South Metro
September 14, 2019

Twin Cities metro police blotter, Sept. 15

East Metro
September 13, 2019

Lakeland mayor locks City Hall to block out City Council, in latest flare-up snarling the east metro city

Lakeland officials have feuded since winter over how to fill vacancies in the St. Croix riverside burg.
East Metro
September 13, 2019
FILE - This June 22, 2017, file photo provided by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources shows a silver carp, a variety of Asian carp, that was

Minnesota DNR catches, tags silver carp in the St. Croix River

Wildlife officials found the silver carp, the first of its kind to get a tag, while tracking a tagged bighead carp.
East Metro
September 11, 2019

White Bear Lake pilot's $27 million jury award, lawsuit sent back to lower courts

The White Bear Lake man said a fuel pump failed, causing the severe-injury crash in 2010.
East Metro
September 9, 2019

John W. Webb, author of groundbreaking geography textbook, dies at age 93

East Metro
September 7, 2019
Dennis Shaw, visiting the Twin Cities for work from Indiana, pulled a kayak into Bald Eagle Lake in White Bear Township. for afternoon fishing last we

White Bear Township wants to tap into city aid but keep rural ways

Residents want state financial aid for cities while maintaining a small-town style of governance.
East Metro
September 7, 2019

Two found dead in New Brighton

Emergency dispatchers told officers that the caller's husband had threatened to kill his daughter.
South Metro
September 7, 2019

Twin Cities metro police blotter, Sept. 8

East Metro
September 6, 2019

Charges: Man admits to leaving scene after striking pedestrian in fatal Roseville crash

The crash on Jan. 3 occurred in rush hour darkness at Larpenteur Avenue and Woodbridge Court
East Metro
September 5, 2019
December 08, 1994 (far left) Randy Christman of the Raptor Resource Project directed middle team students from the Marcy Open Elementary School Minnea

Warner Nature Center in St. Croix Valley to close at end of year

No explanation given for closing of the Lee and Rose Warner Nature Center near Marine on St. Croix.
East Metro
September 5, 2019
Two of the four murals in the St. Paul City Council Chambers painted in 1933 by John Norton.

Artists sought for more diverse art to be displayed in St. Paul and Ramsey County council chambers

Work by four artists will be displayed at City Hall.
East Metro
September 4, 2019
"Simply, basketball is not fundamental to democracy," said the 16-page unanimous decision, written by Justice Natalie Hudson, shown in 2016 at Lakevil

State Supreme Court ruling limits criticism of public high school coaches

The former Woodbury girls' basketball coach claimed that parents had defamed him. The high court ruling reinstates his lawsuit.
East Metro
September 3, 2019
Police vehicles remained at the intersection of Midway Parkway and Snelling Ave. near the main entrance to the Minnesota State Fair grounds late Monda

Three shot, one run over outside front gate as State Fair ends

The chaotic scene erupted around 10:20 p.m. outside the gate at Snelling Avenue and Midway Parkway as the fair was closing for the year.
East Metro
September 3, 2019
After decades feeding 4-Hers at the fair, Dede Hard calls it a day

After decades feeding 4-Hers at the fair, Dede Hard calls it a day

For years, Dede Hard has ordered the food, organized the crew and overseen preparations. The 4-H kitchen gets the biggest food delivery at the State Fair.
East Metro
September 2, 2019

Proposed Roseville budget would add four cops, three firefighters

Proposed $62.6M budget includes funding for four cops, three firefighters.
East Metro
September 2, 2019
The change in start times mean that high school students will start school at 8:30 a.m. starting this fall in the St. Paul schools. Above, Washington

St. Paul schools flip start times so teenagers can sleep in

Twenty-one elementary schools with nearly 10,000 students will start school an hour earlier to let the big kids occupy their old 8:30 a.m. start-time slot.
East Metro
September 1, 2019

Drop-in center for homeless young people to open in Cottage Grove

Site for homeless young people will be much like one that opened a year ago in a Stillwater church.
East Metro
September 1, 2019
A surveillance image shows a woman suspected of groping a volunteer at the Minnesota Republican Party's booth at the State Fair. Credit: State Fair Po

Fair shares photo of potential suspect in reported groping of GOP booth volunteer

The incident was believed to have occurred during a political disagreement.
East Metro
September 1, 2019
Mark McCabe, Ramsey County Parks Director, Aaron Mcfarlane, Army Corps biologist, Mike Goodnature Ramsey County Naturalist, and Nate Campbell Army Cor

At Pig's Eye Lake, officials split over using artificial islands to boost ecology

The shallow lake in St. Paul's remote southeast corner could get habitat restoration, but the public wants to know more.
South Metro
August 31, 2019

Twin Cities metro police blotter, Sept. 1

Twin Cities East Metro

News coverage of the Twin Cities eastern suburbs, including Afton, Lake Elmo, Maplewood, Oakdale, Roseville, Stillwater and Woodbury.