights home.
South Metro
July 20, 2018

Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games in Eagan

It's the 15th annual Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games in Eagan this weekend
South Metro
July 20, 2018
Police officers investigated the scene of a shooting between a suspect and a South St. Paul police officer in South St. Paul, Minn., Thursday, July 19

Man charged in shooting of South St. Paul officers was angry over eviction

Dustin A. Bilderback allegedly fired the shots after officers began discussing placing him on a 3-day mental health hold.
South Metro
July 20, 2018
Police invesitigated the scene of a shooting between a suspect and South St. Paul police officer who was injured a little past noon on 7/19/2018

'Constantly shooting' suspect wounds 2 officers in South St. Paul

Gunfire broke out at a residence for people with mental illness. The suspect shooter was taken into custody without injury.
South Metro
July 19, 2018

'Constantly shooting' suspect wounds 2 officers in South St. Paul

Gunfire broke out at a residence for people with mental illness. The suspect shooter was taken into custody without injury.
South Metro
July 16, 2018
Taylor Johnson, 5, and Zachary Johnson, 8

Woman, 2 young grandsons die in crash

Their driver crossed into wrong lane. Boys' mom died in river crash in 2016.
South Metro
July 16, 2018
The scene outside the home where sheriff's deputies shot and killed a teenager.

911 call: Chanhassen teen had outburst day before police fatally shot him

The teenager fatally shot outside his family's Chanhassen home last week by sheriff's deputies went into a rage a day earlier after his parents took away his car, prompting a call to 911.
Home & Garden
July 14, 2018
Lee and Patricia Justen built a modern home, designed by Alchemy Architects, on a vacant lot adjacent to their daughter's home in Mendota Heights.

Grandparents build a modern home in their daughter's Mendota Heights backyard

The family's unusual living situation means the grandparents can spend time with their grandson on the spur of the moment.
South Metro
July 14, 2018

Former Shakopee City Hall site could see redevelopment

Apartment proposal designed with young professionals in mind.
South Metro
July 14, 2018
Jordan brewery 1866-present A look at a handful of brewery workers from about 1934, only a year after the end of prohibition.

Historic Jordan brewery's future is connected to its rich and colorful past

Built with limestone blocks near hillside cooling caves in the 1860s, the 152-year-old brewery operated until 1949.
South Metro
July 13, 2018
Joseph Paul Czeck

Hastings man charged with vehicular homicide after boulder kills 2 in Rosemount

Police say the driver pulled over shortly after a boulder fell out of his truck and into the windshield of an oncoming car, but then drove away.
South Metro
July 13, 2018

Minnesota Rep. Bob Loonan charged with DWI in Jordan

The Shakopee Republican faces two misdemeanor counts related to being pulled over last weekend in connection with drunken driving.

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