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March 16, 2020
Police remained on scene as customers were allowed to leave the Brooklyn Park Walmart where officers shot a man Monday. He is expected to survive. (Ki

Police: Officers return gunfire, shoot armed man outside Brooklyn Park Walmart

Exchange of gunfire followed carjacking; two other people arrested with the suspect.
South Metro
March 14, 2020

Twin Cities metro police blotter, March 15

West Metro
March 13, 2020
Students worked on coding skills during an "Hour of Code" at Robbinsdale's School of Engineering and Arts.

Robbinsdale first state school district to close over COVID-19 concerns

The district serving about 12,500 students called off classes Friday.
North Metro
March 11, 2020

Pipe bomb defused in Chisago County

The St. Paul bomb squad was called to help defuse the bomb.
South Metro
March 11, 2020
Firefighters on the scene of a fire that had been burning for more than 24 hours at the Northern Metals Recycling plant in Becker, Minn.

Northern Metal Recycling fire in Becker an accident, report says

Report says it started deep within the scrap heap.
North Metro
March 10, 2020
The Columbia Heights Public Library.

Columbia Heights reopens library meeting rooms to all groups after barring DFL gathering

The political group had regularly reserved the library's community room before being denied last month.
North Metro
March 7, 2020
Dead deer, curious dog, frantic owner, alert neighbor add up to drama on Elk River

Dead deer, curious dog, frantic owner, alert neighbor add up to drama on Elk River

Deputies wearing cold-water suits were able to rescue the dog.
South Metro
March 7, 2020

Twin Cities metro police blotter, March 8

West Metro
March 6, 2020

Man shot, wounded on bus in New Hope

The shooting happened around 9 p.m. at N. 42nd and Gettysburg avenues.
Politics
March 5, 2020

How Minnesota voted in the 2020 Democratic primary, precinct by precinct

Explore a detailed map of each precinct's result showing where Joe Biden bested his rivals across Minnesota.
North Metro
March 4, 2020
Flames and smoke tower into the sky at the Northern Metal Recycling plant Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, in Becker, Minn. A passerby first spotted the fire

Alliance presses city leaders for answers after massive Becker fire

The fire was not on the agenda for Wednesday's City Council meeting, but that didn't stop residents from showing up to voice concerns.
South Metro
March 3, 2020

Man pleads guilty to Mpls. pistol-whipping, shooting of stranger

Varnell Allen pleaded guilty to shooting Enzo Herrera-Garcia in the chest.
West Metro
March 3, 2020
Steven Markey worked as an office assistant in Minneapolis at the time of his death in June 2019.

17-year-old admits to shooting, killing man in car in NE. Minneapolis

The 39-year-old man was targeted for robbery by the Coon Rapids teen and his younger accomplice, according to prosecutors.
East Metro
March 3, 2020
The TCAAP site, photographed from the top of the Kame, a former reservoir that is the highest point in Ramsey County, in 2010.

Talks over future ammo plant development break down between Ramsey County, Arden Hills

Failure of mediation means that the county's suit will resume to break its power-sharing agreement with the city.
North Metro
March 2, 2020
Connie Kitterman started working for SnoBear USA of Isanti in August 2016, but four men doing the same work were paid up to $2 more per hour, accordin

Gender bias suit forces Isanti manufacturer to pay $20K to female welder

Female welder was paid $2 an hour less than four men doing the same work, EEOC alleged in a lawsuit.
South Metro
March 2, 2020

Edwin 'Skip' Gage, integrated marketing pioneer, dies at 79

North Metro
February 29, 2020
Running Aces CEO Taro Ito, gives a tour of the new hotel at Running Aces. The small north metro community of Columbus is opening it's first-ever hotel

Running Aces Casino and Racetrack raises the stakes with new hotel

North metro casino hopes lodging draws customers.
South Metro
February 29, 2020

Twin Cities metro police blotter, March 1

North Metro
February 28, 2020

Twin Cities man sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for drugs, guns around young kids

Huriah Kareem Bledsoe's attorney said his difficult childhood put him on a path of selling drugs.
North Metro
February 28, 2020
Fire investigators have turned the Northern Metal property back over to the company after a massive fire last week, Becker Police Chief Brent Baloun s

Judge: Northern Metal can resume work in Mpls., must comply with MPCA order in Becker

Massive blaze at Northern Metal plant in Becker, Minn., prompted the emergency order from the state.

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