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March 17, 2020

Police trying to determine where teen was when run over and killed in Inver Grove Heights

The 46-year-old driver of the SUV was cooperating with authorities, police said.
South Metro
March 16, 2020
May 11, 1957 Roger Cook, 11, 1408 Sumter avenue N., Golden Valley, takes a lusty swing at a pitch in a YMCA Gra-Y softball game at Noble Avenue school

St. Patrick's Day plane crash killed group from Minnesota in 1960

South Metro
March 16, 2020

Teen is fatally struck by vehicle while crossing Inver Grove Heights street

Police said in a statement that the driver was cooperating with authorities and "showed no signs of impairment."
South Metro
March 14, 2020

Twin Cities metro police blotter, March 15

South Metro
March 13, 2020
A whitetail buck in the wild in Minnesota. (Steven Oehlenschlager/Dreamstime/TNS) ORG XMIT: 1518229

Minnesota confirms five more cases of chronic wasting disease, including one wild deer

Deer management zone set for Farmington area.
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.
South Metro
March 10, 2020
Honora Rodriquez, Adult Services Librarian, called out bingo numbers.

Plan to merge South St. Paul library into Dakota County system moves forward

Dakota County to hear options on possibly assuming operations.
South Metro
March 7, 2020

Twin Cities metro police blotter, March 8

South Metro
March 7, 2020

No suspects being sought in Lakeville death

The death occurred in a residence in the 17700 block of Glasgow Way, police said, adding that the investigation has just begun.
South Metro
March 7, 2020
New Dakota County corrections deputies went through training to de-escalate crises in 2018 in Rosemount.

Dakota County expands pilot program to help 911 callers with mental illness

The initiative aims to coordinate the response of law enforcement officers and county social workers when emotionally distressed residents call police.
South Metro
March 6, 2020
Women are taught to sew at a Life Center in the city of Van, and are using those skills to help support their families. Photo Courtesy of Lutheran Mid

Minnesota church is base of 100-year-old Kurdish relief project

The nonprofit Lutheran Mideast Development is one of the state's oldest global initiatives.
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.
South Metro
March 5, 2020
TanyaMarie Miller, left, and Taran Cortez Miller.

Man fatally shot teen in Savage Target parking lot during drug deal with son, charges say

Taran Cortez Miller, of Prior Lake, and his 16-year-old son are charged with second-degree murder, while TanyaMarie Miller, 43, is charged with aiding an offender after the fact.
South Metro
March 4, 2020

A checkup for Rocky the sea otter

Rocky the sea otter went for a checkup with veterinarians, including radiographs, an electrocardiogram, and blood work after having his back flipper removed in January due to chronic infection, a surgery that has never been done before on a captive otter, Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley, Minn.
South Metro
March 4, 2020
Samuel Keezer Credit: Facebook

Teen shot dead in Target parking lot in Savage ID'd; couple and son jailed

The 16-year-old was shot in the head Friday outside the store, according to the medical examiner.
South Metro
March 4, 2020

Savage police arrest three in fatal shooting of teen in Target parking lot

Two adults and one juvenile were arrested Tuesday.
South Metro
March 3, 2020
Crime scene tape surrounded the yellow home where a man was fatally shot by Dakota County deputies serving a search warrant in Lakeville.

BCA: Officers were 'immediately' fired upon before Lakeville suspect was killed

A rifle was recovered from near the 36-year-old man's body, according to the state investigation.
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.
South Metro
March 2, 2020
"Everything is broken here," said renter Tina Todd. South St. Paul's city administrator described conditions at the rental properties as "deplorable."

Vulnerable residents left seeking housing, services in South St. Paul

Some 13 South St. Paul residents with special needs will be left without a home or the services that help them live independently.

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