Farmington

Man arrested for drunkenly hitting on Lakeville Taco Bell drive-thru employee

You can't blame a guy for trying, but you can blame him for being creepy and drunk -- especially when he's behind the wheel after bar close at a Taco Bell drive-thru.SEE ALSO: Vikings' Jerome Felton, arrested for DWI in McDonald's drive-thru, was lovin' it too much Nathan Halverson, a 26-year-old La ... More >>

Country Music Festivals: The good, the bad and the smelly

Ohhh, the weather outside is... not as bad as they said it was gonna be? Okay, it still sucks. But soon -- yes, soon... too soon in fact! -- it will be summer, and it will be really stupidly hot, and we'll be going to music festivals and become reacquainted with the sweet summer smell of a beer-and- ... More >>

Man allegedly pointed gun at car, mouthed "boom" during road rage incident on I-35E

A middle finger allegedly wasn't enough ammunition for 42-year-old Farmington resident Bobby Munn when he got into it with another driver on I-35E on the afternoon of March 17. So he reached into his door pocket and grabbed his gun.FROM LAST FALL: Cambridge man swerved car at passing motorcyclists, ... More >>

Mound Westonka hockey players and parents irate about Harlem Shake video suspensions

Last Friday, the second-seeded Mound Westonka hockey team played a sectional playoff game against seventh-seeded Blake.SEE ALSO:-- Minnesota does the Harlem Shake: The ten best local Harlem Shake videos on YouTube -- Austin Krause, angry Farmington goalie, explains why he screwed his own team -- Sou ... More >>

Angry hockey dad yells insult while holding infant, tells another parent he'll cave his face in [VIDEO]

Since it happened in Winnipeg, this story isn't exactly local. Then again, Minnesota is the State of Hockey, and Winnipeg is almost as close to the Twin Cities as some of the NoDak shenanigans we've covered.SEE ALSO: Sherwin Shayegan, Piggyback Bandit, is in Minnesota So with that caveat out of the ... More >>

Angry Farmington goalie intentionally scores own goal, flips off own team as he skates away [VIDEO]

Talk about going out with a bang!SEE ALSO: "Bad Lip Reading" starring AP is hilarious [VIDEO] Last night, during a Senior Night game, a senior goalie for Farmington High School expressed unhappiness over his playing time by scoring the game-tying goal in his own net with just over three minutes left ... More >>

Austin Krause, angry Farmington goalie, explains why he screwed his own team

Regardless of anything he may have accomplished on the ice, Austin Krause's high school hockey career will undoubtedly be best remembered for the way he screwed over his own team at the end of his Senior Night game last night.SEE ALSO: Angry Farmington goalie intentionally scores own goal, flips off ... More >>

Brian Wutschke allegedly drove down University Ave. fellating a sex toy

SEE ALSO:-- St. Paul has the safest drivers in the country, new study finds-- Edina drunk driver refuses to put down burrito, offers bribe, blows .284, flips bird during mug-- Bryan Hathaway, Duluth-area dead deer sexer, allegedly assaults officer at Wal MartDead-deer ditch sex, holding up traffic b ... More >>

Dispute over apartment building parking spot leads to butcher-knife brawl, felony charges

MORE DAKOTA COUNTY CRIME:-- Kyle Dague, 23, charged with manslaughter following friend's mysterious shooting death-- Jenna Schultz, 26-year-old student teacher, allegedly sent Simley senior nude photo, sextsParking spots at an apartment building on the 4300 block of 2220th Street in Farmington are a ... More >>

Country Music Festival Season Preview: Have you ordered your Mini-Biff?

"Load up the RV, mama - we're goin' to WE Fest." You wish. Working stiffs like us don't get Fridays off, and we ain't got no RV. Maybe you ain't even got no mama. Poor you. But for those with mamas, vacation time, and an RV (or the dogged tenacity to sleep in a hot, muddy tent next to the portable ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Minnesota gangbangers swept up in nationwide dragnet

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

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.

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.

The Hiawatha: Secret skatepark of local board legends

Old Timers Club unites select group of skaters over 30

Craigslist babysitter ad murder trial starts this week

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

Thy Neighbor's House

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

The Fragging of Patrick Garofalo

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

Nonlinear Drama

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

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?

Bury the Truth at Wounded Knee

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

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.

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?

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.

Why Johnny Can’t Breathe

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

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.

November Calendar of Events

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.

Let Them Eat Sludge Cake

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

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