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  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Jenessa White, Blaine basketball coach, allegedly had sexual relationship with player

    ​Jenessa White was the 9th grade girls' assistant basketball coach at Blaine High School this past season. And somewhere along the line, she fell in love with one of her 14-year-old players.St. Paul resident White, 20, was near Blaine's Jefferson Park, in a parked car and engaging in sexual activi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Five men indicted in plot to transport hockey bags full of weed into Twin Cities

    The drugs were flown into a Blaine airport on a Mooney M20 single-engine airplane. ​A drug plot that involved flying hockey bags full of weed into the Twin Cities using a single-engine plane has led to five men being indicted, according to federal court records unsealed this week. The five ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Thunderstorm assaults Twin Cities, hail on its way to northern suburbs

    Yes, kitty, it's really hailing.​In case you are in a deep underground bunker, City Pages would like to inform you that it's storming outside.Okay, so most of you already knew that. What you should also know, if you live in the northern suburbs, is that it's also probably going to hail. If you wer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    American Joe Coffee & Ice Cream moving from Blaine to St. Paul

    American Joe moves from Blaine to St. Paul.​American Joe's owners closed the cafe's doors in Blaine on September 2 in order to move the business to downtown St. Paul. Owners Eric Sandrock and Brad Ireland, who also own the American Burger Bar & American Burger Emporium restaurants, are movin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Heartland begins serving brunch this weekend!

    Heartland opens its doors for weekend brunch!​Exciting news from chef Lenny Russo: starting this Saturday, June 18, Heartland will be serving weekend brunch. Former Heartland chef de cuisine Robb Moore, who left to open the now-shuttered Cru in Blaine, collaborated on the menu with Russo and w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    Glee Live! at the Target Center, 6/1/11

    Photos by Stacy Schwartz​Glee Live! June 1, 2011 Target Center, MinneapolisBY STACY SCHWARTZ There were tons of kids dressed like Glee cast members, Warblers, and Cheerios in the lobby of the Target Center on Wednesday night. The Cheerios were handing out Sue Sylvester's "Barf Bags" as she insist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Allina fires 32 who accessed mass overdose victims' medical records

    Allina says the fired employees shouldn't have been snooping around the medical records of overdose victims.​Your medical records are supposed to be private, but that evidently didn't stop 32 Allina Hospitals employees from prying into the business of patients associated with March's mass over ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Record Store Day 2011: Complete Twin Cities listings

    ​Record Store Day, the annual celebration of good ol' fashioned mom-and-pop music shops, seems to balloon into a bigger event each year. Now in its fourth go-'round, RSD will overtake 18 different businesses in the Twin Cities tomorrow--and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak has even gone so far as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    2C-E: Senators want drug banned after Blaine mass overdose

    FacebookTrevor Robinson-Davis.​Perhaps one of the more surprising story lines to emerge from that mass drug overdose in Blaine a few weeks ago that killed Trevor Robinson-Davis, and sent almost a dozen other teenagers to the hospital, was that the drug they used, 2C-E, was bought legally on th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2011

    Timothy LaMere arrested for distributing 2C-E that caused mass overdose

    Timothy Lamere is set to be charged with third degree murder on Monday.​Blaine police have arrested 21-year-old Timothy Richard LaMere for supplying the hallucinogen 2C-E that caused 11 people to overdose, killing one.He will be formally charged with third degree murder in the death of Trevor Rob ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    2C-E: Trevor Robinson, 19 and a father, died in mass overdose

    FacebookTrevor Robinson died at Unity Hospital in Fridley.​Trevor Robinson, 19 years old and the father of a 5-month-old baby from Coon Rapids, went to hang out with friends at a house on Monroe Street in Blaine Wednesday night. By Thursday afternoon, Robinson was dead, one of 11 people to h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    2C-E: What is it?

    Jon Hanna, ErowidAlexander Shulgin developed and wrote about the 2C family.​Authorities say the drug responsible for a mass drug overdose in Blaine that killed a 19-year-old father is 2C-E, a synthetic party drug known more commonly as Europa. Before yesterday, the average Minnesotan had probabl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    2C-E: Trevor Robinson mourned after overdose [UPDATE:Police arrest suspect]

    Trevor Robinson leaves behind a 5-month-old son after overdosing on 2C-E.​As some of the victims of a mass 2C-E overdose are leaving the hospital, more details are emerging about what happened before 19-year-old Trevor Robinson died. "Trevor's the kind of guy where he likes to up his friends and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    2C-E: One dead, 10 hospitalized after mass drug overdose in Blaine

    2C-1, the drug being blamed for the overdoses.​Blaine police arrived to a spring break party early this morning to find 11 teenagers and young adults suffering from an apparent mass overdose. One of the teenagers, a 19-year-old boy, is already dead.

