Roseville

Parasole dips into tips

The local restaurant company takes 2 percent of servers' credit card gratuities

"Suicidal" man forces 100 to flee from Roseville hotel during police standoff

The man barricaded himself inside his room before surrendering.​More than 100 people staying at a Residence Inn in Roseville were evacuated Sunday as police held a standoff with a suicidal man whom they believed might have weapons, according to the Pioneer Press. The hotel, located near the County ... More >>

Volunteer for Fruit Gleaning Initiative to help fight hunger

Pick fruit, help fight hunger.​The Minnesota Project is hosting a launch party for its Fruit of the City gleaning initiative, a program by which volunteer pickers stock local food shelves with fresh fruit. Food shelves tend to receive more boxed and canned foods vs. perishable ones so the proj ... More >>

Coca-Cola Freestyle machines have arrived!

Testing out the new Freestyle soda machine at Davanni's.​Although Coca-Cola launched its new Freestyle soda machines in Atlanta and Southern California in 2009, it took two years for the sleek, customizable drink dispensers to arrive in the Twin Cities. A computer touch-screen on the Freesty ... More >>

Top 5 suburban patios you may not know about

Photo fromTria RestaurantSuburbanites need patios too​As a follow-up to yesterday's post about the top 5 under-the-radar restaurant patios in the Twin Cities, we thought we'd show the suburbs a little love today. While places like Maynard's in Excelsior and Grumpy's Bar and Grill in Rosevill ... More >>

(Anti)Wrecking Ball

Photo fromTria RestaurantSuburbanites need patios too​As a follow-up to yesterday's post about the top 5 under-the-radar restaurant patios in the Twin Cities, we thought we'd show the suburbs a little love today. While places like Maynard's in Excelsior and Grumpy's Bar and Grill in Rosevill ... More >>

James Ricky McBain sentenced for role in paralyzing Major the police dog

James Rickey McBain​Another of the three self-professed meth heads whose lousy decision making skills ended up causing "Major" the Roseville police dog to be paralyzed has been sentenced, but he'll spend just one day in prison. James Ricky McBain, 21, received a one year stayed sentence and t ... More >>

Brooklyn Brewery rolls into town: Week 1

Brooklyn Brewery kicks off three weeks of launch events​It's a great time to be a beer lover in the Twin Cities. Just as Stone Brewing Co. brings Stone Week Minnesota to an end, another high-profile brewery steps in to pick up where they left off. Brooklyn Brewery of Brooklyn, New York, kicked ... More >>

Eugene Glaraton, fugitive sex offender, captured in Roseville

Eugene Glaraton is back in the slammer.​After several weeks on the lam, convicted sex offender Eugene Glaraton has been captured in Roseville. "Back behind bars," says Department of Corrections spokesperson John Schadl with satisfaction. He says anonymous tips from the public led authorities rig ... More >>

Roseville InterBank robbers caught on camera

The two men are suspected in a string of suburban robberies.​Two guys in ski masks ran into an InterBank branch in Roseville on Wednesday morning. One of them whipped out a semi-automatic handgun, pointed it at an employee, and demanded she open the safe. "No funny money," one of the two men ... More >>

Roseville police cars collide while racing to Interbank robbery

Two Rosaeville squad cars were wrecked.​Two Roseville police cars collided this afternoon in front of the scene of a bank robbery, sending one injured officer to the hospital. Roseville cops received a report around noon of an armed robbery in progress at Interbank on County Road B2, near Fai ... More >>

Have you seen this dog?

Pendoodle​Flint Keller's cell phone rang yesterday morning while he was teaching his fourth grade class at Richardson Elementary School. It was his wife, Jenny. She said Roseville police had just called. They thought they'd found the family dog, Pendoodle. The Keller family's hunt for the dog si ... More >>

Major the Roseville police dog gets stem cell treatment

Doctors are trying to repair Major's spinal damage.​Roseville police officers were recently given some sad news. Despite surgeries and several weeks of physical therapy, Major -- the police dog who was viciously stabbed in November -- will not regain movement in his hind legs. On their websi ... More >>

Roel Joseph Perez guilty of stabbing and paralyzing Major the police dog

Roel Joseph Perez ​Major the Roseville police dog will never walk again, and may not ever be able to control his bodily functions. And it's all because of the way meth head Roel J. Perez Jr. attacked him so viciously during a botched robbery attempt last November. The 21-year-old Maplewood man pl ... More >>

Roseville girl's basketball half-court buzzer beater [VIDEO]

Jacqlyn Poss drains one. A big one.​Jacqlyn Poss has been playing varsity hoops for Roseville High School since the eighth grade. And the other night against Totino-Grace in the team's season opener, she proved her worth on the roster again. With Totino-Grace ahead by a single point, no time ... More >>

Trumpeter Swan shot and stranded is rescued

Screen shot from YouTube​It's a happy-ish tale, just in time for Thanksgiving: a poor swan with an injured left wing got some help from her non-feathered friends. Trumpeter swans, if you recall from E.B.White's children's masterpiece, The Trumpet of the Swan, are supposed to fly to places lik ... More >>

