A man identifying himself as a debt collector for the Native Mob allegedly threatened to rape a woman at gunpoint if her boyfriend didn't pay up, according to the Mille Lacs County Attorney's Office.
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A Minneapolis woman is charged with starting the fight outside the Schooner Tavern last summer that resulted in Chrishaun "CeCe" McDonald, a transgender woman, being charged with second-degree murder....
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The town of East Grand Forks appears to have a very PG approach to commerce.
Earlier this month, the city informed the owners of a new shop called Fantasy's that they were in violation of the "adult ...
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Minnesota's first-ever regulated wolf hunting season is officially starting this November.
Our state is home to about 3,000 gray wolves, according to the Department of Natural Resources, up from 750 ...
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The city's appeal to demolish Peavey Plaza in Nicollet Mall was approved by a City Council committee Thursday, meaning the 37-year-old park is one step closer to destruction.
Designed in the 1970s by...
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John Fruetel is not walking into an easy situation.
As newly appointed Minneapolis fire chief, Fruetel is now the head of a department that has experienced dramatic budget cuts over the years, leavin...
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Timothy Marshall, the 45-year-old charged with choking a lab technician in a hospital bathroom, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault Tuesday.Last October, Marshall jumped the technician from behind...
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This past week's feature, "The Edge of Doubt," brought readers inside the walls of the Legal Rights Center, where attorneys for CeCe McDonald prepared her defense against charges of second-degree murd...
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Steve Horner might have finally hit the jackpot in his fight against ladies' night.
Long a crusader against the drink special -- he argues it amounts to discrimination against men -- Horner wired his...
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This week's cover story, "The Edge of Doubt," gives a behind-the-scenes look into the case of Chrishaun "CeCe" McDonald, a transgender woman who was charged with murdering Dean Alvin Schmitz outside a...
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This week's feature, "The Edge of Doubt," examines the controversial trial of Chrishaun "CeCe" McDonald, a transgender woman accused of murdering Dean Alvin Schmitz outside the Schooner Tavern last su...
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The case of Bert Allen Sieler is Minnesota's latest victory in the war on prescription drug theft.
Formerly a nurse at a senior care assisted-living facility, Sieler was accused of stealing patients'...
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It seems like just last month we were sitting in Stevens Square Park, watching Back to the Future while being devoured by mosquitoes.
Apparently, that was closer to a year ago, which means it's almo...
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The man charged with fatally shooting someone in a Millennium Hotel room earlier this year pleaded guilty to second-degree intentional murder Wednesday.
Brian Vincent Griffin, a 33-year-old from Dayt...
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Chrishaun "CeCe" McDonald, a transgender woman facing two second-degree murder charges, agreed to a plea deal in court today.
McDonald pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter, which will carry a...
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The battle over the demolition of Peavey Plaza wages on.
Last month, we reported that the Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission voted down the city's proposal to demolish the 37-year-old plaz...
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More than 40 supporters gathered outside a Hennepin County courtroom this morning for the first scheduled trial date of Chrishaun "CeCe" McDonald, a transgender woman accused of murdering Dean Alvin S...
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A former St. Paul nurse was sentenced to four years of probation Wednesday for stealing Vicodin from patients at an assisted-living facility.
The sentencing comes just one week after a new report th...
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Adam Carolla really likes Midwestern cuisine -- or, as he calls it, "white people food," which is apparently a scarcity in Los Angeles.
So on a recent trip to Minneapolis, Carolla made a stop at Kra...
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If the Hennepin County mental health commitment system worked properly, a guard at the Public Safety Facility might still be alive today.
Last December, a Hennepin County jailer was bitten by an inma...
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In March 2010, shortly after Mike Parry won the Minnesota District 26 Senate seat, we ran a story questioning whether he would be the state's next Michele Bachmann.
The thesis of City Pages writer Ma...
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The controversial plan to demolish Peavey Plaza was voted down by the Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission Tuesday.
Peavey, a park plaza located next to Orchestra Hall on Nicollet Avenue, was...
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Cop killer Ronald Schneider won't be getting out of prison anytime soon.
Schneider, a 70-year-old convicted of murdering a Robbinsdale police officer in 1985, is one of just a few men currently in th...
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A self-proclaimed Native Mob gang member was convicted of making terroristic threats to a Cass County Sheriff's Deputy this week, and could face up to three years in prison.
Robert Joseph Jones, a 31...
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