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December 12, 2019

Ex-employee admits stealing $33K from historic Twin Cities church to feed gambling habit

The New Brighton man wrote fraudulent checks to vendors but instead he deposited them in his own bank account.
South Metro
December 12, 2019

Teen pleads guilty in friend's accidental shooting in St. Paul

Da'Qwan Jones-Morris was killed as his friends played with a stolen gun.
South Metro
December 11, 2019

One father charged, another sentenced in death of Twin Cities metro infants

A witness in the Hennepin County case said the parents had been drinking and using cocaine.
South Metro
December 11, 2019
This man and woman are suspected as working as a tandem to steal older women's wallets. Credit: Apple Valley Police Department

Police say group of criminals is using distraction to steal Twin Cities shoppers' wallets

Four victims in Apple Valley were older women, police said.
South Metro
December 10, 2019
"Roger, I am proud to call you my friend!!!!" Big Lake Police Chief Joel Scharf took to social media to defend a resident who was falsely branded a "c

Brooks: A feeling's all you need on social media, as Big Lake and Eagan panics show

South Metro
December 8, 2019
Lexington Diffley Park is at the east end of a stretch of Diffley Road between Lexington Avenue and Dodd Road that will have a lower speed limit.

Section of Diffley Road in Eagan to be designated a school zone

South Metro
December 7, 2019

Twin Cities metro police blotter, Dec. 8

South Metro
December 7, 2019
Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom held a press conference Tuesday to talk about criminal charges related to Operation Guardian Angel, an undercov

Boy's family shocked by charges after social media frenzy about Eagan park

The 11-year-old was charged with disorderly conduct and misdemeanor fifth-degree assault, and a judge ordered a kind of probation. But the family's lawyer said he was a "kid being a kid."
South Metro
December 5, 2019

Driver jailed after striking, killing pedestrian in Bloomington

The crash happened Tuesday night near 98th Street and Newton Avenue S.
South Metro
December 5, 2019
About 25 Farmington residents met at the Rambling River Center Tuesday to find out how to shop online for groceries. Family Fresh Market, Farmington's

Farmington coming to grips with loss of sole grocery store

The sudden shuttering of Family Fresh Market is turning the south metro city into an unlikely suburban food desert.
South Metro
December 5, 2019
South Metro
December 4, 2019

Charges: Man's anti-Muslim bias fuels violent tirade outside Bloomington apartments

He broke window of car owned by a Muslim man, spewed racial slurs during outburst, according to the charges.
South Metro
December 2, 2019

Snowmobiler from Twin Cities killed in crash north of Brainerd

The man was snowmobiling on the Paul Bunyan Trail after dark over the weekend.
South Metro
November 30, 2019

Twin Cities metro police blotter, Dec. 1

South Metro
November 30, 2019
Scott County Sheriff Luke Hennen said the new contract makes sense, since the jail has struggled to find suitable workers to fill the seven or so kitc

Scott County hiring vendor to handle jail jobs formerly done by inmates

Scott County says vendors are a better fit for kitchen and laundry work
South Metro
November 28, 2019
Olga Marina Franco Del Cid

Guatemalan who killed 4 in 2008 Cottonwood, Minn., bus crash arrested

Ex-felon, deported after 8 years in prison, found living in Inver Grove Heights.
South Metro
November 28, 2019

Minneapolis man dies 2 days after being hit by a car on Hiawatha Avenue

The retired truck driver was hit as he walked in the predawn darkness.
South Metro
November 28, 2019

Case dismissed in rape of Valleyfair employee after mixed up DNA test

His attorney discovered that DNA tests had been mixed up.
South Metro
November 27, 2019

Sexual assault case against former Burnsville swim coach dismissed

This is the second case involving sex assault allegations against the Savage man to be dismissed.
South Metro
November 26, 2019

Teenage girl stabs man who attacked her on Metro Transit bus in South St. Paul

A motive remains unclear in the Tuesday night incident.

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