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• Miracle Boy has a miracle surgery
  After harrowing turns with a potentially fatal heart ailment, little Stellan had an emergency operation - and it's a "home run."
  
• Wilf accuses commission of avoiding stadium issue
  The threat to raise the Viking's rent at the Metrodome is "really punting" on the issue, owner Zygi Wilf said Sunday. But a facilities commission spokesman said the agency wants to move quickly but the time isn't right.
  
• One dead in two-car crash in Eden Prairie
  A two-car crash Friday night in Eden Prairie left one man dead.
  
• Pair charged for attacking Bloomington disabled man
  A disabled man getting a massage was robbed and kicked in the groin at a Bloomington apartment, according to charges filed Friday in Hennepin County District Court.
  
• Bloomington day-care provider says supervision was adequate
  Doris Meeks said she had no idea how a toddler got into a car seat and suffocated. She said she was out at the time, but her daughter was watching the children.
  
• Losing trees but saving 'hoot' habitat
  Trees and owls must make way for a new natural gas pipeline that parallels one that crosses the Lake Rebecca Park Reserve.
  
• Bending the waters of Nine Mile Creek
  Hopkins will have a prettier, cleaner creek when Nine Mile Creek is restored and rechanneled.
  
• With contract talks stalled, Chaska schools, union turn to mediator
  Both sides met all day with their state-appointed mediator without reaching a resolution. A second session is planned Jan. 5.
  
• Police find stolen SUV, Maserati at Edina home
  When police went to an Edina home as part of a theft-by-swindle investigation, they found something surprising in the garage: a $123,000 Maserati reported stolen in September.
  
• Maple Grove man sentenced for beating girlfriend's cat
  A Maple Grove man has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for animal cruelty and abandonment for the beating of his girlfriend's cat, which had to be euthanized.
  
• Chanhassen theater sale is terminated
  Twin Cities entrepreneur Greg Frankenfield has withdrawn from an announced plan to buy Chanhassen Dinner Theatres.
  
• State medical board reprimands 2 doctors
  Dr. Dexter Whittemore allegedly made sex advances; Dr. Leonard Warren cited for excessive narcotics prescriptions.
  
• Jury begins deliberating charges against man in fatal car crash
  Tito Campbell admitted to driving drunk and license-less and causing a collision that killed Shoua Vang on April 18.
  
• Getting up to speed
  To provide better police service in its parks, the Three Rivers Park District is planning to add police stations to three parks -- including one in Prior Lake -- and change the way it assigns officers throughout the 18-park system.
  
• Minnetonka: Weekend art fair to benefit playground
  Groveland Elementary School will host a holiday art fair Friday and Saturday at the school, 17310 Minnetonka Blvd., Minnetonka.
  
• Grape expectations
  A winemaker in a stately old neighborhood in Wayzata transformed his suburban yard into a miniature Napa of the North.
  
• Wayzata neighbors fight plan to modernize old road
  Residents near Bushaway Road say project would destroy houses, hundreds of trees -- and their neighborhood.
  
• Plymouth pet owners no longer need licenses
  The city is looking to cut unnecessary services to save money and says most residents didn't bother to license dogs and cats.
  
• Edina: Annual gift sale begins
  The Edina Art Center's annual sale featuring one-of-a-kind items made by more than 50 regional artists runs through Dec. 23.
  
• Jeff Johnson: A luxury we can't afford
  Hennepin County Board spends extra $14 million to make new Lowry Avenue Bridge a "signature" bridge.
  
• Crowd cheers as Greenfield's mayor resigns
  Citing a desire to help heal her city, Greenfield Mayor Jill Krout unexpectedly resigned Tuesday night before the start of the regular City Council meeting.
  
• West metro police blotter
  WEEK OF OCT. 12
  
• Joy Petersen: Christian schools join in mission to garner support
  In the face of a challenging economy, 16 institutions are working together to raise awareness -- and enrollment.
  
• Nice on eyes, not on pocket
  Hennepin County Board spends extra $14 million to make new Lowry Avenue Bridge a "signature" bridge.
  
• Man faces molestation charge
  The gaze of two girls in the back of a car caught a New Hope police officer's attention and led to the arrest of a 22-year-old man for allegedly having sex with one of them, a 13-year-old.
  

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