West Metro
August 7, 2017
Anthony Anderson stands in his apartment at 66 West in Edina on Thursday. ] COURTNEY PEDROZA • courtney.pedroza@startribune.com; Grand opening

Once homeless, young adults settle in at new apartment complex in Edina

A new supportive housing complex is the first of its kind in the west metro.
West Metro
August 7, 2017

Hennepin County focuses on infants to break child protection cycle

Pilot program with "Infant Court" aims to keep children from returning to foster care.
West Metro
August 7, 2017
At Bloomington mosque, Dayton calls blast an 'act of terrorism'

At Bloomington mosque, Dayton calls blast an 'act of terrorism'

In announcing a $24,000 award offered for information leading to the perpetrator, Asad Zaman, executive director of the Muslim America Society of Minnesota, said, "We are saddened."
West Metro
August 6, 2017

Minnetonka police call fatal shooting at storage facility self-defense; no charges filed

Police summary backs James LaCount's self-defense claim. He says he'd "probably be dead now" if not for his gun.
West Metro
August 6, 2017
FBI seeks who and why behind IED blast at Islamic center

FBI seeks who and why behind IED blast at Islamic center

A blast caused by what the FBI called "an improvised explosive device" rocked a Bloomington Islamic center before dawn Saturday. No one was hurt in the explosion, which heavily damaged an imam's office.
West Metro
August 5, 2017

86-year-old man killed in crash on Hwy. 55 in Plymouth is identified

West Metro
August 4, 2017

West metro police blotter, Aug. 6

West Metro
August 4, 2017

West metro news briefs: Plymouth weighs lodging tax, convention bureau

West Metro
August 4, 2017
At a St. Louis Park City Council meeting last year, Mayor Jake Spano and city officials listened to a high school student. Tuesday’s primary electio

Bloomington, St. Louis Park prepare for City Council primary elections

This will be St. Louis Park's last municipal primary election.
West Metro
August 4, 2017

Passenger who died in Plymouth intersection crash was 86-year-old man

A 15-year-old is in "grave" condition at North Memorial Medical Center, police said.
West Metro
August 4, 2017
Jonathan O’Shaughnessy

Family of Richfield homicide victim puts up $10K reward

Jonathan O'Shaughnessy was shot July 3 in his Richfield neighborhood.
West Metro
August 4, 2017
Cab driver Komlan Akakpo shows the Square smartphone device he uses in his cab at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

Airport cabbies riled over new rules on credit card transactions

Several hundred taxicab drivers at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport are upset about new rules overseeing the way credit card payments are processed for cab rides. The MAC says it's balancing needs of drivers and cab customers.
West Metro
August 4, 2017
Land vacated for new MSP runway getting building with 2 hotels

Land vacated for new MSP runway getting building with 2 hotels

West Metro
August 3, 2017
Louis Hunter, left, at a rally for Hunter, Philando Castile's cousin, in support of charges against him being dropped, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, outsid

Riot charges dropped against Philando Castile's cousin in I-94 protest

Louis B. Hunter had been charged with throwing objects at law enforcement.
West Metro
August 3, 2017

One killed in multivehicle crash in Plymouth that had closed part of Hwy. 55

Several people were taken to a hospital with injuries.
South Metro
August 2, 2017
The safe that showed up at an Inver Grove Heights recycling center with $21,000 stuck inside.

Recycling workers find $21K in safe stolen from Hopkins market

The safe and money, stolen July 23, was found at Republic Services recycling center in Inver Grove Heights.
West Metro
August 2, 2017
Hennepin County kicks off 100 day campaign to get 150 homeless youths permanent housing and jobs during a press conference at Youth Link Wednesday, Au

Hennepin County rolls out ambitious 100-day plan to help homeless youths

Hennepin County coalition aims to find jobs, shelter for 150.
West Metro
August 2, 2017
An interior view of a hallway in the remodeled portion of the Galleria.

Galleria announces more tenants as expansion nears completion

Soft Surroundings, Roe Wolfe and Big Island Swim & Surf Co. will be exclusive to the Edina shopping center.
West Metro
August 1, 2017
Police were called to a ministorage facility on June 23 after a man there was fatally shot.

Prosecutors won't charge Minnetonka man in fatal storage facility shooting

Hennepin County attorney's office determined the gunman acted in self-defense but won't elaborate on the decision not to charge.
West Metro
August 1, 2017

Arboretum in Carver County reopens after getting all-clear from officers

The man was spotted multiple times on the grounds during the morning, according to the Sheriff's Office.

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