A porch light remained on Saturday afternoon at the Frogtown home where St. Paul police said they made a “gut-wrenching discovery” the night before: A woman without a pulse at the bottom of the bas…
UPDATE: After further investigation, the St. Croix County sheriff’s office has issued a statement saying a downed stop sign was not a factor in a crash Friday that killed a motorcyclist and t…
A motorcyclist was struck by the driver of an SUV that was being pursued by St. Croix County sheriff’s deputies Saturday. The motorcyclist did not survive. The pursuit started after 4 p.m. Sa…
A U.S. Navy pilot from Mounds View took part in the first ever all-female flyover this week in Tennessee. Lt. Amanda Lee was one of eight women in the cockpits of four F/A-18E/F Super Hornets durin…
Mall of America’s new skating rink, called Skate the Star, is set to open Saturday in front of the mall’s North entrance. The 9:30 a.m. ribbon-cutting will include a performance by the Distri…
A New Richmond, Wis., man heading east on a rural St. Croix County road ran through a stop sign and collided with a pickup Thursday morning. He died at the scene, according to the St. Croix County …
As enthusiasm for the Minnesota Vikings grows, so do reports of people getting stuck with worthless tickets bought through unofficial channels. More than 100 people lost money buying fake tickets f…
Police announced an arrest Friday in the fatal shooting of a Mounds View man working on a food truck in Minneapolis. Henry Benjamin Cousins, 32, of Minneapolis is being held without bail and is exp…
A man shot by St. Paul police on Thursday pointed a handgun and shot at officers before dying in an exchange of gunfire, according to a preliminary report from the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehen…
An Elk River boy has died after being struck by a car this weekend. Ian West Kniseley, 12, was struck about 9 p.m. Sunday on U.S. 169 in Elk River, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. “A…
Authorities have identified a 46-year-old woman who hanged her 5-year-old son and then herself at her home in the Lake Minnetonka community of Orono. The Hennepin County medical examiner’s office o…
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, the first Somali-American Muslim to be elected to a state legislature, is featured on a cover promoted Thursday for a Time Magazine special project on women who have brok…
A group of friends playing volleyball say they rushed into Carver Lake when they heard a 5-year-old was missing shortly after 4:30 p.m. Saturday and were able to find the boy in deep water.
Lakeville police are asking people to keep an eye out for suspicious objects after receiving a report of a golf ball embedded with nails in Antlers Park.
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board voted Wednesday to work toward restoring Lake Calhoun’s original Dakota name, Bde Maka Ska (be-DAY’ mah-kah skah).
Two Minnetonka convenience store clerks are accused of trading a 14-year-old girl cigarettes for sexual favors. Deandre Jerome Boyd, 21, of St. Louis Park and Jammie DeWayne Lee, 44, of Minnetonka …
A Knapp, Wis., man was killed Wednesday afternoon when he went through a stop sign in the Town of Cady and collided with a delivery van. Timothy H. Mittlestadt, 57, was heading north on 310th Stree…
A 21-year-old Mountain Lake, Minn., woman was killed Tuesday night when the vehicle she was riding in collided with another vehicle going the wrong way on Interstate 90. The crash happened shortly …
Marcus Hallmark hung out with his sister’s boyfriend Friday, and that night the two men went to Minnetonka to change a flat tire. They were working on the tire when Hallmark, 25, shot his sis…