Mendota Heights police officer again on paid leave, focus of investigation
A veteran Mendota Heights police officer — suspended this year for inappropriately looking up driver’s license data of current and former co-workers, city council members, and others — is the focus of...
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Work moved up on I-35W bridge over Minnesota River, Bloomington to Burnsville
Replacement of the Interstate 35W bridge over the Minnesota River between Bloomington and Burnsville is scheduled to begin in 2018, and a meeting next week will give residents a chance to learn more...
View ArticleFormer St. Thomas Academy teacher charged with buying alcohol for students,...
A former St. Thomas Academy teacher has been charged on four counts after admitting in May that she smoked marijuana with students and bought them alcohol. Kristin Marie Vanyo, 45, was charged...
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With development coming, two-lane road in Eagan, Inver Grove Heights could...
An east-west artery that runs through one of the largest undeveloped areas adjacent to Interstate 494 is being considered for expansion. Increasing traffic is expected along Dakota County 26 (Lone Oak...
View ArticleMendota Heights officer, under investigation for complaint, resigns because...
A Mendota Heights police officer who was the focus of two internal investigations in the past year resigned Friday because of a work-related injury, according to a separation agreement that the city...
View ArticleHabitat at Lake Rebecca Park in Hastings to be restored
The St. Paul District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun an effort to create high-quality wildlife habitat on 133 acres of Lake Rebecca Park in Hastings over the next several years. The...
View ArticleHastings is losing its Target store this winter
The Target store in Hastings is one of a dozen “underperforming” locations throughout the U.S. that will shut down early next year, the Minneapolis-based retailer said Tuesday. The Hastings store at...
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Robbery suspect shot by Inver Grove store clerk indicted in federal court
The alleged robber shot by a clerk in an August stickup at a Verizon Wireless store in Inver Grove Heights has been indicted in federal court. Jamaal Marquie Mays, 32, of Crystal, was charged last...
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Farmington helping hurricane-ravaged town, one bucket at a time
One tiny Texas town rebuilding from Hurricane Harvey will get some relief next week, courtesy of the Farmington community. Since early September, Farmington residents, businesses, schools and churches...
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Eagan’s effort to stop credit card skimming spreads to Inver Grove Heights,...
Store manager Matt Klinkhammer checks the gas pumps at New-Mart Marathon in Eagan in March 2016 to make sure would-be thieves have not installed electronic devices that steal data from customers’...
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Former Hastings, Maplewood police chief gets job in Inver Grove Heights
Paul Schnell, a former police chief in Hastings and Maplewood, has been tapped to be the top cop in Inver Grove Heights. The city council last week voted 3-2 to offer the job to Schnell, who was one of...
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Development could close West St. Paul’s golf course, help spur a pedestrian...
West St. Paul has taken steps that could lead to building a pedestrian tunnel under South Robert Street and closing the city’s golf course, which has been on life support for a decade. The council, in...
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Sex offender sues West St. Paul over its rule limiting where he can live
Tom Evenstad moved into his friend’s West St. Paul home on Aug. 21. Three days later, a West St. Paul police investigator called the landlord and said Evenstad had to go. The city cited Evenstad’s...
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Anonymous hit-and-run driver asks South St. Paul police for ‘forgiveness’...
South St. Paul police Chief Bill Messerich received an anonymous letter postmarked Nov. 3, 2017, apologizing for a 30-year-old hit-and-run and offering $1,000 to compensate the victim. (Pioneer Press...
View ArticleDakota County public housing complexes will go smoke-free next year
Tanya Shafer smokes, but prefers to take it outside. Shafer, who lives at Colleen Loney Manor, a public-housing apartment complex in West St. Paul, said she often smells secondhand cigarette smoke...
View ArticleLong-vacant South St. Paul office building will be flipped for 68 apartments
A long-vacated office building in South St. Paul is slated to be converted into a 68-unit apartment complex, and city officials anticipate it will spur other apartments and retail in a corridor that...
View ArticleRetailer shows interest in West St. Paul YMCA; nonprofit looking for sites in...
For over a year, rumors have swirled in West St. Paul that the YMCA might close or move to make way for new development. On Thursday, officials with the YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities acknowledged as...
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New commander for 34th Red Bull Infantry Division
Brig. Gen. Benjamin Corell will take command of the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division during a ceremony Saturday at the Rosemount Training and Community Center. Corell succeeds Maj. Gen. Jon Jensen, who...
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Dakota County firefighters unveil car-fire simulator for training
Dakota County firefighters have a new tool to practice fighting car fires. Flint Hills Resources’ Pine Bend refinery in Rosemount has donated a $50,000 car-fire simulator and trailer to the Dakota...
View ArticleFire damages historic Hastings mansion
A fire heavily damaged a late 19th-century mansion in Hastings on Thursday morning. Firefighters called to Thorwood Rentals and Retreat at 315 Pine St. about 5:30 a.m. saw flames coming from the roof...
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