Brooklyn Park

Surly confirms Prospect Park for new brewery location

The deal is done, and if you live in the Prospect Park area of Minneapolis, you'll be getting a new neighbor. MPR reported yesterday that craft brewery Surly Brewing Co. has confirmed the purchase of an eight-acre plot of land near the Minneapolis/St.Paul border and will begin building its $20 milli ... More >>

Apple Valley police stumble upon largest heroin bust in Dakota County history

Last spring, law enforcement officials in Hennepin, Anoka, and Ramsey counties went public with concerns about a dramatic uptick in heroin use in the Twin Cities. It turns out a good portion of the metro area's supply may have been riding around in the car Apple Valley police found Warren Comeaux in ... More >>

Alberto Palmer told police he killed Brittany Clardy during postcoital "tussle"

Earlier today, 23-year-old Alberto Palmer was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of Brittany Clardy. Police say Clardy, an 18-year-old St. Paul woman, was working as a prostitute at the time of her murder. She was found dead in a vehicle that had been towed to a Columbia ... More >>

Three gang members charged after year-long crime spree

Over the past year, officers began seeing similarities in a string of assaults and burglaries in which thieves netted computers and guns.Now, Hennepin County has charged three members of the Loud Pack gang -- Dementry Loyd, 19, along with Montrelle Collins, 20 and Marlon Collins, 21 -- with the crim ... More >>

Pedro Ayala-Leyva gets record 30-year sentence for smuggling meth from California

On Tuesday, Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu doled out a record sentence for a Minnesota drug crime and sentenced Pedro "Peli" Ayala-Leyva to 30 years in prison for his role in a large methamphetamine operation.Peli, 37, was found guilty in October of conspiracy to traffic drugs. State sentencing gu ... More >>

Paranormal messages? Evidence from a TC Paranormal Society Investigation [VIDEO]

After we wrote about a night with the Twin Cities Paranormal Society last week, two of the investigators returned to the haunted house in Brooklyn Park to talk through their findings with the homeowner, a woman we call Dawn, and her 15-year-old son.Lead investigator Will Ventling presented four main ... More >>

Paranormal activities

A nighttime ride-along with the Twin Cities Paranormal Society

VFW flag controversy: MnDOT compromises, will allow flag to fly above overpasses after all

SEE ALSO: VFW upset with MnDOT after being ordered to remove American flags from overpassesMembers of the Palmer Lake VFW were none too happy when MnDOT told them five American flags they'd flown for years over Brooklyn Park-area overpasses had to come down.But just two days before a let-us-fly-the- ... More >>

Derrick Catchings charged as adult in shooting of north Minneapolis teen

Derrick Deangelo Catchings, a 16-year-old from Brooklyn Park, will be tried as an adult in the murder of a teenager slain on his bike last summer in north Minneapolis, according to the Hennepin County Attorney's Office. Catchings has been in jail since last September on a separate case, and made hi ... More >>

Nizzel Banks' father, Nizz, beat up his girlfriend's 2-year-old after the boy wet his pants

On Tuesday morning, 5-year-old Nizzel Banks died after his north Minneapolis home was strafed by gunfire. City officials later said they believed the home was targeted by gunman, possibly in connection with an unsuccessful drive-by shooting that took place a couple blocks away earlier that morning.P ... More >>

Wright County's handling of Brooklyn Park murder suspect "insane," says Ron Rosenbaum

Wright County's controversial handling of Eddie Mosley's rape charge may have had deadly consequences.Last month, Mosley, 34, received a summons in the mail at his St. Louis home informing him he'd been charged with raping a 15-year-old relative in Minnesota last October and would have to appear in ... More >>

Scott Wrobel

Time for charity and a leap beer this Week in Food

$2.50 pints at Town Hall on Wednesday​There's an extra day this month to cram in some more eating, so we recommend a few charitable dining enterprises or the well-timed "leap beer" at Town Hall on Wednesday to make the most of it. 2/28 Don't wait for takeout to get your Thai fix. Hit up the ... More >>

A Gift for Planet BX63

Sen. Linda Scheid honored at Power of the Pint party [VIDEO]

Surly Nation celebrates the taproom bill and honors its biggest champion.​Despite the rain, Surly Brewing Co. fans came out in droves to the "Power of the Pint" event in Brooklyn Center, a celebration of the passage of the Surly bill. Scattered throughout the brewery and tented outdoor bar were b ... More >>

Quincy Antwain Blue is the charred body found in St. Paul

Quincy Antwain Blue was found charred beyond recognition in a St. Paul alley​Police have identified the man found charred beyond recognition in a St. Paul alley Wednesday morning as 30-year-old Quincy Antwain Blue. Blue was involved in Minneapolis music as a rapper, originally with the Kanse ... More >>

