Business
May 12, 2021
Warren Beck

Warren Beck, Galleria developer who helped shape the west metro, dies at 75

He cultivated the Galleria in Edina as an intimate mix of local and national brands.
Local
May 11, 2021
The choir group KNOWN MPLS performed at the Juneteenth Community Festival in north Minneapolis. ] LEILA NAVIDI • leila.navidi@startribune.com

Hennepin County Board committee votes to give Juneteenth full holiday status

Vote comes a year after the board balked at $2-plus million cost, gave workers a floating holiday
Local
May 11, 2021
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Brother shot, killed sister, then ran from bullet-riddled home in Chanhassen, charges say

Deputies entered the Ness home and saw hundreds of spent right casings, bullets in walls and many window shot out, the criminal complaint read.
Local
May 11, 2021
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Authorities ID young man fatally shot at a north Minneapolis gas station

No arrests have been announced and police are seeking tips.
Local
May 10, 2021

Police say three people killed in Maple Grove crash were woman, her toddler children

The woman's boyfriend, a passenger, survived the crash.
Local
May 10, 2021
GLEN STUBBE ¥ gstubbe@startribune.com — Thursday, September 2, 2010 — Edina, Minn. — ] Restaurants are popping up around the 50th and France ar

West metro restaurant partners accused of underreporting sales, cheating state of $240K

They allegedly told state they made much less income than they did.
Local
May 9, 2021
Pride Cleanup workers remove waste in a homeless encampment dubbed: "Camp Quarantine," off of Hiawatha Avenue on the day after the Memorial Holiday we

Hennepin County is battling an new HIV outbreak

Population most impacted are people who are on the street and injecting opioids.
Local
May 8, 2021
Carver County Attorney Mark Metz announced Thursday that he was closing the two-year investigation into the death of musician Prince Rogers Nelson wit

Man, 20, held in sister's fatal shooting in Chanhassen

The victim was a 25-year-old woman, authorities said.
Local
May 8, 2021
Police responded to the crash, involving four people in a compact-size sedan, about 7 a.m. Saturday near the intersection of Dunkirk and Lawndale lane

Woman, two small children die in Maple Grove crash

A man is hospitalized with injuries that appear noncritical, authorities say.
Local
May 8, 2021
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Video of Bemidji's broken Paul Bunyan statue captures nighttime hijinks

Four can be seen climbing and hanging on the 18-foot figure.
East Metro
May 8, 2021

Twin Cities metro police blotter, May 9

Local
May 5, 2021
The bell from the U.S.S. Minneapolis was recently moved to the student commons. It was formerly stored in the weight room.

Minnetonka district agrees to return missing bell and wheel to Minneapolis Park Board

The American Legion helped broker a peace treaty.
East Metro
May 1, 2021

Twin Cities metro police blotter, May 2

Local
April 30, 2021
Greg Schneider and fiancee Kary Sweeney.

Friends mourn man killed in Plymouth hit-and-run as driver charged

His dog also was killed in the crash, said a longtime friend. The driver was street racing, according to the charges.
Local
April 30, 2021
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Robbinsdale Armstrong High School senior earns perfect ACT score on first try

Mio Aoki-Sherwood joins the less than 1% of test takers who achieve a 36.
Local
April 30, 2021
Jack H. Blaschke

Homicide charges filed in fatal hit-and-run in Plymouth

Authorities say Jack Blaschke was driving more than 70 miles-an-hour when he struck a man and his dog.
Local
April 29, 2021
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Unlicensed driver, 19, arrested in fatal hit-and-run in Plymouth

The Delano man was booked into jail Thursday morning.
Business
April 28, 2021
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Bloomington sets sunset on all tobacco licenses

Bloomington decides to phase out all tobacco licenses beginning June 2022.

Twin Cities West Metro

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