Ramsey County

Erwin Lingitz sues after he's arrested for allegedly stealing free samples from Cub Foods

Nearly three years after he was roughed up and arrested for allegedly swiping free samples from the White Bear Township Cub Foods, 68-year-old Erwin Lingitz has filed a federal lawsuit seeking $375,000 in damages.SEE ALSO: Camera unlawfully taken by Ramsey County deputy: "If I end up on YouTube, I'm ... More >>

Jeffrey Trevino plotted to leave country after posting bail, prosecutors say

After he was charged with murdering his wife, Kira, Jeffrey Trevino's bail was set at a relatively high $1 million.SEE ALSO: Jeffrey Trevino has a very creepy picture of his missing wife on his Facebook profile [IMAGE] During a court hearing yesterday, Trevino's attorney, John Conard, argued that hi ... More >>

MNGOP evicted from office space, owes about $100,000 to landlord

Talk about a bad tenant!Politics in Minnesota reports that Massachusetts-based Hub Properties Trust has filed paperwork in Ramsey County to evict the MNGOP from the Capitol Office Building space the party had been "renting."We say "renting" because in an internal party memo leaked to Politico earlie ... More >>

Rory Koch was busted for child porn possession while running for Ramsey County commissioner

​In the fall of 2010, Rory Koch, a longtime employee of the Minnesota House of Representatives, ran for Ramsey County commissioner.Though he didn't win the election, Koch ended up receiving a respectable 25 percent of the vote. Little did Ramsey County residents know when they cast their ballots t ... More >>

Vikings stadium: Minneapolis, Ramsey County release final funding proposals

​As far as the Vikings stadium controversy is concerned, the time for talk is nearing an end.Today, Minneapolis and Ramsey County -- the two leading contenders to serve as the site of a new public-private NFL stadium -- submitted their final stadium funding proposals, less than two weeks before th ... More >>

Shakopee, out of nowhere, announces Vikings stadium bid

​Maybe the the mayor of Shakopee simply misread his calendar by a year.That's because today -- one day before the Governor Dayton-imposed deadline for final stadium proposals -- Shakopee Mayor Brad Tabke plans to hold a news conference at the State Capitol to announce the suburb is "going after th ... More >>

Vikes stadium: Dayton asks city, Ramsey County to play hurry-up

Minneapolis leaders are mounting a last-minute drive to keep the Vikings in town. ​Governor Dayton wants Minneapolis and Ramsey County to deploy hurry-up offenses in hopes of bringing closure to the Vikings' stadium drive.Today, he sent the Ramsey County board and Mayor R.T. Rybak letters setting ... More >>

Former Sheriff Bob Fletcher's Somalia seminar called "anti-Muslim"

Bob Fletcher in his former post as Ramsey County sheriff.​After he lost the election for Ramsey County sheriff, Bob Fletcher declared a new passion: educating law enforcement about Somali culture and history. He dubbed the new venture the Center for Somalia History Studies, and its first event -- ... More >>

Citywide sales tax, statewide pull-tabs might pay for Vikings stadium

Just 20 more ideas, and we'll get this stadium thing figured out.​The Minnesota Vikings new stadium has led to a stack of ideas from public officials on how to get the thing built and paid for. Tax on Ramsey County? State legacy funds? Block E Casino downtown? Now, there are two more ideas: One, f ... More >>

Judge Kathleen Gearin supports Dayton in government shutdown

​With the Minnesota government shutdown less than 36 hours away, a critical ruling from Ramsey County Judge Kathleen Gearin has finally given people an idea of what a shutdown means: Gov. Mark Dayton's minimalist view of the core functions of government that would keep running during a shutdown. ... More >>

Cory Merrifield, SaveTheVikes.org leader, boosts new stadium plans

Courtesy Savethevikes.org.Vikings superfan Cory Merrifiled, right, has been lobbying for a new stadium since 2009. ​On Tuesday, a lot of Vikings fans celebrated a victory when team owners struck a deal with Ramsey County to build a new stadium in Arden Hills. But even with a location suppose ... More >>

Former Sheriff Bob Fletcher's department audit nears completion

Will an audit of Bob Fletcher's regime come up clean?​After Bob Fletcher lost his re-election bid for Ramsey County Sheriff last fall, many eagerly awaited what they were sure would be a revelatory change of guard with new sheriff, Matt Bostrom. One of the most anticipated revelations: A finan ... More >>

Edgar Jordan admits to throat-punching park musician

Photo: Ramsey County.Police say Jordan and his friends made off with some change and the victim's shoes.​Edgar Jordan, a 24-year-old St. Paul man with a dense criminal history, admitted yesterday to brutally beating a musician in Kellogg Park last summer. Jordan cracked the guy's Adam's apple ... More >>

No accountability for Bob Fletcher: Comment of the day

Bob Fletcher tells everyone to mind their own business.​Former Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher defended himself yesterday against accusations that he fabricated terrorism reports by saying, "We don't have an obligation to define which individual or groups we're spending most of our investig ... More >>

