East Metro
March 1, 2021
Local
March 1, 2021
Fourth grade teacher Kelly Brant stands in her classroom as she talks to her students who were learning remotely Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021 at Park Brook

Enrollment, funding drops challenge Minn. school budgets

Local districts are set to lose millions of dollars in state aid for the 2021-22 school year — a time when many of those missing students are expected to finally return to classrooms.
East Metro
February 27, 2021

St. Paul school district seeks applicants for vacant board seat

Member Steve Marchese steps down to take job in Seattle.
Business
February 26, 2021
A St. Paul food distribution company is recalling ready-to-eat meat and poultry salads and wraps because of possible listeria contamination, the U.S.

St. Paul company recalls salads and wraps due to possible listeria contamination

Local
February 26, 2021

Man charged in death of woman in St. Paul

He's accused of assaulting her in Brooklyn Park before she died of her injuries in St. Paul.
Local
February 26, 2021
Volunteer Becky Geyer, of Edina, filled boxes of food as she volunteered with her mother Diane Haider, of Lake Elmo, left, at the Twin Cities Salvatio

Salvation Army launches month-long Twin Cities food drive

The nonprofit says its goal to collect 2 million pounds of food would make it the largest single food drive.
Local
February 26, 2021

Salvation Army launches month-long Twin Cities food drive

The nonprofit says its goal to collect 2 million pounds of food would make it the largest single food drive.
East Metro
February 26, 2021
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Charge: Driver in fatal St. Paul hit-and-run fled state for weeks, came back and surrendered

"He thought about his family and returned to Minnesota," the criminal complaint read. "The defendant didn't want to be on the run."
Local
February 26, 2021
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Longtime criminal jailed, accused of fatally shooting man outside St. Paul bar

Raymond R. Hobbs, 20, of St. Paul, was shot while in the 1000 block of Old Hudson Road.
Local
February 25, 2021

Authorities ID woman who died after being assaulted in Brooklyn Park

Charges are pending against her boyfriend, who remains jailed.
Local
February 25, 2021
Nan the polar bear, orphaned in the Arctic 26 years ago, moves into Como Zoo

Nan the polar bear, orphaned in the Arctic 26 years ago, moves into Como Zoo

Nan was orphaned and discovered under a house above the Arctic Circle in Barrow, Alaska.
Variety
February 25, 2021

Nan the polar bear, orphaned above the Arctic Circle 26 years ago, moves into Como Zoo

Nan was orphaned and discovered under a house above the Arctic Circle in Barrow, Alaska.
Local
February 24, 2021
St. Paul police fired tear gas on protesters along University Avenue in May during protests following the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis p

St. Paul police outline plan for possible unrest during Chauvin trial

Police and mutual aid agencies have been training at old Sears site.
Local
February 24, 2021
The scene outside the St. Paul Saloon after Tuesday’s shootings that killed a man and injured a woman.

Man fatally shot near St. Paul Saloon is identified

No one has been arrested in connection with the shooting, which also injured a woman.
Local
February 24, 2021

Man with domestic violence history jailed in killing of woman whose body was found in St. Paul

Court records in Minnesota show the man has been convicted four times for violating no-contact orders and three times for domestic assault.
Local
February 23, 2021
Two people were shot Tuesday night at the saloon, which is in the 1000 block of Old Hudson Road, near Interstate 94. One person died, according to the

Man is shot and killed at St. Paul Saloon; woman is injured

Two people were shot. One died, according to police.
Local
February 23, 2021
Local
February 20, 2021
The construction of Interstate 94 tore a hole through Rondo, St. Paul's historic black neighborhood.

Medcalf: Racism, not a highway, tore apart St. Paul's Rondo neighborhood

They didn't just build a major highway through a Black neighborhood in the 1950s and 1960s. They killed dreams.
Curious Minnesota
February 19, 2021
St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell, center, held a news conference on Friday, November 4, 2016 to share dashcam video of two police officers discipline

What does it take to become a police officer in Minnesota?

In light of recent issues with police officer conduct, one reader wanted to know what kind of training law enforcement officers get in the state.

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