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

• Joe Basel: From U of M-Morris to Louisiana Watergate

  published March 10, 2010

  On a quiet morning in late January, a thin stranger with neatly parted brown hair stood in room 1005 of the Hale Boggs Federal Building in New... More >>

• Lindsey Vonn, Buck Hill veteran, makes her Wheaties box debut

  published Mar 05, 2010

  A Minnesota two-fer: Golden Valley-based General Mills says Buck Hill veteran Lindsey Vonn will be one of three Olympic gold medalists featured on the upcoming edition the Wheaties box, along with sno... More >>

• Ira Stafford accuses Minneapolis police of unprovoked beating during traffic stop

  published Mar 04, 2010

  The Minneapolis Police Internal Affairs Unit is investigating an accusation that officers used excessive force on a 52-year-old man in north Minneapolis during a routine traffic stop. Ira Stafford te... More >>

• The Minnesota Daily calls out Minneapolis police on lax investigation

  published Mar 03, 2010

  A Minneapolis police investigation into a string of possibly related crimes that spilled onto the University of Minnesota campus earlier this year has been lax at best, according to a watchdog piece i... More >>

• Timothy Boland admits to killing brother's girlfriend, faking motorcycle accident

  published Mar 02, 2010

  A Robbinsdale man admitted yesterday to killing his brother's girlfriend and trying to cover it up with a staged motorcycle accident. Timothy Boland's trial was slated to begin yesterday, but instead... More >>

• Denny Hecker's request to leave town for vacation quashed by judge

  published Feb 26, 2010

  Denny Hecker just can't catch a break. A judge ruled this morning that Hecker will have to cancel his weekend vacation plans -- the most recent in a series of bad days in court for the fallen auto em... More >>

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  Anthony Stancl, Wisconsin teen accused of coercing sex acts via Facebook, sentenced to 15 years

  published Feb 24, 2010

  Anthony Stancl, a 19-year-old from Wisconsin, was sentenced to 15 years in prison today for two sexual assault charges. Stancl is accused of coercing sex acts via Facebook from his classmates at New ... More >>

• Paul Koenig: The One-Man Housing Crisis

  published February 24, 2010

  On the 1500 block of Hillside Avenue in north Minneapolis, a brown and white handrail leads to a vinyl-sided beige duplex a mere few hundred... More >>

• Trumaine Willie Ollie faces three felony charges after allegedly burning his candy-craving kid

  published Feb 23, 2010

  A St. Paul father is accused of severely scalding his 5-year-old son earlier this month as punishment for the kid trying to get into the candy drawer. Trumaine Willie Ollie, 26, now faces three feloni... More >>

• Trampled By Turtles in Duluth: The Science of Speed

  published Feb 22, 2010

  It was a good night to be in Duluth Friday, and that's saying a lot for the North Shore in February. Trampled by Turtles, Duluth's own speed-string quintet, played the latter of two shows at Pizza L... More >>

• Donald Bellfield fails to report findings against Dolan to City Council

  published Feb 17, 2010

  Donald Bellfield, Minneapolis Police Civilian Review Authority chair, says he did not report police chief Tim Dolan's failure to comply with a city ordinance to the City Council's Executive Committee ... More >>

• Donald Bellfield, CRA chair, ordered to report Dolan to executive committee for ignoring ordinance

  published Feb 17, 2010

  A judge has ordered Minneapolis Civilian Review Authority Chair Donald Bellfield to inform the Executive Committee of the City Council that police chief Tim Dolan has failed to comply with a city ordi... More >>

• Ryan Stanley Hurd indicted by Minnesota grand jury on murder charges

  published Feb 16, 2010

  A Minnesota grand jury indicted Ryan Stanley Hurd Friday on first- and second-degree murder charges. Hurd, 21, is accused of stabbing his girlfriend, 19-year-old Kathryn Rose Anderson of Eagan, Minn... More >>

• Tim Dolan, Minneapolis police chief, accused of ignoring city ordinance

  published Feb 15, 2010

  A police watchdog group and a member of the Minneapolis Police Civilian Review Authority are accusing Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan of repeatedly ignoring a city ordinance throughout his tenure. ... More >>

• Forest Lake police finally bust jilted, diabolical nail thrower

  published Feb 12, 2010

  Authorities have finally caught up with the diabolical Forest Lake nail-thrower. The villainous nail-thrower began littering Highway 97 with handfuls of two-inch carpentry nails about a month ago. T... More >>

• Minneapolis police nab suspect in University of Minnesota shooting

  published Feb 11, 2010

  Police arrested a north Minneapolis man Tuesday they suspect shot a University of Minnesota student during a near-campus crime spree in January. The 21-year-old has yet to be charged, but Minneapolis... More >>

• Royce White hedges on return to the University of Minnesota

  published Feb 10, 2010

  Less than two weeks after Royce White announced he would leave the University of Minnesota and the Gophers, he is already hedging on the possibility of coming back. Once thought to be the Gophers bas... More >>

• David Bicking asked to resign from Civilian Review Authority

  published Feb 09, 2010

  David Bicking, former Ward 9 City Council candidate, says the Civilian Review Authority chair is attempting to oust him from the board for speaking out against Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan at a ... More >>

• Tom Petters, Ponzi schemer, likely to face life sentence next month

  published Feb 09, 2010

  A federal judge announced Monday that he will sentence Tom Petters on March 10 for running a $3.65 billion Ponzi scheme, and experts predict the hammer will come down hard on the fallen business mogul... More >>

• Chainsaw Vs. boomstick: The dangerous lives of tree specialists

  published Feb 05, 2010

  As far as stories about tree specialists go, this is about as gripping as it gets. A man working for the Eden Prairie Parks Department was greeted with a face full of boomstick earlier this week whe... More >>

• Jenkins sues Minneapolis police for beating caught on tape

  published Feb 04, 2010

  Derryl Jenkins, the Brooklyn Center man who was stomped by Minneapolis police officers a year ago, is suing the city of Minneapolis and several officers for violating his civil rights and using excess... More >>

• Rybak not backing civil rights director for reappointment

  published Feb 03, 2010

  Earlier today, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak sent out a list of department head nominations to be approved by the City Council. Civil Rights Department Director Michael Jordan's name wasn't on it. "[R... More >>

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  Chief Dolan's black-sheep brother sentenced on drug charges

  published Feb 02, 2010

  Paul Dolan's family ties apparently didn't win him any favors in court yesterday. Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan's black-sheep brother scored a six-month jail sentence in Ramsey County court for ... More >>

• Gophers' Royce White says he's out -- again

  published Feb 01, 2010

  For the second time in as many months, Gophers basketball player Royce White has announced that he's through with the University of Minnesota. White has been battling a legal shit-storm since last fa... More >>

• Steve Murphy likely to pass on grass bill this session

  published Jan 29, 2010

  Though the federal legalization of marijuana seems just over the hazy horizon, it looks like a statewide medicinal bill will take a backseat this legislative session. Sen. Steve Murphy, the Minnesot... More >>