St. Paul
October 14, 2018
Waste Management worker Daniel Westerhaus collected trash from the alleys of St. Paul's Snelling Hamline neighborhood.

St. Paul Council will repeal one trash ordinance, but system remains

St. Paul drops one organized trash pickup ordinance in answer to critics' petition.
Local
October 14, 2018
Gov. Mark Dayton

Dayton to undergo another back surgery Monday

Local
October 14, 2018
Metro Transit bus

Metro Transit's Route 2 gets retooled for speed

Minneapolis
October 14, 2018
Ashya Robertson

Police: Hunt for missing 11-year-old north Mpls. ends with her safe return

She had last been seen Saturday afternoon at her home, police said.
Local
October 13, 2018
Sandra Albrecht with seven of her 11 children in 1991, just before the family cloistered itself on a farm outside Montevideo.

Children fight back when abusive father steals their mother's gravestone

Minneapolis
October 13, 2018
Minneapolis resident Janne Flisrand on the front porch of her fourplex. Minneapolis planners had proposed a long-range plan allowing fourplexes citywi

Bring on the bulldozers? Mpls. officials say that's not in the comp plan

Don't miss
October 13, 2018
A gas station on the sparsely populated outskirts of Minneapolis ranks among the top addresses cops visit in the city, according to a Star Tribune ana

Little crime, but Holiday station got 2,000 Mpls. police visits last year

The Holiday station had few reasons to dial 911 last year. Yet it received an extraordinary amount of attention from police.
Local
October 13, 2018
Asher,7, plays with his sister, Sabriella,2, while Alex Kempe helps oldest son Aiden,9, with his math homework.

Twin Cities prosecutors, defenders push to expand Minnesota veteran courts

Prosecutors say expanding vet courts is the right thing to do
Local
October 13, 2018
Real estate agent William Huffman of Remax Results, left, walked through the pending home sale of Kayla and Matt Dutton of Ostego Friday, Oct. 12, 201

Once-hot Twin Cities housing market is beginning to cool

Home sales are down from a year ago, more sellers are cutting their asking price and mortgage rates are climbing.
Local
October 13, 2018
Tim Walz was narrowly re-elected to his First Congressional District seat in 2016 even as President Trump won the district by more than 15 points.

Tim Walz's campaign for Minn. governor aims to bridge divide

Democrat Tim Walz says his experience crossing cultural and political fault lines positions him to rise above the partisanship that has stunted progress at the State Capitol.
Local
October 13, 2018
EpiPens are among the drugs affected by a nationwide shortage of critical-care medications.

Twin Cities hospitals face critical shortage of pain medications

Workarounds are helping, but common drugs scarce.
East Metro
October 13, 2018
First-grade teacher Moslais Xiong played a game to help her class focus on listening at Phalen Lake Hmong Studies Magnet in St. Paul.

St. Paul's Asian community pushes for investment in its students

Local
October 13, 2018
The Rev. Louis Brouillard is pictured on his porch in Pine City, Minn., in this Star Tribune file photo. Although he confessed to abusing boys while i

Retired priest who sexually abused children in Guam dies in Minn.

Louis Brouillard confessed in 2016 that he had molested at least 20 boys. He's been accused of abusing many more.
Local
October 13, 2018
January 4, 1952 “The city’s landmark is the water tower, built on the spot where the Northern Pacific once had its headquarters. The 'to

The push to save Brainerd's landmark water tower begins

Local
October 13, 2018
Renee Jones Schneider photo: Glynn Crooks.

Tribal leader and proud veteran Glynn Crooks dies at 67

Local
October 13, 2018
Hostel du Nord owner Bob Monahan is set to open his new hostel later this month.

Hostel, boutique hotel help fill niche in Duluth's expanding lodging scene

West Metro
October 13, 2018

Hennepin County unable to make new IDs in two locations

Local
October 13, 2018
James Peter Taylor, escorted by federal authorities after he was captured, pointed to the location where he said he killed Thief River Falls, Minn., b

When a 1955 bank robbery in Thief River Falls, Minn., went awry

South Metro
October 13, 2018

Metro police blotter, Oct. 14

Local
October 13, 2018

Metro briefs: Anoka enacts a rental density cap on single-family homes

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