Minnesota State Fair, Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office working to resolve...
Although the Minnesota State Fair now is officially on for this summer, the issue of who will provide security during the 12-day get-together remains unresolved. State Fair administration and Ramsey...
View ArticleCiting the pandemic, owner of Maplewood, Northtown malls files for Chapter 11...
The owner of Maplewood Mall in Maplewood and Northtown Mall in Blaine has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Washington Prime Group, an Ohio-based retail real-estate trust with a portfolio of...
View ArticleDeveloper wants to build apartment project on former fire station site in...
After several years on the market, a former Maplewood fire station has a buyer that wants to build apartments on the nearly six-acre site. The city and St. Paul-based developer Real Estate Equities...
View ArticleLake McCarrons swimming beach reopens after being closed over E. coli
The swimming beach at Lake McCarrons County Park in Roseville re-opened Wednesday after results from water testing showed that E. coli levels are now safe, Ramsey County officials said. The beach...
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North St. Paul city manager resigns amid credit card allegations
North St. Paul City Manager Scott Duddeck has resigned after a council member asked for an independent investigation into allegations that nearly $2,400 was charged to city accounts for Duddeck’s...
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Following resignation, North St. Paul appoints new interim city manager
Brian Frandle, North St. Paul’s director of electric utilities, will serve as the city’s interim manager in place of Scott Duddeck, who resigned Tuesday. Brian Frandle (Courtesy of North St. Paul) The...
View ArticleWeekend road work to close westbound I-694 in Oakdale, Maplewood
Starting at 10 p.m. Friday, road work will close westbound Interstate 694 between 10th Street in Oakdale and U.S. 61 in Maplewood, the Minnesota Department of Transportation said. The lanes and ramps...
View ArticleRamsey County moves ahead with tax levy for affordable housing
Ramsey County now has a plan in place to capture a projected $11.1 million in taxes annually for low-income housing projects, with St. Paul getting half of the money pot. The county Board of...
View ArticleLiability remains a sticking point for Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office...
For Ramsey County board commissioners, liability remains the big sticking point among concerns over a plan for the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office to take the lead role for security during the Minnesota...
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State moves forward with second daily Amtrak train to Chicago. Service could...
A planned second Amtrak train from St. Paul to Chicago is much closer to reality now that $10 million was set aside for it in the state’s omnibus transportation funding package signed into law by Gov....
View ArticleDowntown Minneapolis wealth management firm to build headquarters in Arden Hills
A downtown Minneapolis wealth management firm has been given the go-ahead by officials in Arden Hills to build corporate headquarters in the north metro suburb. The Arden Hills City Council this week...
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Ramsey County names a new director of public health
Ramsey County’s administrator of racial and health equity, Sara Hollie, has been appointed to the position of director of St. Paul-Ramsey County Public Health, county officials announced Thursday....
View ArticleWoman shot in her car in Maplewood; 5-year-old son uninjured
A woman was shot Thursday afternoon in Maplewood while in her car, authorities said. The woman’s 5-year-old son was also in the vehicle but was not harmed. The shooting happened at about 4:30 p.m. near...
View ArticleSheriff hit over ‘sundown’ remark; some say it refers to cities that once...
Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher is taking heat yet again over his “Live on Patrol” broadcast, this time after making a comment that suspected criminals would have been told at sundown to “get outta...
View ArticleMinnesota’s police chiefs overwhelmingly support the use of body-worn...
The vast majority of Minnesota police chiefs — more than 80 percent — say they support the use of body-worn cameras by police officers, according to a recent survey conducted by the Minnesota Chiefs of...
View ArticleMinnesota State Fair in need of 1,000 workers
Minnesota State Fair officials said Wednesday they are looking to fill more than 1,000 jobs for the Fair, which will run Aug. 26 through Sept. 6 in Falcon Heights. Jobs are open to those 16 years of...
View ArticleCaribou Cabin coffee shop could land in Mounds View theater parking lot
The parking lot of a soon-to-be AMC movie theater in Mounds View could land a Caribou Coffee concept that caters to drive-through and walk-up customers only and has been growing in Minnesota since...
View ArticleMnPASS becomes E-ZPass Aug. 2; new Roseville-Blaine express lanes opening soon
Minnesota is linking its MnPASS system with the larger E-ZPass network starting next month — a move that coincides with the state’s plan to add more express routes, including one on Interstate 35W...
View ArticleDesign options chosen for reconstruction of Rice Street in St. Paul
Ramsey County planners have devised three preliminary road concepts for a new Rice Street between Pennsylvania Avenue and Wheelock Parkway in St. Paul. Over the past two years, county officials have...
View ArticleState Fair policing issue could be settled Tuesday; Ramsey County board to...
The question of who will provide policing during the Minnesota State Fair might be answered Tuesday, when Ramsey County commissioners will decide whether to make the county sheriff’s office the lead...
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