Local
May 8, 2022

Brooklyn Park man dies in Roseville rollover crash

Speed played a factor in the crash, according to the State Patrol.
Sports
May 7, 2022
Jill Drown works to get a selfie with Zandon as her husband, Jeff, looks on at Churchill Downs.

This Kentucky Derby sets up as a Minnesota spectacle with Zandon and Zozos

Race day could be emotional for St. Cloud's Jeff Drown, owner of Zandon, and Eden Prairie's Joni and Barry Butzow, owner of Zozos.
Local
May 7, 2022
Bison at Minneopa State Park in Mankato.

Metro briefs: Nature center welcomes new bison herd

Minneapolis
May 7, 2022
Avivo’s indoor tiny home village in the North Loop of Minneapolis.

Hennepin Co., Mpls. shelters facing $13-million-a-year fiscal cliff

As federal pandemic relief funds run out, local governments must find another source of income to sustain improvements.
May 6, 2022

This Kentucky Derby sets up as a Minnesota spectacle with Zandon and Zozos

Outdoors
May 6, 2022
Peter Lo and friends picked up some crappie minnows at Wayzata Bait and Tackle in Wayzata earlier this week.

Anderson: Hooking anglers since 1975, Wayzata bait shop may have reached its limit

Big box stores and changes in fishing technology may lead to the closure of another one of the suburban bait shops that have fallen victim to changing times.
Gophers
May 6, 2022
James Blue

7 1⁄2-year term for driver who killed two, including son of U hockey coach

James D. Blue was drunk while speeding in his $140,000 car last summer on a Lake Minnetonka road, and pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal vehicular homicide.
Local
May 5, 2022
Jarvis Jones announced his candidacy in the crowded Hennepin County attorney race on Thursday ahead of a virtual forum.

Hennepin County attorney candidates talk child protection, police accountability in forum

A seventh candidate, Jarvis Jones, entered the crowded race to succeed Mike Freeman.
West Metro
May 5, 2022

Woman with limited mobility dies in Maple Grove house fire

The blaze broke out early Wednesday afternoon.
West Metro
May 5, 2022
Rosland Park in Edina, which the City Council rejected as the location for a new fire station in favor of an office site on W. 76th Street.

Heeding residents, Edina City Council rejects Rosland Park for new fire station

The station instead will be built at an office site on W. 76th Street.
West Metro
May 5, 2022
A suspect who led police on a pursuit crashed on southbound Hwy. 100 during the Thursday morning rush hour. The vehicle caught fire and forced traffic

Pursuit of shooting suspect ends with fiery crash on Hwy. 100 in Golden Valley

The suspect was wanted in connection with a shooting Thursday morning in Brooklyn Park.
Sports
May 5, 2022
American Pharoah awoke from a nap to greet visitors from Minnesota earlier this week at Coolmore America.

American Pharoah wakes up, meets Minnesotans on Derby barn tour

Friends of Barry and Joni Butzow of Eden Prairie, whose colt Zozos will run in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, have spent time visiting horse farms in the Lexington area.
Business
May 4, 2022
A Charter Next Generation employee oversees the blown-film process that creates plastic films for food and medical uses. The Wisconsin-based company w

Minnesota businesses team up to bring plastic film recycling to state

Myplas is opening a $24 million recycling facility in Rogers next year to process flexible films and other plastics that otherwise would be headed for the landfill.
West Metro
May 2, 2022
A Buffalo, Minn., property owner flew this flag on his property in 2021.

Court says Wright County man can resume flying huge Trump flag

The ruling reverses actions taken by Buffalo City Council, which fined the man for raising the flag 150 feet up on a crane.
Local
May 2, 2022
Hennepin County Commissioner Marion Greene’s district saw some of the biggest changes in redistricting.

Steady population growth means only slight changes in Hennepin County district lines

State demographer says such stability in an urban area over a decade is unusual.
Local
May 2, 2022
Michael Lovestrand

Ex-Twin Cities special education teacher convicted of sexual assault is spared prison

The prosecution objected to the sentence of probation.
Local
May 1, 2022
School districts across the state are grappling with increased prices and supply bottlenecks on everything from meals to fuel.

Minnesota school budgets sag under inflation, supply woes

From meals to transportation, district officials say they're bracing for long-term financial pain.
Local
April 30, 2022
Brian Wareham, a mechanic at St. Louis Park Municipal Service Center, engraved a catalytic converter with the car’s license plate number. This was p

Catalytic converter thefts soaring in Twin Cities suburbs

The Twin Cities metro area is the riskiest place in the country for such thefts, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau.
East Metro
April 30, 2022

Twin Cities metro police blotter, May 1

Local
April 30, 2022

Metro briefs: Minnetonka considers affordable housing project

Twin Cities West Metro

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