Email Author Andy Mannix

Awards

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published March 16, 2011

  "RNC Piggy Bank"

• 2011 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, published June 30, 2010

  "Plagiarism Inc."

• 2011 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, published June 30, 2010

  "Plagiarism Inc."

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2010 Stories by Andy Mannix

• Jack Litsheim scales 400-foot crane while drunk

  published Sep 10, 2010

  What is it about alcohol that inspires us to climb really tall structuresr Jack Litsheim, a 51-year-old Wisconsin man, was knocking back a few at the Mr. Stix bar in La Crosse when a 400-foot crane i... More >>

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  Tim Pawlenty, Michele Bachmann, oppose Quran burning [UPDATED]

  published Sep 09, 2010

  Update: Terry Jones agreed this afternoon to cancel the Quran burning event. Jones told reporters a deal had been cut with the man proposing to build an Islamic Center near Ground Zero -- Jones will c... More >>

• 15-foot sinkhole swallows St. Paul man

  published Sep 07, 2010

  This place is really falling apart. Just ask the unfortunate soul who plunged 15 feet under a sidewalk this morning near 6th and Wabasha streets in St. Paul. Downtown St. Paul's sinkhole doesn't s... More >>

• Denny Hecker accused of concealing $150,000

  published Sep 03, 2010

  One would think that if you were already neck deep in a legal shitstorm -- say, facing more than enough fraud charges to keep you in federal prison for the rest of your life -- you'd cool your heels f... More >>

• Parbati Kalicharan stabs granddaughter over puzzle

  published Sep 01, 2010

  The whole quiet-night-putting-together-a-puzzle-with-grandma scenario didn't pan out quite the way Parbati Zimmerman Kalicharan and her granddaughter might have planned: A small argument escalated int... More >>

• State Fair electricity down after truck hits powerline

  published Aug 31, 2010

  At least two people did not have a good time at The Great Minnesota Get-Together today. Just after 10:30 a.m., a semi-truck rammed a telephone pole near the State Fairgrounds in St. Paul. Details of ... More >>

• Tyrone Terrill suspects racism in Johnny Howard's Frogtown football ouster

  published Aug 30, 2010

  Tyrone Terrill, chair of the African American Leadership Council, is angry about the recent firing of Johnny Howardas head coach of the Frogtown Football program. In a letter to St. Paul Mayor Chris ... More >>

• Johnny Howard ousted from Frogtown Football

  published August 25, 2010

  On a Friday in early August, Johnny Howard's son called with some bad news. He had just received word that the St. Paul Parks and Recreation... More >>

• Jason Lee Reinartz is a meth menace to Austin

  published Aug 20, 2010

  Just two years ago, the future looked promising for Jason Lee Reinartz. He had just opened up a swanky new tattoo shop in Austin, Minn. He had plans to open up another. But as Reinartz learned, a lot ... More >>

• Jerry Moore no longer works for Wells Fargo

  published Aug 19, 2010

  We received a call from Wells Fargo spokeswoman Peggy Gunn yesterday informing us that Jerry Moore, the subject of this week's feature, no longer works for the bank. Per company policy, Gunn couldn't... More >>

• Jerry Moore: Check out the paper trail

  published Aug 18, 2010

  The content featured in this week's feature about Jerry Moore comes from court affidavits, police reports, documents found in the closing of 1564 Hillside Avenue North, files maintained by the Jordan ... More >>

• Jerry Moore has a controversial past

  published August 18, 2010

  ON A FALL evening in 2006, John Foster arrived home from a long day of work just as the sun was setting. Still wearing his brown UPS... More >>

• Michael James Johnson drove 178 mph while drunk, police say

  published Aug 16, 2010

  If you're going to drive a Corvette, you might as well have some fun with it. This is what 40-year-old Michael James Johnson thought last month while cruising down County Road 31 in Wadena. Johnson to... More >>

• Abe Hotchkiss showered with sulfuric acid while cycling [UPDATED]

  published Aug 13, 2010

  Sure, Minneapolis is one of the best cities for cyclists in the country. But as with any urban environment, you've still got a few things to watch out for: ice, cars, kids throwing rocks on the Greenw... More >>

• Plagiarism Inc: For Sale

  published Aug 12, 2010

  Jordan Kavoosi is getting out of the essay-writing racket.Kavoosi, owner of Apple Valley-based Essay Writing Company and subject of our June 30 cover story, recently sent out an e-mail to a few of his... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Margaret Anderson Kelliher's anti-climactic 'victory' party [UPDATED]

  published Aug 11, 2010

  Update: Margaret Anderson Kelliher conceded defeat to Mark Dayton late this morning. "In Minnesota we value every person's voice and count every person's vote. And that's what happened this election,... More >>

• Steve Horner's Top 5 Best Quotes

  published Aug 10, 2010

  There's something to be said about a guy with no filter. That's Steve Horner, brother of the Independence Party-endorsed gubernatorial candidate Tom Horner. While Tom has made headlines with his polit... More >>

• Gerald Feran, accused in duct-taping of woman with $1,000 'bounty,' to appear in court today

  published Aug 09, 2010

  Gerald "Minneapolis" Feran II is due in court today for allegedly ordering two other people to bound a woman with duct-tape and then threatening her with gang rape. Apparently someone had put a $1,000... More >>

• Brother Ali, St. Paul Slim, P.O.S. to canvass for Matt Entenza today

  published Aug 06, 2010

  What's the correlation with Twin Cities hip-hop artists and the Matt Entenza/ Robyne Robinson gubernatorial ticketr A couple of weeks ago, Sean Daley -- a.k.a Slug from Atmosphere -- released a Youtub... More >>

• Denny Hecker accused of stealing ex-wife's mail

  published Aug 05, 2010

  Denny Hecker just can't seem to avoid stepping in legal shit-piles. Seems like everyday we pick up the newspaper, the guy is neck deep in the stuff. Like that whole wire fraud indictment earlier this ... More >>

• Tom Brock tells Strib readers he's supressed those pesky gay urges

  published Aug 04, 2010

  It's been more than a month now since anti-gay crusading Minneapolis pastor Tom Brock found himself on the wrong side of an undercover piece in Lavender Magazine that outed him for actually being gay... More >>

• Song Xiong admits to shackling special-needs son

  published Aug 03, 2010

  Song Xiong has got to be feeling the burn of karma: Last year, the Wisconsin man got caught trying to punish his special-needs son by locking him up in the basement of their Eau Claire home. Yesterday... More >>

• Hill-Murray President Joseph Peschges fled deputies in 2004

  published Aug 02, 2010

  When police arrested Hill-Murray Catholic School President Joe Peschges during a sex sting in St. Paul last month, he said everyone had it all wrong. He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. ... More >>

• St. Cloud State drops 26 layoff notices on profs in single day

  published Jul 30, 2010

  It's been a rough past week for a couple dozen faculty members at St. Cloud State University. In order to balance a stiff budget and meet union deadlines, the college sent out 26 layoff notices on the... More >>

• Mark Dayton, Matt Entenza spend and barely lift a finger

  published Jul 27, 2010

  Remember a few months ago when Matt Entenza and Mark Dayton said they would be willing to spend millions of dollars from their own fortunes on their gubernatorial campaignsr Looks like they weren't ki... More >>