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  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Van Travis Bailey smashed wine glass across woman's face at Gay 90's

    Van Travis Bailey smashed a woman's face with a wine glass at the Gay 90's, prosecutors allege. Bailey was hanging out at Gay 90's downtown around 2:30 A.M. on April 22 with his girlfriend, who he lost track of. Bailey went looking for her in the woman's restroom where another woman, identified as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Jungle, Boehlke, dial 'M' once again

    ​Bain Boehlke's first encounter with Dial M For Murder is more than a half century in the past. As a youth in Farmington, the young impresario had his own summer theater. One summer, he brought Frederick Knott's then-new thriller to the stage.This weekend, Boehlke once again helms the show, openin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Multicourse meals and a wild tomato fight this week in food

    Celebrate all things Summit​Turn your haphazard summer dining style on its head and opt for one of this week's many multicourse dinners. Some honor stogies while others raise funds for a good cause, but all offer heaps of food made by top local chefs. Then cap your weekend off with a giant tom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    James and Wendy Ober charged with massive, $10 million mortgage fraud

    Hennepin County Attorney's OfficeThe Obers allegedly used these and other fake business identities written on the back of a cell phone.​Hennepin County prosecutors filed racketeering charges Tuesday against husband and wife real estate team James and Wendy Ober of Hudson, Wis., and two Minnesota m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    Republicans want to eliminate school desegregation

    Big things going down under the dome.​The GOP majority in the Minnesota legislature has already put out some pretty remarkable bills this session -- the ones doing away with pay equity for women, the one limiting welfare recipients to $20 in cash withdrawals, the one requiring welfare recipien ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Tucker the Turtle hitches home

    Photo: Animal Humane SocietyTucker the turtle is taking a trip.​We're glad to hear that Tucker the Eastern Box Turtle has found a ride back to his old Kentucky home. Winter's coming, and the poor little homeless reptile would probably feel out of sorts north of the Mason-Dixon line when the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2010

    Red Stag and the Grass Fed Cattle Company say "Beef: it's what's for dinner" this Week in Food

    Infrogmation Keep your shirt on (and your mask) during Linden Hills Coop's New Orleans-style parade. ​Beef gets a lot of play this week with Red Stag playing host to the Peterson Limousin Farms family (producers of prized Limousin cattle) and Farmer Dan of the Grass Fed Cattle Company inviting the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Minnesota Scottish Fair, Saturday, May 22

    ​ This weekend put on your kilt and head North to Farmington to celebrate all things Scottish at the 7th Annual Minnesota Scottish Fair. There will be shepherding, bagpipes a-piping, and a Celtic parade, not to mention Scottish eggs, and haggis. There is also a family tent, with lots of fun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2010

    Minnesota gangbangers swept up in nationwide dragnet

    Richfield Police Chief Barry Fritz was among those who were on hand for the Washington press conference.

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Mom to drugged driver who killed daughter: "We don't hate you"

    A grieving mom tells the man who caused her daughter's death that she doesn't want him to go to jail for what he did.

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    Lakeville teen who killed three in crash semi-conscious

    Police have still not interviewed the 17-year-old boy who allegedly drove the pickup that crashed into a car carrying three generations of a Lakeville family on Saturday.

  • News

    August 12, 2009

    The Hiawatha: Secret skatepark of local board legends

    Old Timers Club unites select group of skaters over 30

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    Craigslist babysitter ad murder trial starts this week

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

  • News

    October 17, 2007

    Thy Neighbor's House

    How far will an ambitious priest go to expand his church?

  • News

    March 8, 2006

    The Fragging of Patrick Garofalo

    Voting for a gas tax seems to be a political death sentence in House District 36B

  • Arts

    February 16, 2005

    Nonlinear Drama

    Bain Boehlke's meander from teenage barn-theater impresario to middle-aged drifter to Jungle Theater visionary

  • News

    October 20, 2004

    The Long Shot and the Colonel

    The DFL picked neophyte Teresa Daly to unseat Bush lapdog John Kline in the conservative Second District. Does she even have a chance?

  • Arts

    July 7, 2004

    Bury the Truth at Wounded Knee

    Dennis Banks’s new memoir—and the murder that won’t go away

  • News

    January 3, 2001

    Blood on the Moon

    When Cleotha Howard moved to the suburbs, she imagined a world far away from the street gangs of north Minneapolis. She never dreamed her youngest son would be murdered.

  • News

    May 17, 2000

    Magic Bus

    The NAACP's education lawsuit promised to be a watershed case for poor and minority kids. So when exactly did the wheels come off?

  • News

    February 16, 2000

    Bury My Heart

    For years it has been whispered that the 1976 slaying of American Indian Movement activist Anna Mae Aquash was an inside job. Now a new rash of accusations aims squarely at local heroes Clyde and Vernon Bellecourt.

  • News

    December 15, 1999

    Why Johnny Can’t Breathe

    Sick kids, wheezing teachers, baffled administrators: Minneapolis schools encounter trouble in the air

  • News

    December 8, 1999

    Hot Enough For Ya?

    Back when no one believed in global climate change, local meteorologist Bruce Watson sounded the alarm. Now that everybody's predicting disaster, he's bucking the trend again.

  • Feature

    November 1, 1999

    November Calendar of Events

    Back when no one believed in global climate change, local meteorologist Bruce Watson sounded the alarm. Now that everybody's predicting disaster, he's bucking the trend again.

  • News

    August 25, 1999

    Bull Headed

    Josh Wagner tips the scales at 150 pounds. The animals he tries to ride weigh ten times as much. Other than that, they're a lot alike.

  • Books

    November 4, 1998

    Let Them Eat Sludge Cake

    A new plan for disposing of metro-area sewage has critics crying foul

  • News

    March 12, 1997

    Behind Closed Doors

    Garbage houses made the news briefly nine years ago when police discovered the notorious Eggert house in St. Paul. But the truth is that Twin Cities-area inspectors have been finding them for over 20 years. How do lives fall so completely--and so privatel

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