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Roger Holland of Apple Valley allegedly murdered pregnant wife, attempted coverup

Between Steven Johnson, Jeffrey Trevino, and Anthony Mitchell, the Twin Cities has already seen its yearly share of murderous man-on-woman violence between onetime lovers.The most recent instance happened last Thursday morning in Apple Valley, where Roger Holland, 36, allegedly murdered his pregnant ... More >>

Minnesota Zoo Farmers Market features Fish Smart chefs

One of the newest farmers markets to pop up in the Cities is the one found in the Apple Valley parking lot outside the Minnesota Zoo. We stopped by to have a peek and a taste of the goodies available. We found the usual, beautiful Minnesota bounty, but then we spotted something unexpected.

Taste of Stillwater and cold soups crowd this Week in Food

Summer means your Week in Food events can be indoors (like the excellent farmers market exhibit at Mill City Museum) or in the great wide open (the second annual Taste of Stillwater), so you can mend your sunburn or enjoy a frosty beer in the sun -- your call. 7/9 If you haven't checked out the Mi ... More >>

RA Mac Sammy, new food truck specializes in mac and cheese

​We first spotted them at the St. Paul winter carnival. A sun-colored new food truck specializing in custom-made mac and cheese. Now that the weather has turned warmer, they're out on a more regular basis. We decided to stop by and give their comfort food a try. We also chatted with the mac and ch ... More >>

Kurt Bills, MNGOP Rep., seeking Republican endorsement to challenge Klobuchar

​Today, state Rep. Kurt Bills, R-Rosemount, announced he is seeking the GOP nomination to challenge Sen. Amy Klobuchar this November.Bills, 42, a high school economic teacher and former Rosemount City Council members, will compete against former state Rep. Dan Severson and decorated war veteran Pe ... More >>

Displaced penguins saved by Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley

African penguins now residing at the Minnesota Zoo.​A group of displaced penguins can stop worrying about where they're going to live. They belong to all of us, now that they've found a home at the Minnesota Zoo. African blackfooted penguins are endangered in the wild due to overfishing and oil ... More >>

Newsweek: 9 Minnesota high schools among best in U.S.

Newsweek says Edina High School is the best in the state. Last year, the honor went to Minneapolis Southwest.​Nine Minnesota high schools have been named to Newsweek's list of the best high schools in the country this year, but none of them are in Minneapolis or St. Paul. We bring that up only be ... More >>

Drink Summit on a boat and celebrate Surly this week in food

Celebrate the power of the pint on Saturday​We were tempted to come up with a Seussian rhyme for all the ways and places you can enjoy a pint this week (On a boat? At a patio? In Surly's backyard?) but we'd rather sip than than stress over rhyme schemes, especially when this week offers so man ... More >>

Veggie sushi, new Twins concessions, Free Bacon Wednesday, and more this week in food

DIY veggie sushi at the Wedge this week​It's technically April, but the weather hasn't cooperated enough to officially declare patio season open for business just yet (remember last year when we hit 81 degrees on April 1? Sigh.) Luckily there are plenty of food-related activities to distract y ... More >>

Help! Dinner spot in the south metro?

​I am trying to find a restaurant in the southern suburbs for a meet-up and am having no luck. A former co-worker lives in Faribault and she's going to meet me for dinner, so I want to pick somewhere that won't require her to drive all the way into the Cities. I am thinking Lakeville/Apple Val ... More >>

Zeeboid license plate: The smoking gun in the Birthornot hoax

Photo: Jessica LussenhopOn the trail of the Zeeboid.​Who is Pete Arnold, the guy who, along with his wife Alisha, launched the birthornot.com website and abortion poll? He's a right wing blogger who goes by the nickname Zeeboid. The name's on the license plate of the blue Neon parked in his Appl ... More >>

Gawker falls for BirthOrNot abortion hoax by its own trollish commenter, Zeeboid [UPDATED]

Nick Denton bought the birthornot.com hoax hook, line and sinker on Gawker.​Earlier today, we revealed that Pete Arnold, the father of the fetus at the center of the birthornot abortion poll, is actually a rightwing internet troll. We even sent a reporter to the Arnold house in Apple Valley, where ... More >>

Birthornot.com: Is it a hoax or not?

Are these people for real?​As a story, it's almost too good to be true. In fact, it may not be true at all. The more we look into the online abortion poll posted at birthornot.com, the more suspicious it sounds.

