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North Metro
June 12, 2020

Tear gas used to disperse 'unruly' crowd at Lake George Regional Park beach

The park was closed for at least the second time this week, authorities said.
Duluth
June 12, 2020

Mora couple arrested in connection with 2019 death of Makinen man

Frank Meyer, 47, was found dead in his Mora home in October of last year.
West Metro
June 12, 2020

Charges: Minneapolis man sped, ran red light before causing fiery fatal crash

Abdullahi A. Mohamed, 22, was charged with two counts of criminal vehicular homicide and two counts of criminal vehicular operation.
East Metro
June 10, 2020

Body of missing man recovered from Forest Lake

The man jumped off a pontoon late Sunday afternoon in windy conditions and was unable to swim back to the watercraft, authorities said.
North Metro
June 9, 2020

Pedestrian killed in Columbia Heights was 59-year-old city resident

Impairment was not believed to have been a factor, the Anoka County Sheriff's Office said.
East Metro
June 8, 2020

Search on for man presumed dead after jumping off pontoon on Forest Lake

Authorities presume that the man did not survive.
West Metro
June 7, 2020
Daniel Mack

ID'd: Man fatally shot in head in Minneapolis, found outside hospital

The 26-year-old from Brooklyn Park was shot in the head, authorities said.
North Metro
June 6, 2020
North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale.

2 men fatally shot in Minneapolis in separate incidents

Both died of apparent gunshot wounds on Thursday night. One victim's body was found in a car parked near North Memorial Health Hospital.
North Metro
June 6, 2020

East Bethel woman dies in one-vehicle crash in Clear Lake

The driver's child was injured in the one-vehicle crash on Hwy. 10.
South Metro
June 6, 2020

Twin Cities metro police blotter, June 7

North Metro
June 3, 2020

Man on foot is struck and killed while on Central Avenue in Columbia Heights

The driver, a 21-year-old man from Columbia Heights, stopped and was cooperating, officials said.
West Metro
May 29, 2020

Chad Helton, a pioneering black librarian, will be new head of Hennepin County Library

When Helton takes over the county library in late August, it will be nearly two years since previous director Lois Langer Thompson left.
North Metro
May 28, 2020
Amy Grabow and daughter Abigail Credit: Facebook

Authorities ID teen driver, mother killed in crash north of Twin Cities

The woman was the founder of a blanket company that donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to charity from sales proceeds.
Local
May 26, 2020

Sherbune County jail detainees plan hunger strike for release because of COVID-19

A federal judge recently rejected a petition for their emergency release during the pandemic.
West Metro
May 25, 2020
Police and fire personnel responded to this fatal crash scene in Brooklyn Center. Credit: MnDOT traffic camera

SUV driver dies after slamming into Brooklyn Center warehouse

Police say alcohol and speed appears to be factors in the crash.
South Metro
May 23, 2020

Twin Cities metro police blotter, May 24

Local
May 23, 2020
Jessica Aguilar and her daughter Aviana Castro, 3. Aguilar was brought into the U.S. from Mexico as a baby by her parents without legal permission and

Andover DACA recipient fearfully awaits Supreme Court decision in a time of coronavirus

Jessica Aguilar awaits a ruling that could cause hundreds of thousands of immigrants like her to lose legal protections.
North Metro
May 20, 2020
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said he was "certain" the revelation would lead defense attorneys to request dismissing charges in cases involvi

Accused serial rapist could be linked to more crimes, authorities say

Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said authorities are investigating three or four other cases.
North Metro
May 20, 2020

Social distancing with martial arts

Gyms and martial arts schools are still closed because of COVID-19, Robert Frankovich who runs White Tiger Martial Arts in Fridley practiced the Korean art of Haidong Gumdo swords in the community park.
North Metro
May 20, 2020
Ahmud Carrington

Charge: Driver who killed other motorist on Hwy. 169 was on probation for recent DWI

In the previous case, she was driving drunk with her 5-year-old son in the car.

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