South St. Paul

South St. Paul cop allegedly hit mailboxes, cars, and gas pumps during drunken morning cruise

Sergeant Cory Slifko, a South St. Paul cop who was promoted in January, is on paid leave and facing a host of charges after he allegedly went on an off-duty drunken cruise from Farmington into Rosemount last Tuesday morning.SEE ALSO: Carlton County Attorney Thom Pertler's 0.234 DUI arrest: The dashb ... More >>

Full-body spandex outfits "freaking people out" in Woodbury

SEE ALSO: Forest Lake school bans Taylor Gang shirts because 'name is code word for marijuana use'If it is indeed the case that full-body outfits are cool in South St. Paul, then we must ask: What the frack isn't cool in South St. Paul?A recent police blotter item out of Woodbury is so weird that it ... More >>

Communion wafer that turned blood red not a miracle after all

Father John Echert via The Eponymous FlowerThe discoloration was actually caused by a fungus, not a miracle. ​The mystery behind the discarded communion wafer that ominously turned blood red in a St. Paul church has been solved. When the strange event occurred at St. Augustine Church in south St ... More >>

Best of Hot Dish: October 31-November 4, 2011

Say goodbye to fall leaves--and food trucks​The days are getting shorter, signaling the time for hunkering down, dressing in warm woolens, simmering hearty soups on the stove, and throwing another log on the fire. It is also time to catch up with Hot Dish's choicest stories. ~November is Juic ... More >>

Communion wafer turns blood red in St. Paul church: Miracle or fungus? [POLL]

Christ or crud? You decide.​The local Catholic Archdiocese has a mystery on its hands of Da Vinci Code-esque proportions. The burning issue at hand -- has a miracle occurred in the sleepy town of South St. Paul? Or were the events that have turned St. Augustine Catholic Church on its head to blam ... More >>

Solera's suckling pig dinner is Sunday

​We aren't going to say you can pig out at this event, because that would be too obvious, but Sunday will be an extra special evening at Solera, as it hosts a suckling pig dinner on its second floor terrace. Solera's executive chef Jorge Guzman will be at the helm, with charcuterie king Mike Phill ... More >>

Keith Ellison accuses Tim Pawlenty of drinking "the Kool-Aid"

Keith Ellison: T-Paw's a phoney.​Who is Tim Pawlenty? Recent polls suggest that few Republicans know or care when it comes to the 2012 presidential race. And a lot of Minnesotans are scratching their heads as he moves further and further to the right to court tea partiers. Now comes Rep. Keit ... More >>

Lake Nokomis readies for pond hockey spectacular

Thousands come to watch, so someone has to build the rinks

Booya season is here: We talk to a master of the mystery stew

South Saint Paul wants to make this much booya.​It sounds like something a frat boy would yell out after drinking from a beer bong, but a booya is much more than an exclamation of hard partying. Minnesotans can't claim many foods as their own (well, booya is shared with a small part of Wisconsin), ... More >>

Girl uses iPod and Facebook to report assault as it happened

Raymond Ernest Cesmat is charged with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct​While our senators scratch their heads over Facebook privacy and safety worries, a 12-year-old girl from South St. Paul just stepped up to show us adults how to use the technology the right way. She used a ... More >>

Nicholas Lee Rolfer charged with sexually assualting ex-girlfriend at party while she cried for help

A St. Patrick's Day party in South St. Paul turned into a horrifying scene last week when a 19-year-old South St. Paul man allegedly sexually assaulted and beat his ex-girlfriend while she screamed for help.

Vivid-Alt's Vin Vericose transforms from Minnesota boy to porn star

Chad Fjerstad and his pornstar girlfriend move to L.A. to make it in the skin trade

Early morning storms cut power for nearly 5,000 in metro

Most of the outages are in the east metro and Xcel Energy plans to have all power restored by lunch time.

South St. Paul 10-year-old boy slain

A 10-year-old boy was found dead in his South Saint Paul home Monday night. His mother and sister were also injured.

Tim Pawlenty, Denny Hecker, and animal poop

One leaves, one vows to return, and one stinks

Worst Cups of Coffee - St. Paul edition

Heavy Table unloads on the St. Paul coffee scene.

Pawlenty says he won't seek third term; no comment on run for president

"When it comes to how long someone should stay in an elected position, a little less is better than too much," Pawlenty said.

More Coleman allegations, Purity Boot Camp, and Miley dads

Blotter serves up the weird Twin Cities news fit to print

Bad idea: Threatening to shoot IRS reps

Taxes can enrage anyone, but that doesn't mean you need to threaten to commit drive-by shootings against tax collectors. It's just probably a really bad idea.

Goat makes dramatic slaughterhouse escape, is murdered by police

Living the dream life roaming free along the Mississippi River, a goat's life came to an abrupt end when a South St. Paul police officer opened fire on the terrifying beast roaming the streets and threatening residents.

'Cold Case Playing Cards' leads to identification of woman's remains

The state's Bureau of Apprehension created a deck of playing cards highlighting unsolved cases. Sure enough it finally led to the identification of one woman's remains who had been missing since 1982.

Long Cheng livestock market slays your meal in front of you

St. Paul slaughterhouse lets you watch as your dinner is butchered

11/7 Morning Must Reads

Outdoors amendment and Minneapolis school levy also win

Tim Pawlenty will have his revenge on high school tormenters

Minnesota becomes second state to offer treatment to veterans who commit crimes

Legislators say it makes more sense to rehabilitate

Slaughterhouse workers back union

Organizers: beef-processing plant is using recent immigration raids to bust union

Slaughterhouse Rules: Is South St. Paul's Dakota Premium Foods plant "in open-warfare mode" against labor?

We're Hockeytown, USA

South St. Paul: New home to Chuck Norris Park?

Road rage with a This Old House twist

Nightlife, Next Exit

Tonight we're gonna party Maplewood-style

Minnesota by the numbers: Senate expense report edition

Wal-Mart: always more stores

Crime blotter: Holy theft

Red v. Blue: Dead heats in MN

Crime blotter: Sloshed in South St. Paul

Screwing Joe Lunchbucket

In Pawlenty's Minnesota, regular guys get squeezed, fat cats get off easy

We Regret Nothing

Singing the victory anthem of the "loosers" on Nov. 3

Viewmaster

Wal-Mart Wants Your Job

As the Retailing Behemoth Prepares to Open Its First Store in the Twin Cities Metro, Neighborhoods and Workers Brace Themselves for the Wal-Mart Treatment: Low Wages, Union Busting, and a Big, Friendly Smile

A Portrait of the Governor as a Young Weenie

Grant Hart recalls his old classmate, Tim Pawlenty

Take This Job and Shove It Up Your Arse

Labor is no party in the brilliant BBC comedy 'The Office'

Organized Slaughter

Falling carcasses and untreated injuries: Meatpackers at Dakota Premium Foods were driven to form a union. But not even that got the company's attention.

Live Wires

Armed with new evidence linking power lines and cancer, activists appeal to the courts

Midnight Express

As boxcars give way to bicycles, a railroad veteran remembers sweat, speed, and mayhem along the 29th Street corridor

Sunfish Lake: The Phantom Menace

NSP says its power-line project is just a routine upgrade. Scientists promise there's nothing to fear. But in this tony St. Paul suburb, there's talk of miscarriages, cancer, and lawsuits.

Cut, Kill, and Carry

Long Cheng does a brisk business in fresh meat, but if South St. Paul boosters have their way, it's the slaughterhouse that will have to go

Ed's Neighborhood

Why the worms of St. Paul are breathing a little easier

Bloody Fight