Naked Grady Sizemore vs. the St. Cloud State co-ed

Giving "tea bag" a whole new meaning.​Cleveland Indian Grady Sizemore was caught with his pants down on the Internet last year, and a 19-year-old St. Cloud State University student from Apple Valley named Leah M. Ayers may have done the exposing. Sizemore's problems began when he thought it w ... More >>

Timothy Carson sentenced for cop-turned-robber spree

Timothy Carson​Ex-Marine Timothy Carson is an Iraq war veteran, and a former Washington County corrections officer and Minneapolis police SWAT member. Carson is also a convicted bank robber and small-time stick up man. And yesterday he was sentenced the second time for his crime spree earlier ... More >>

Foodie alert: Fabian Seafood truck in the Twin Cities today

www.fabianseafood.comIowans buying Fabian Seafood in the 1980s.​The Fabian Seafood Company of Galveston, Texas (about 300 miles west of the BP spill), is in its 33rd year of driving trucks of fresh seafood--wild-caught Gulf shrimp, blue crab, oysters, and more--to the Twin Cities and selling i ... More >>

Parbati Kalicharan stabs granddaughter over puzzle

Photo: Yashima.A quiet night with grandma turned to ear-stabbing.​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 into face-stabbing.

Pazzaluna, Tria, & Enjoy offer bottle of wine as birthday freebie

Hit the century mark and you'll have $100 worth of drinking to do.​Restaurants often treat birthday diners to a celebratory margarita or dessert, but three Morrissey restaurants--Pazzaluna in St. Paul, Tria in North Oaks, and Enjoy in Apple Valley--are upping the incentive to spend your specia ... More >>

Plagiarism Inc: For Sale

Have a hundred-grand laying around? Call this guy.​Jordan Kavoosi is getting out of the essay-writing racket.

Eden Prairie and 4 other 'burbs crowned "best small cities"

Photo: bubzillionLovely​Here's something that the Twin Cities suburbs of Eden Prairie, Plymouth, Woodbury, Eagan and Apple Valley all have in common besides cul-de-sacs: They all made Money magazine's Top 20 "best small cities" list for 2010. Eden Prairie placed first in the country because o ... More >>

Steve Horner, Tom's brother, admits anti-"ladies night" crusade

Maybe Steve Horner needs a stiff one​Steve Horner sounds like a party pooper. It turns out he's the guy who filed complaints about five local bars discriminating against men because they offered "ladies night" drink specials -- an he's never set foot in any of them. And now we know which bars ... More >>

Timothy Carson, ex cop, pleads not guilty in Apple Valley bank robbery

Prosecutors say he robbed a Wells Fargo bank in Apple Valley on Jan. 6. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

Former Minneapolis cop Timothy Carson indicted in bank heist

If he's convicted, he could face decades behind bars.

Minneapolis SWAT cop arrested in suburban bank robbery

Timothy Edward Carson is also suspected of being involved in four other robberies near his Dakota County home.

Man allegedly strangled wife over TV channel argument

If watching TV is an all-American activity, strangling your wife over what channel to watch is probably even more American.

Minneapolis mom to give birth on Internet

Lynsee's due date is coming up! The 23-year-old teacher from Minneapolis is planning to deliver live online.

Minn. Zoo pretending an animal escaped today

If you happen to see an Amur leopard saunter into your backyard this afternoon, just leave it be. It's only a drill.

Apple Valley taxi driver found fatally stabbed in car

Michael Palm, 41, had been employed at Suburban Taxi for more than a year and "was one of the most gentle guys you could ever meet," said the company's general manager.

Masseur fail: Can you hold my genitals while I give you a massage?

At least six female clients at an Apple Valley massage parlor allegedly got quite a hand full when Lawrence Martin Valencour, 60, gave them massages.

Apple Valley woman sues over minced ginger

An Apple Valley woman blames United Noodles, Cub Foods, and Supervalu for cuts she got from a jar of minced ginger.

Minn. Zoo animals start smoke-free life Saturday

The Minnesota Zoo will officially go smoke-free starting Saturday. The Apple Valley zoo already bans smoking indoors, but now all outdoor spaces will be off limits too.

Minn. Zoo hopes resident tigers play the mating game

The Minnesota Zoo is on a mission to get some more tiger cubs, but it isn't that easy. The long and sometimes useless mating game is in full swing with two tigers they hope will make love in the coming months.

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Fountains in Apple Valley

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Bears and otters would like you to drink

Breakfast of Champions 5/12: Of Wolves and (Hot) Dogs

Herbal Remedy

Killer weed ravages suburbs, supplies of Cheetos

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Suburban sex offender madness

The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival: It Ain't a Small World, After All

The sort-of true story of a Minneapolis man who made his mom into a movie, plus two local trailers, and 36 reviews from around the globe

Scattered Gems

With nothing in common but uncommonly good food, two far-flung wonders are revealed

Spare Me

We bowl for colitis and rock for Christ

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Quarry

When residents in a new Apple Valley subdivision bought their homes, they had no idea a gravel pit was in the works next door

And I'll Huff and I'll Puff

No-knock search warrants used to be reserved for police drug raids, when evidence might disappear while suspects were answering the door. Not anymore, Twin Cities civil-rights advocates and attorneys complain.

No Vacancy

The Big Tent Folds

Portraits of two Republican caucuses--one suburban, one urban-- underline the growing polarities in GOP ranks.

We're All Bozos Here

A former teacher's contrarian view of the reforms that have to precede "education reform.