Email Author Erin Carlyle

Awards

• 2011 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, published February 17, 2010

  "Fallen Angel"

• 2011 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, published December 8, 2010

  "The Opposite of Wild"

• 2011 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, published February 17, 2010

  "Fallen Angel"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published October 7, 2009

  "Lisa Knows Best"

• 2010 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, published December 23, 2009

  "Favre at Forty"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 3, 2009

  "Saving Juju"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published October 28, 2009

  "The Perks of Office"

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2010 Stories by Erin Carlyle

• Disbanded Metro Gang Strike Force faces 118 claims

  published Dec 30, 2010

  Today is the deadline for filing claims against the disgraced and disbanded Metro Gang Strike Force, and so far 118 people have said the force extorted them.Lead plaintiff Zelaido Rivera Garcia won a ... More >>

• Taste of Minnesota now in bankruptcy

  published Dec 29, 2010

  The deadline for the owners of Taste of Minnesota to fight involuntary bankruptcy has passed. The historic festival is now officially dead. Not only are last year's owners bankrupt, but the city of S... More >>

• Andy Faris isn't fighting involuntary bankruptcy over Taste of MN

  published Dec 23, 2010

  Andy Faris, the man behind the demise of the Taste of Minnesota festival on Harriet Island, hasn't filed a single court document fighting the involuntary bankruptcy action against his company. He's on... More >>

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  David A. Goodman the naked mailman shows his naked mug

  published Dec 22, 2010

  Last week we learned that things had gone terribly wrong for David A. Goodman, a 52-year-old Wisconsin letter carrier who decided to deliver the mail naked. Goodman thought his prank would elicit a ... More >>

• Laurence Charette arrested in Duluth for Walgreens robbery spree

  published Dec 21, 2010

  Okay, so he's not as snicker-inducing as the Unibrow robber, who made headlines for his Frida Kahlo-like brows earlier this year. But to Walgreens, Laurence John Charette has been just as much of a he... More >>

• Minneapolis violent crime rates hit 47-year lows

  published Dec 20, 2010

  Despite the doubling of the city's homicide numbers this year over last, violent crime in Minneapolis is at an historic low.Robbery, aggravated assault, and rape are all down citywide in Minneapolis--... More >>

• Madieu Williams named Vikings Community Man of the Year

  published Dec 17, 2010

  It hasn't exactly been a stellar season for the Vikings. First there was Brett Favre Penisgate. Then Randy Moss's bizarre self-interview. Then Coach Brad Childress got kicked to the can. And over the ... More >>

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  David Goodman delivers the mail naked in Wisconsin

  published Dec 16, 2010

  All that letter carrier David A. Goodman wanted was brighten an office worker's day. But like so many misguided souls who fancy themselves comedians, his attempt at humor backfired royally. Goodman,... More >>

• Jason Yang's 'missing organs' actually not missing, says judge

  published Dec 15, 2010

  First, Jason Yang tragically leaps over a freeway off-ramp and falls 40 feet to his death as police chase him. Then Yang's family claims that Minneapolis Police shot him before he fell. In the lates... More >>

• Minneapolis Public Schools will open Wednesday

  published Dec 14, 2010

  Snowmaggedon 2010 will go down in the books as the storm that managed to throw even us hardy Minnesotans off: Two days of school closures, buses packed like sardines, and streets that still aren't cle... More >>

• Taste of Minnesota ends in bankruptcy

  published December 15, 2010

  It wasn't until it was all over that Andrea Campbell really got worried. By then, she should have been soaking up the glow of success.... More >>

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  Andy Faris: Taste of Minnesota bankruptcy not just my fault

  published Dec 09, 2010

  We ran a story this morning on the factors that led to the big debacle that was this year's Taste of Minnesota, explaining that many people blame event financier Andy Faris. But Faris, who was hesita... More >>

• How Andy Faris ran Taste of Minnesota into bankruptcy

  published Dec 09, 2010

  Five more people filed claims yesterday against the company that botched the historic Taste of Minnesota festival on Harriet Island and drove it into bankruptcy.This year's Fourth of July weekend even... More >>

• Nik Backstrom: Watch the Wild's secret weapon work his magic

  published Dec 08, 2010

  This week's cover story profiles Niklas Backstrom, the unstoppable goalie for the Minnesota Wild. Known for his general ability to stay calm under pressure, the only time he really shows excitement ... More >>

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  Reece Donahue, douchebag of the week, tossed cat to the ceiling

  published Dec 07, 2010

  Reece Donahue is 23 years old and still hasn't learned the basic rule of being human: No matter how frustrated you are, it's not okay to throw animals around. But that's just what Donahue, who wins th... More >>

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  Niklas Backstrom: The Wild's stone-cold secret weapon

  published December 8, 2010

  Slideshow: Nik Bakstrom's photo... More >>

• Walgreens becoming an easy target for pharmacy holdups

  published December 8, 2010

  On October 19, an ordinary-looking man in jean shorts walked down the apparel aisle at Walgreens on Hennepin Avenue in Uptown. He swiped a... More >>

• 1,154 cars towed this weekend in Minneapolis

  published Dec 06, 2010

  Even though this is our second big storm this winter, people still aren't getting the snowstorm parking rules. More cars were towed this weekend--1,154, to be exact --than in the big mid-November stor... More >>

• Chase Boruch, U of W student, war veteran, accused of killing his mom

  published Dec 03, 2010

  Chase Boruch had already been through the ringer. But to the rest of the world, it looked as though the 24-year-old Iraq War veteran had managed to avoid the mental health roulette endemic to the conf... More >>

• Kenneth Kratz, the sexting DA, gets no love from government lawyers

  published Dec 02, 2010

  Kenneth Kratz thought it would be cool to use his position of power as a Wisconsin district attorney to try to get some love. You know, the kind of love with a 26-year-old "tall, young, hot nymph" tha... More >>

• Fahid Nazir charged with raping four-year-old neighbor girl

  published Dec 01, 2010

  Fahid Nazir was supposed to be babysitting. You know,watching kids and making sure they stay safe. Instead, he's been charged with acting on his disgusting sexual urges with a little girl. Nazir's gi... More >>

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  Twins Tim and Will White told they're too fat to fly Southwest Airlines to Minneapolis

  published Nov 30, 2010

  Twin brothers Tim and Will White had never flown the friendly skies. So they were completely thrilled when they finally got their big chance on Thanksgiving Day. The White brothers arrived at the C... More >>

• Mohamed Osman Mohamud bust wasn't entrapment by any legal definition

  published Nov 29, 2010

  There's plenty of hot air online right now about this weekend's arrest of Mohamed Osman Mohamud, the 19-year-old kid who got caught trying to detonate what he thought was a bomb at a Christmas tree li... More >>

• Trumpeter Swan shot and stranded is rescued

  published Nov 24, 2010

  It's a happy-ish tale, just in time for Thanksgiving: a poor swan with an injured left wing got some help from her non-feathered friends. Trumpeter swans, if you recall from E.B.White's children's ma... More >>

• Norb Anderson recovers "Blackie," the missing steer sculpture

  published Nov 23, 2010

  Three months ago, someone cruelly stole the 500-lb. fiberglass likeness of an Angus steer. Now "Blackie" is back. The State Fair parade staple was stolen a week before Minnesota's big event. Blackie... More >>