Christopher Hayes indicted in Christopher DeRonde's murder

Christopher James Hayes​Christopher James Hayes, who unwittingly drove his alleged getaway vehicle directly towards a security camera, has been indicted in the Sept. 17 shooting death of Christopher Roy de Ronde at 30th and Colfax Avenues N. The 23-year-old Brooklyn Park man faces two counts ... More >>

Ghost Wing Challenge Finals at Girvan Grille seeks competitors!

www.wikipedia.comThe singular ghost pepper: This is gonna be HOT!​Think you're hot stuff? Then consider putting your spice tolerance to the test by competing in this year's Ghost Wing Challenge finals at Girvan Grille in Brooklyn Park on November 7th at 3:30. These wings, made with the world ... More >>

Mac Hammond's prosperity gospel church goes broke

Mac and Lynne Hammond find their church in the hole​God's feeling the recession pinch as hard as everyone else: Mac Hammond's prosperity gospel Living Word Christian Church is broke. Hennepin County records show that the Brooklyn Park building is now owned by the money changers. TCF Bank bou ... More >>

Robyne Robinson says Entenza campaign got minorities voting

It's over for Matt Entenza and Robyne Robinson​ By about 9:24 p.m., it was all over for the Matt Entenza campaign. Faces were long and tears were shed as Entenza conceded defeat in a gracious speech at his campaign headquarters in St. Paul Tuesday night. "It is with tremendous regret that I kno ... More >>

Letters to the Editor: Religious Awakening

After Monday's murder, is Lake Calhoun safe?

Memorial Day weekend--what better time to lie on the shores of Lake Calhoun? Unless, of course, you might be risking your life...

Newsweek's excellent Michele Bachmann adventure, Day 2

​Newsweek's Andrew Romano keeps up the tweets while traipsing around District 6 during Michele Bachmann's campaign stops masquerading as "jobs forums." "Seriously. These forums are very anti: anti-reg, anti-tax, anti-bailout. No fixes," he writes at the end of Day 1. "What will #Bachmann and ... More >>

North side shooting victim dies at North Memorial

​Minneapolis police have another homicide on their hands. Shortly before 10 p.m. last night, officers from the Fourth Precinct were dispatched to a shooting in the 1500 block of Newton Ave N. When they got there, they found what appeared to be a shooting scene -- but no victim. At about t ... More >>

Erik Paulsen spent $413,996.12 in taxpayer money last year to promote himself back home

That's the third highest amount spent by any member of the House of Representatives last year.

Brooklyn Park police arrest suspect in shooting of Fridley man

Police also identified the victim as Pierre Fischer of Fridley.

Avalon Security's Dan Seman terminates workers of all collars

Layoffs and downsizing keep Avalon in business

Man guilty in bat-beating death of bicyclist

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

Twin Cities fast food cravings leave three dead Sunday

If United's announcement last week that fatties have to pay double to ride their planes wasn't enough to make you skip out on a grease-ball meal this weekend, maybe this weekend's crazy fast food violence will be enough to curb your appetite.

11/19 Morning Must Reads

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

Madia wins!

Letters to the Editor

The Fall of the House of Tucker

After his son committed murder, a retired St. Paul cop had to choose between blood and justice

Reggaetón Animal

Immigrant dreams, dirty dancing, and the revolution: Meet the new Latin hip hop of Maria Isa and Danny y Elliot

Political Spending from the Pulpit

Out of House and Home

The number of foreclosures on Twin Cities homes spikes

Original Wolves Co-Owner Harvey Ratner Dead At 79

On the Corner

Four questions for the freeway exit-ramp beggars

One Nation, Invisible

The untold story of local hip hop: 1981 to 1996

Living in America

Meet the neighbors

Watered Down

The peculiar politics of watershed management in suburbia

Continental Drift

Life-long Learning Directory

Safe Haven for Individuals in Danger

Love on the Tracks

Spoken-word artist Truth Maze hitches the soul train to the peace train

Surf's Up, Ole!

Richfield Shocks, Fridley Shakes, Chaska Rocks

Pastrami Porn

THE ACLU JUST SAYS NO TO A POWER GRAB

Taking Liberties

THE MINNESOTA CIVIL Liberties Union's controversial board-packing move last spring--widely regarded as a power grab orchestrated by MCLU founder Matthew Stark and current president Jules Beck--has been condemned as undemocratic by the n

Tales of the Third Coast

The Big Stick

The neo-liberal creed: We're tired of feeling your pain.