East Metro
Stillwater sues, St. Paul turns to transit amid bus driver shortage
St. Paul ready to ask some high-schoolers to take Metro Transit.
East Metro
Local
Higher manslaughter count added against officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright
Kimberly Potter now stands charged with first-degree manslaughter.
Politics
Sen. Michelle Benson jumps into Minnesota governor's race
The four-term GOP senator from Ham Lake is the first woman to announce a run for governor next year.
Local
Brooklyn Center to appoint project manager to help with police reform
The city passed a package of reform measures after the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright.
Local
Authorities ID man, 62, who was allegedly shot to death by his daughter in Brooklyn Center
The woman allegedly told police she shot her father accidentally as he fought with another man.
Local
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman won't seek re-election
Freeman said he turns 74 next year and it was time to move on from the post.
Local
In Minnesota, Afghan woman struggles to help stranded relatives
From Blaine, she imagined how hard it would be for them to start over, having been upper class in Kabul.
Local
Old fire station could be new home for Fridley arts center
The North Suburban Center for the Arts is negotiating a lease with the city.
Business
St. Anthony: East Bethel's Aggressive Hydraulics is expanding again
The maker of truck parts in Anoka County has quadrupled revenue since 2013, when it last expanded.
East Metro
Sex trafficking suspect arrested in Anoka County
The multistate law enforcement team Operation United Front arrested a Bloomington man.
Local
Hennepin County offers stickers to alert first responders to special needs
Office also expands opioid-awareness program in Hennepin County.
East Metro
Tip from angler leads authorities to body in submerged pickup truck in Chisago City
Officers do not believe foul play was involved.
High Schools
Gift of a kidney links soccer coach, family at St. Michael-Albertville
Megan Johnson, the girls' soccer coach at the school, learned of a parent in need and took the steps to improve a life by answering "The Big Ask."
Local
Video goes viral of Centerville teens running from black bear
DNR says urban sightings of black bears are more common in a drought.
Local
Brooklyn Center woman charged with manslaughter for allegedly shooting, killing father
Police were dispatched to a shooting at Interstate 94 and 53rd Av. N. about 9:35 p.m. Aug. 21. The victim was on the ground with a gunshot wound to the head.
Local
Anoka-Hennepin mandates masks for youngest students when COVID-19 spread is high
The mask requirement will be reviewed weekly.
East Metro
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