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Bill Clinton schedules Michele Bachmann smackdown

    ​Rep. Michele Bachmann likes to holler that Bill Clinton's called her stupid and put a hit on her. Now he's coming to her back yard. The former president will be at the Teamsters Local 120 Hall in Blaine Sunday evening for a Vikings-Packers tailgate party with Bachman's challenger, DFLer Tarr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    Barry Ardolf indicted for hacking, death threats and e-mailing porn

    Joe got the threats, Ardolf got the indictment​The guy who allegedly hacked into his neighbor's WiFi, posed as his neighbor and sent death threats and porn to Vice President Joe Biden and Gov. Tim Pawlenty, has been indicted. Barry Vincent Ardolf faces two counts of aggravated identity theft, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    Joe Biden death threat from Blaine's Barry Vincent Ardolf

    Ardolf was allegedly gunning for Biden and Obama​Is federal deficit spending worth taking the vice president's and president's llives? Ask Barry Vincent Ardolf, a 45-year-old Medtronic employee from Blaine with, apparently, no criminal record. He's accused of using someone else's computer in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    Tavern Grill: Now Open

    ​Hemisphere Partners, the group behind Mission American and Kabobi, among others, has opened a sister restaurant to Tavern on France in the former Bella space in Blaine. The new Tavern Grill has a build-your-own component to the menu, just like ToF, as well as a similar outdoor patio with a fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    Chase the MPD K-9 gets posthumous award today

    Via MPD​Way down at the bottom of the list of folks receiving Minneapolis Police Department awards today, there's a dog, and he's getting the highest award the department can give: Chase died last year while helping officers track down suspected copper thieves in the old Jaguar dealership on H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Shadow the stabbed MPD K-9 shown recovering on video

    Courtesy MPD​Sporting a spiffy leg cast decorated with Old Glory, Shadow the Minneapolis police dog appeared on camera via Facebook today, limping a little but apparently recovering after being stabbed last week in the woods near Blaine.

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Shadow the MPD K-9 reported to be on the mend

    ​Shadow, the Minneapolis Police Department K-9 stabbed on Tuesday during an all-hands-on-deck manhunt in Blaine, was released today from the vet and is on the mend, an MPD spokesman said. The suspect in the chase, L.C. Wesley Armstrong, is still at large. Armstrong was chased north out of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    Shadow the MPD dog stabbed during manhunt

    Shadow the MPD police dog was stabbed twice by a suspect he chased today in Blaine.

  • Calendar

    December 23, 2009

    9th Annual Schwan Cup Hockey Tournament

    Shadow the MPD police dog was stabbed twice by a suspect he chased today in Blaine.

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    Burlington Northern Santa Fe says 4 lives not worth $6 million each

    A lawyer for the families of the dead says the jury was well within precedent in its award.

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    RIP: Bella

    Bellanotte's sister restaurant closes, too.

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    Man "loses" wedding ring while handing out Halloween candy

    There's one man (or maybe woman) in a Blaine neighborhood that lost their wedding band while handing out Halloween candy this weekend and one 13-year-old trick-or-treater is trying to return it to its owner.

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Tornado reported near downtown Minneapolis, warnings continue in metro area

    The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning in parts of Hennepin, Anoka and Ramsey Counties. This warning is in effect until 2:45 p.m.

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    Now Open: Cru

    Finer dining comes to the northern 'burbs.

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2009

    Freeloader Friday: July 3-5

    Celebrate freedom in America.

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    Cyclist dies after being hit by car in Blaine

    On Wednesday afternoon, a cyclist was hit and killed by a car in Blaine. The driver is cooperating with the investigation.

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2009

    Blaine's Blazin' Fourth Fireworks Spectacular

    On Wednesday afternoon, a cyclist was hit and killed by a car in Blaine. The driver is cooperating with the investigation.

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    Wis. owes Minn. cash for giving their residents better jobs

    Thursday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

  • Calendar

    May 27, 2009

    Minnesota Thunder vs. Puerto Rico Islanders

    Thursday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

  • Calendar

    May 13, 2009

    Blaine Aviation Weekend

    Thursday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    Should realtors disclose bloody pasts of homes for sale?

    After hearing this story, you might think twice about why a home has freshly painted walls and new carpet.

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2008

    9/23 Morning Must Reads

    After hearing this story, you might think twice about why a home has freshly painted walls and new carpet.

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2008

    Five Places to Watch Fireworks

    After hearing this story, you might think twice about why a home has freshly painted walls and new carpet.

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2008

    Blaine's Blazin' Fourth Firework Spectacular

    After hearing this story, you might think twice about why a home has freshly painted walls and new carpet.

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2008

    Farmers' Fourth of July

    After hearing this story, you might think twice about why a home has freshly painted walls and new carpet.

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2008

    Minneapolis Red, White, and Boom

    After hearing this story, you might think twice about why a home has freshly painted walls and new carpet.

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2008

    Canterbury Park Fourth of July

    After hearing this story, you might think twice about why a home has freshly painted walls and new carpet.

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2008

    Powderhorn Park's Fourth of July Celebration

    After hearing this story, you might think twice about why a home has freshly painted walls and new carpet.

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2008

    Independence Day

    After hearing this story, you might think twice about why a home has freshly painted walls and new carpet.

  • News

    January 3, 2007

    Eye of the Beholder

    You look at the Vikings and see a football team. Zygi Wilf looks at the Vikings and sees a key that might unlock countless added development deals— here or somewhere else.

  • News

    May 17, 2006

    Nightlife, Next Exit

    Tonight we're gonna party Maplewood-style

  • Arts

    December 22, 2004
  • Books

    April 5, 2000

    Truck, Stop

    Car chases, cell phones, and a smelly Super Soaker: This is not your father's picket line

  • Feature

    December 1, 1998

    Trans teacher returns to Blaine classroom

    Car chases, cell phones, and a smelly Super Soaker: This is not your father's picket line

  • Movies

    March 5, 1997

    Boobs & Boobs

    Car chases, cell phones, and a smelly Super Soaker: This is not your father's picket line

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