Major the Roseville police dog critical after stab wounds [UPDATE]

Major the police dog is in recovery after a serious stabbing incident.​After a weekend in surgery, it appears that Major the police dog is out of danger, but may not fully recover from a vicious stabbing. Early Friday morning, Major was released into a fenced off trucking company parking lot ... More >>

Twin Cities' best suburban restaurants

Nick VlcekSzechuan at Tian Jin: Worth a trip to the suburbs.​This week's Dish features Travail Kitchen and Amusements, whose unique, gourmet gastropub fare makes it worth the drive to Robbinsdale from elsewhere in the metro. If you live in Minneapolis or St. Paul, here are four more foodstuf ... More >>

Scott County Historical Society hosts 1940s-themed dance

​The Scott County Historical Society's mission is to search, save, and share its history and cultural heritage. As a result, the society hosts many events, programs, and projects throughout the year including Kids Kraft, archival projects, and museum exhibits. But all of this needs funding, of ... More >>

Timothy Morgan and Kristi Preimesberger nabbed here for Reno murder

Timothy Morgan walked right into an arrest​Brother and sister Timothy Morgan and Kristi Preimesberger, on the run from a murder investigation in Reno, were nabbed yesterday in a Roseville motel. The model citizens evidently left "suspicious" contraband laying around their room, only to have it ... More >>

Giant slingshot kills Roseville boy

Photo: whiteafricanA slingshot accident proves deadly.​Slingshots are the prop of choice for rapscallions from Dennis the Menace to Bart Simpson -- and probably that pesky kid who lives down the block from your house, too. The one who seems like he's ready to put someone's eye out. But until t ... More >>

Cops say Dean Lindo snapped 700 lewd pix of little girls at library, zoo

Police say they found 675 pictures of girls' nether regions on Dean Lindo's cameras​This is a long way from the boyhood prank of trying to sneak a peek up a girl's skirt: Dean Kenneth Lindo has been arrested after police say they found something like 700 crotch shots of girls on is digital cam ... More >>

Szechuan and Grand Szechuan spicing up the suburbs

Dan Dan noodles might be the new pad Thai

Roseville hosting its first Restaurant Week this week

Roseville's putting on its first Restaurant Week this week, with 11 restaurants offering three-course meals for $25.

Roseville Subway customers say subs gave them norovirus

Sick Subway employees likely to blame for outbreak of norovirus says a lawsuit filed this week.

Police looking for gunman in Roseville

Two buildings are on lock-down and an office building has been evacuated after a gunman was spotted prowling in the area. Officers are still on the scene. (UPDATE: police have arrested a suspect accused of taking a woman hostage with a sawed-off shotgun).

Readers respond to "The Deadly Road to Wellville"

Two buildings are on lock-down and an office building has been evacuated after a gunman was spotted prowling in the area. Officers are still on the scene. (UPDATE: police have arrested a suspect accused of taking a woman hostage with a sawed-off shotgun).

Top 5: Food on Snelling now that the fair is over

Bummed the fair's over? You can still hang out and eat on Snelling Ave.

Rosefest

Bummed the fair's over? You can still hang out and eat on Snelling Ave.

April Fools Day the next Y2K? Run for your lives!

Tomorrow is April Fools Day and the world is probably ending. Computers infected with a virus will join forces and destroy everything in their path. Get ready for it.

The 8 best places to watch the Super Bowl

No, not your living room. We're talking sports bars, with cheap beer and giant HD TVs!

GOP: Top 10 worst funding requests from Minnesota cities

Har Mar Superstar

10/31 Morning Must Reads

Spring Big Band Hangar Dance

Marsie Leier

The Pioneer

Man tries to commit suicide by diving into wood chipper and lives (w/pictures)

The Pioneer

Roseville's China Jen is an old-school adventure

A quest for the elusive soup dumpling leads to a rough-around-the-edges find

Art attacks the suburbs, making it cooler

A quest for the elusive soup dumpling leads to a rough-around-the-edges find

Kids beware: former Roseville mayor runs for school board

A quest for the elusive soup dumpling leads to a rough-around-the-edges find

One Hand Washes the Other

Are the state GOP and an antiabortion group conspiring against runoff voting?

Viewmaster

Are the state GOP and an antiabortion group conspiring against runoff voting?

Crust Clobbers Snobbery

Are the state GOP and an antiabortion group conspiring against runoff voting?

Social Studies

Our campuses, ourselves: That's entertainment!

Grave Matters

Minnesota's dead are only a click away

November Calendar of Events

Minnesota's dead are only a click away

Mug Shots

The Minneapolis Police Department brings honor back to the trading-card business

The Last Picture Show

Movie theaters used to have majestic screens, rocking chairs, and real butter. Some still do.

Bugged

As long as the bugs don't read the paper.

1996 Best Of Twin Cities Readers' Poll

As long as the bugs don't read the paper.