Former Sheriff Fletcher denies fabricating terrorism investigations

​Former Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher is firing back at a Twin Cities Daily Planet report that says he lied about the work his deputies did on terrorist organizations. Specifically, the article questions the existence of 78 information briefs on terrorist groups that Fletcher reported his d ... More >>

Shane Rylander and Will Hague arrested in DNR mounted deer heist [UPDATE]

Photo: Ramsey County.Police booked Rylander, 40, of St. Paul, on suspicion of possessing stolen property.​Here's a very Minnesotan crime: Heisting deer heads from the Department of Natural Resources. Police say someone broke into DNR-owned storage facilities earlier this week and left with po ... More >>

Justus Ogendi Kebabe admits killing wife and two kids

​It was a gruesome scene: a mother and her two children, ages 8 and 10, dead in a Vadnais Heights apartment building late last night. Justus Ogendi Kebabe, 43, has already confessed to killing his wife and kids.

Chelscia English arrested after toddler crashes SUV

Chelscia English.​Chelscia English has just learned first hand the truth behind that old saying, "You can't take your eyes off that kid for a minute." That's what she did the other night in St. Paul when she parked her SUV with the engine running and ran into the Rainbow Foods on Arcade Stree ... More >>

Mayor Chris Coleman offers insider's guide to great St. Paul eateries

Mayor Coleman hits neighborhood haunts​St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman is gearing up for his city to host one of the most food-tastic events in the state: the newly revamped Taste of Minnesota. While you may find the mayor lurking near the Barrio taco truck this weekend, the rest of the year he ... More >>

Susan Mwarabu guilty of channeling Mike Tyson

Susan Mukuhi Mwarabu​Northfield 6th grade teacher Susan Mukuhi Mwarabu, 30, of Rochester, pleaded guilty in Ramsey County District Court to third-degree felony assault yesterday, following a Mike Tyson moment last month at the Uptowner cafe in St. Paul in which she bit off a piece of someone's ... More >>

Daniil Usachev huffed his car into tree

​Bad enough that a hit off a can of condensed air dust remover qualifies as getting high. Worse still: Doing it from behind the wheel of car, with other people along for the ride. But that's what police say Daniil Usachev did last August in Hastings, before they found him in his car. It had ru ... More >>

Second Twin Cities suburban cougar sighting in two days

A homeowner in Vadnais Heights near the Interstate 35E/694 junction reports seeing a cougar.

Readers respond to "Pawlenty's Path to the Presidency"

Report: Metro Gang Strike Force chairman used influence to spare daughter's car

It's been a horrendous two months for the Metro Gang Strike Force, publicity-wise, and the hits keep a-comin'.

Meet Bob Fletcher: Ramsey County's most controversial cop

Ramsey County Sheriff fends off charges of cronyism

Christ's Household of Faith acts like a deadbeat dad

The St. Paul church has fought for 20 years to avoid paying for a former member's kids

The Senate race rages on, Minnesotans are fed up

The trial must start within three weeks and might not end until March or later, Coleman's lawyer says.

Dump your Christmas tree, save your house from fire

RNC 8 face more charges, more trials this week

Senate recount begins, disappoints with lack of drama

The recount in the race between Norm Coleman and Al Franken started today without a bang.

Anarchists Unmasked

Anarchists now have another reason for being anarchists

Can't get Ridder him

Par's Download Blues

The ink-stained Benedict Arnold gets his comeuppance in court

10/11 Morning Communiqué

Courting Trouble

Judicial candidates in Minnesota can now be endorsed by a political party. The money hasn't flowed yet, but some races have already been politicized.

Smokers, Red Light Runners Unite

Two high-profile court decisions pave the way for novel class action suits

Crime blotter: repeat customer

The Last Place on Earth

After the final remaining Hmong refugee camp in Thailand closed, Minnesota greeted five thousand new residents with warm words and closed doors. Now many are homeless and struggling to survive.

Resident Alien

Ms. Reiter goes to St. Paul

Unstuffing the Ballot Box

Key St. Paul City Council races enter the home stretch

Off Beat

Arrested Development

City officials say the head of the Frogtown Action Alliance is dodging them. Two former employees say he sexually harassed them. Leaders in the struggling St. Paul neighborhood fear Shem Shakir's bad karma is contagious.

Death In The Family

First Khoua Her asked the clans for help. Then she went to the courts. By the time police found her six children dead, she'd run out of places to turn.

Silent Scream

A series of teen rapes shocks local Hmong parents into confronting a new culture: their children.

If You Got 'Em

With only three ashtrays to serve everyone where Minnesota's anti-tobacco suit is being heard, courthouse janitors have their work cut out for them.

Saint Bore

In Ward 3, home to one of St. Paul's two hotly contested City Council campaigns, the race parallels the mayoral contest. Incumbent Mike Harris has been drawing fire from his challenger, DFL endorsee Randy Schubring, for defending "the special interests of

Embattled Creek

East Side residents called their own hearing to ask Ramsey County Commissioner Dino Guerin and his colleagues to stop a 1978 plan to build in Battle Creek Park.

Shrink Rapped

Did a local Psychologist conjure a patient's "memories" of cannibalism and torture?

No Fuss, No Muss