West Metro
August 29, 2018
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer outside a home in Calexico, Calif.

Hennepin County could ask immigration agents to improve conduct

Hennepin Board members draft resolution listing behavior expectations.
West Metro
August 29, 2018

Driver dies in Carver County collision with semi

The crash occurred on Hwy. 212, roughly halfway between Norwood Young America and Cologne.
South Metro
August 28, 2018
Austin J. Jones

Charges: Registered sex offender raped Valleyfair worker outside dormlike housing

The new allegation follows at least three violations of Jones' probation from earlier rape, according to court records.
West Metro
August 28, 2018

Man, 77, dies after crashing moped in Minnetonka

He crashed about a half-mile from his home, authorities said.
Home & Garden
August 28, 2018
Lakeside swimming pool accented with sprinkling fountains and a pool house.

$14.5M mansion brings 'over-the-top' luxury to Lake Minnetonka

One of the most expensive homes on the market boasts 700 feet of lakeshore, 11 fireplaces and gardens that look like Versailles.
Home & Garden
August 28, 2018

$14.5M mansion brings 'over-the-top' luxury to Lake Minnetonka

One of the most expensive homes on the market boasts 700 feet of lakeshore, 11 fireplaces and gardens that look like Versailles.
Variety
August 27, 2018
A roseate spoonbill caught in the act in Bloomington on Sunday.

A feathered first sends giddy birders swarming to Twin Cities

Birders by the hundreds flocked to a dock in the Twin Cities for a rare look at a roseate spoonbill making the species' first verifiable debut in Minnesota.
West Metro
August 27, 2018
Tasha Lynn Schleicher

Probation riles police chief who called Minnesota mom 'one of the worst' DUI offenders in U.S.

West Metro
August 27, 2018
Minneapolis Superintendent Ed Graff greeted students as they made their way into Jenny Lind Elementary School on the first day of school, Monday, Augu

Classes resume for thousands of Minneapolis Public School students

West Metro
August 25, 2018

Eden Prairie police chief to retire Sept. 28

Chief Jim DeMann will hand the reins to Deputy Chief Greg Weber.
West Metro
August 25, 2018

Edina delegate to Democratic National Convention remembers fateful summer of 1968

Edward Schwartzbauer found himself at the center of mayhem 50 years ago this week.
Home & Garden
August 25, 2018
Dr. Ralph Bashioum at the gate of the large kitchen garden he tends in his Wayzata backyard.

Wayzata plastic surgeon grows rare fruit that ends up on Bellecour's menu

Surgeon by day, gardener by night, a physician pushes the limits of growing in Minnesota.
South Metro
August 25, 2018

Metro police blotter, Aug. 26

Music
August 25, 2018
Prince

Prince's family suing doctor who prescribed him pain pills

Dr. Michael Schulenberg failed to treat the star's addiction, lawsuit argues.
Home & Garden
August 25, 2018

Wayzata plastic surgeon grows rare fruit that ends up on Bellecour's menu

Surgeon by day, gardener by night, a physician pushes the limits of growing in Minnesota.
Inspired
August 24, 2018
Jack Morrow, 95, sat with a few of the 500 blankets he's made for the charity Bundles of Love over the past seven years.

95-year-old quilter hits major milestone: 500 blankets for needy newborns

Jack Morrow's journey started seven years ago, and the past few months it meant 10-hour days, missed meals and sleeping at his machine.
West Metro
August 23, 2018
People walk along the pedestrian trails of Normandale Lake in Bloomington on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018.

Normandale Lake in Bloomington to be drained to kill invasive curly-leaf pondweed

Most of Bloomington's 112-acre Normandale Lake will be dry until April.
West Metro
August 23, 2018

Bicyclist dies after fall from wall in New Hope

The incident occurred near Winnetka Avenue and Bass Lake Road.
Home & Garden
August 23, 2018
Jonathan Campbell placed an unrelated table near a pair of dummies from the Pillsbury mansion, recently demolished on Lake Minnetonka, as they sat wit

Last-minute pitch to save Lake Minnetonka's historic Pillsbury mansion

Entrepreneur who owns three Twin Cities venues proposes converting the massive home into wedding and corporate event space.
West Metro
August 23, 2018

Businessman and campaign manager Gene Holderness dies at 80

He leaves a legacy as a man who had the instinct for the right choices and the right words.

Twin Cities West Metro

News coverage of the Twin Cities western suburbs, including Bloomington, Eden Prairie, Edina, Hopkins, Minnetonka, St. Louis Park and Wayzata.