West Metro
January 22, 2016

West metro briefs: Edina looking to make its city liquor business more profitable

West Metro
January 22, 2016
Work has begun on the 66th Street reconstruction project in Richfield. Here, crews from the Metropolitan Council prepared pipes to divert sewage while

Disruption in store for Richfield as long-awaited rebuilding of 66th Street begins

Long-awaited reconstruction project is underway for Richfield's unofficial Main Street.
West Metro
January 22, 2016
West Metro
January 22, 2016

Tax preparer behind Hennepin County's largest tax fraud case is going to prison

Rona Griffin cost the state more than $1.6 million in tax revenue between 2009 and 2013.
West Metro
January 22, 2016
Unidentified family members embrace around a memorial for the 12 Marines who died when their helicopters crashed off the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii,

Memorial at Hawaiian base honors lost Marines, including Minnesotan

Among those remembered were Minnesotan Sgt. Dillon Semolina. "Today Dillon will fly in the arms of the angels," his family wrote.
West Metro
January 22, 2016

Wright County sheriff's deputies mourn loss of patrol dog

Saber, a 9-year veteran patrol dog, passed out while working Thursday night and had a tumor that was bleeding internally.
West Metro
January 20, 2016
Sgt. Dillon Semolina is shown in action in a photo posted by his family on the GoFundMe website.

Missing Minn. Marine's family 'utterly shattered' as Hawaii search ends

Minnesota family still hopes to bring son home to rest.
West Metro
January 20, 2016
One of the suspects in the robbery of a Walgreens pharmacy in Edina is shown entering the store in this surveillance photo. The suspect is wearing a s

Police search for two suspects who robbed Edina pharmacy

Suspects made off with $8,000 in prescription drugs.
Stage & Arts
January 19, 2016
The main room in Chanhassen Dinner Theatre. The complex includes three stages in all. (Star Tribune photo by Tom Wallace, twallace@startribune.com)

Chanhassen Dinner Theatre to get a change of scenery with planned face-lift

Big update planned for decor at quirky, vintage dinner theater.
West Metro
January 19, 2016

Ellison: Workplace reform efforts in Minneapolis crucial to federal efforts

Two members of Congress talked of expanding the Working Families Agenda.
West Metro
January 19, 2016

New Golden Valley city manager hopes to create "a well-oiled machine"

West Metro
January 18, 2016
Hennepin and Ramsey counties are moving forward this year with plans to merge their residential home schools for juvenile offenders. Both facilities a

Hennepin, Ramsey move toward plan for joint treatment of teen offenders

Ramsey, Hennepin move toward plan to share a facility.
West Metro
January 16, 2016
Danny McCullough, of the Three Rivers Park District, worked on assembling one of 37 bikes, Thursday, January 7, 2015 at their Administrative Center in

Three Rivers Park District uses bike fleet to teach bike safety

Seven schools, as well as the Brooklyn Center and Brooklyn Park parks departments and Brooklyn Center police, were picked to use the fleets to learn how to safely navigate and care for bikes.
West Metro
January 15, 2016
Fire Department rescue personnel stand near a department helicopter near the beach at Haleiwa, Hawaii, Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. Two Marine helicopters c

Delano High grad among 12 missing after Marine copters collide in Hawaii

The Buffalo native was in a copter crash over Hawaii.
West Metro
January 15, 2016
West Metro
January 15, 2016

Woman's body removed from Crystal home; police say death is suspicious

Two others were brought out of the house. Neighbor said woman was to be her future sister-in-law.
West Metro
January 15, 2016
Traffic crawls along Highway 169 in this file photo.

Part of Hwy. 169 to be shut for up to a year; MnDOT to brief motorists

If you have questions about the massive construction project on Hwy. 169 in the west metro scheduled for (much) later this year, then be sure to attend an open house Feb. 10 at Hopkins High School.

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