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September 28, 2019

Twin Cities metro police blotter, Sept. 29

South Metro
September 22, 2019
Xcel Energy issued this scam alert recently in hopes of thwarting the thieves.

Eagan sounds the alarm over surge in phone scams duping citizens

The southeast metro suburb had more reports in June-July than in the first five months of 2019.
South Metro
September 19, 2019
A fatal shooting occurred soon after passengers on this party bus exited in March 2018. Credit: Inver Grove Heights Police Department

Shooter gets 10 years for gang-related killing outside party bus in Dakota County

He is one of four teens who have pleaded guilty for their roles in the death of a 19-year-old St. Paul man.
South Metro
September 19, 2019
Burnsville taxidermist who mounted swindler's exotic big-game animals sued for fraud

Burnsville taxidermist who mounted swindler's exotic big-game animals sued for fraud

He should have known he was being paid with ill-gotten money, court documents say.
South Metro
September 19, 2019
Andy Vig, son of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux chairman Charles Vig, and coordinator of the culture and history preservation work group, poses for a port

Shakopee Mdewakanton debut new exhibit sharing their history, culture

The new Hoċokata Ti cultural center includes a museum open to the public.
South Metro
September 17, 2019
Jim Quist has lived in his Rosemount home for 30 years, and on days with a South East wind, a blue-green haze often settles over his property in Rosem

Rosemount residents worry that blue-green haze is toxic

Neighbors point to the nearby Spectro Alloys smelting plant as the source. Spectro officials say that they're doing nothing wrong.
South Metro
September 17, 2019
FILE - This Oct. 4, 2018, file photo shows the U.S. Supreme Court at sunset in Washington. More than 200 corporations have signed a friend-of-the-cour

Union pressured Inver Hills college clerk to join, lawsuit says

The case is the first one filed in Minnesota that stems from last year's landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
South Metro
September 17, 2019
South Metro
September 17, 2019
Zumbro Falls Mayor Bruce Heitmann pointed out the erosion on a dike that protects his city of 207 residents from the Zumbro River. The city is seeking

Record rainfall causes erosion problems in Minn. river towns

Runoff from the summer's soaking has eaten away riverbanks, landscape.
South Metro
September 16, 2019

Babette Gross, who once met Al Capone, died at 94

South Metro
September 14, 2019

Twin Cities metro police blotter, Sept. 15

South Metro
September 13, 2019

Burnsville man charged in brutal stabbing of man found dead in burning Minneapolis house

The victim, Daniel M. Bradley, suffered more than 100 blunt-force and sharp-force injuries.
South Metro
September 13, 2019

South St. Paul scrambling after manager of public-housing high-rises steps away

Officials said that having another entity manage the publicly owned buildings on its own is unsustainable in the long run.
South Metro
September 12, 2019

Eagan farmer engulfed in grain bin near Belle Plaine is ID'd

The man, 74, had been unloading soybeans from the bin, the Sheriff's Office said.
South Metro
September 10, 2019

Shakopee police arrest several suspects after man was shot in the neck

A man shot in the neck was taken to the hospital in unknown condition. A number of people were arrested.
South Metro
September 9, 2019

Three injured when distracted driver hits pedal bar in Minneapolis Saturday

Two people on the party bike were injured and taken to Hennepin County Medical Center.
South Metro
September 7, 2019
Patrick Winter, owner of Red Barn Farm in Northfield, showed off his rebuilt event barn a year after a devastating tornado. ] GLEN STUBBE • gle

Family rebuilds wedding barn after devastating tornado in Northfield, Minn.

A new, 5,000-square-foot structure that's heated, air-conditioned and full of custom touches that the Winters' old barn, for all its charm, lacked.
South Metro
September 7, 2019

Twin Cities metro police blotter, Sept. 8

South Metro
September 6, 2019

Lawsuit: Lakeville school's failure to treat student's asthma led to brain damage

The district denies responsibility for the student's injuries.
South Metro
September 6, 2019
Bruce Copenhaver Credit: Facebook

Body believed to be that of missing boater is located in river near Belle Plaine

The discovery was made not far from where the man's unoccupied boat was found several days earlier.

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News coverage of the Twin Cities southern suburbs, including Apple Valley, Bloomington, Burnsville, Eagan, Lakeville, Mendota Heights and Shakopee.