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October 9, 2019
Terri Stephenson, Michael Serres

Judge orders years of Valentine's Day reminders for driver whose Feb. 14 crash killed partner

Drunken driver's partner died in a rollover crash after a holiday night out.
South Metro
October 9, 2019

Man threw punches, companion fired fatal shot in downtown Minneapolis confrontation, charges say

Tyler D. Walker allegedly initiated the physical confrontation.
South Metro
October 8, 2019
Ted Gladhill spends a fair amount of his time looking up into the skies above his home where planes from MSP taking off on the south runway often fly

Frustrated Eagan residents seek reprieve from airplane rumbles

City wants FAA to give peace and quiet a chance.
South Metro
October 8, 2019

Prior Lake HS student arrested after arriving at school with BB gun, knife

Police arrested the 16-year-old about 1½ miles to the north of the high school.
Variety
October 2, 2019
Credit: Provided by Transport America

Trucker wins $22,500 from Eagan employer in rift over his service dog riding along

Transport America agreed to pay the amount to trucker Matthew Ellison, 30, of Linton, N.D., as well as revise its policies.
South Metro
October 2, 2019
Access to westbound Hwy. 55 was blocked Wednesday in Inver Grove Heights after a fatal crash. Credit: Minnesota Department of Transportation traffic c

Driver runs red light in Inver Grove Heights is hit twice and killed

Car's driver was hit first by a pickup truck and then a semi, the patrol said.
South Metro
October 2, 2019

Medical emergency suspected in fatal crash southeast of Prior Lake

The SUV went off the road, through a ditch and hit some trees.
South Metro
September 29, 2019
South Metro
September 28, 2019

Twin Cities metro police blotter, Sept. 29

South Metro
September 22, 2019
Xcel Energy issued this scam alert recently in hopes of thwarting the thieves.

Eagan sounds the alarm over surge in phone scams duping citizens

The southeast metro suburb had more reports in June-July than in the first five months of 2019.
South Metro
September 19, 2019
A fatal shooting occurred soon after passengers on this party bus exited in March 2018. Credit: Inver Grove Heights Police Department

Shooter gets 10 years for gang-related killing outside party bus in Dakota County

He is one of four teens who have pleaded guilty for their roles in the death of a 19-year-old St. Paul man.
South Metro
September 19, 2019
Burnsville taxidermist who mounted swindler's exotic big-game animals sued for fraud

Burnsville taxidermist who mounted swindler's exotic big-game animals sued for fraud

He should have known he was being paid with ill-gotten money, court documents say.
South Metro
September 19, 2019
Andy Vig, son of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux chairman Charles Vig, and coordinator of the culture and history preservation work group, poses for a port

Shakopee Mdewakanton debut new exhibit sharing their history, culture

The new Hoċokata Ti cultural center includes a museum open to the public.
South Metro
September 17, 2019
Jim Quist has lived in his Rosemount home for 30 years, and on days with a South East wind, a blue-green haze often settles over his property in Rosem

Rosemount residents worry that blue-green haze is toxic

Neighbors point to the nearby Spectro Alloys smelting plant as the source. Spectro officials say that they're doing nothing wrong.
South Metro
September 17, 2019
FILE - This Oct. 4, 2018, file photo shows the U.S. Supreme Court at sunset in Washington. More than 200 corporations have signed a friend-of-the-cour

Union pressured Inver Hills college clerk to join, lawsuit says

The case is the first one filed in Minnesota that stems from last year's landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
South Metro
September 17, 2019
South Metro
September 17, 2019
Zumbro Falls Mayor Bruce Heitmann pointed out the erosion on a dike that protects his city of 207 residents from the Zumbro River. The city is seeking

Record rainfall causes erosion problems in Minn. river towns

Runoff from the summer's soaking has eaten away riverbanks, landscape.
South Metro
September 16, 2019

Babette Gross, who once met Al Capone, died at 94

Twin Cities south metro

News coverage of the Twin Cities southern suburbs, including Apple Valley, Bloomington, Burnsville, Eagan, Lakeville, Mendota Heights and Shakopee.