U of M player Reggie Lynch released without charge in rape case
University of Minnesota basketball player Reggie Lynch spent 36 hours in jail with his future hanging in the balance. On Tuesday he was released, and given back a form of freedom. His future is no...
View ArticlePetition: Replace columnist Joe Soucheray with 'Potato That Kinda Looks Like...
Joe Soucheray just tells it like it is. Like it is according to him. The right-leaning Pioneer Press columnist and radio host makes no apologies for dispensing his harsh "garage logic" on the world. In...
View ArticleScooby Doo-themed 'Mystery Machine' van crashed into a St. Paul house
Scooby Dooby Doo, where are you? Last night, you were wandering around the streets of St. Paul, according to an amazing tweet from the St. Paul Police Department. It doesn't seem anyone was hurt in...
View ArticleErik Felsheim caught with $65,000 to buy weed, but that's not a crime
Erik Felsheim reigns as Waseca's traffic ticket king. Since 2009, he's been flagged six times, including a 2014 stop when he wasn't wearing a seatbelt, but did have some pot. Felshiem took his...
View ArticleKathleen Doenz, serial animal abuser, gets prison after a decade of cruelty
Kathleen Doenz's career of official meanness toward animals started in 2004. Officials slapped the Pine County woman with 83 criminal counts. Among the charges: failing to provide water and adequate...
View ArticleReminder: Cops can see the gang-affiliated rap videos you post online [VIDEO]
An amateur rap video filmed in north Minneapolis has been watched at least 90,000 times online, according to Youtube statistics. That's pretty good. What's not good is some of those views were by...
View ArticleTarget sues Michael Turner, man who rescued teen stabbing victim
Unleash hell did Leon Walls. On an evening in March 2013, the 41-year-old Walls made his way into a Target store in Pittsburgh's East Liberty neighborhood. The homeless man with a long history of...
View ArticleAP report: Prince died of 'opioid overdose'
Rumors of drug use had surfaced within days of the sudden death of Prince, who was found unresponsive in his home on the morning of April 21. Subsequent reporting from the Star Tribune said friends of...
View ArticleExasperated cops seek help in case of north Minneapolis 10-year-old hit by...
This spring and early summer has already been a violent one for Minneapolis. The number of shooting victims through the first five months of the year nearly double the rate in 2015 (123 this year,...
View ArticleFeminist graffiti in south Minneapolis: Men are 'jealous of our orgasms'
A special kind of graffiti has been hitting south Minneapolis lately, tagging bridge overpasses with a message rarely seen in spray paint. Usually it's some guy's gang sign. Maybe there's an animal, or...
View ArticleRep. Tony Cornish, in Star Tribune op-ed: 'Don't be a thug' and you'll be fine
Rep. Tony Cornish, R-Vernon Center, is chair of the Minnesota House of Representatives committee that focuses on "public safety." That means he wields a lot of power on laws regarding criminal...
View ArticleDouglas Israelson charged with 11th drunk driving offense
Douglas Keith Israelson of Superior, Wisconsin keeps on getting arrested for drunk driving. On May 29, the 57-year-old blew past a cop doing 40 mph in a 25 mph zone, according to the criminal complaint...
View ArticleAllen Scarsella, alleged shooter of Black Lives Matter protesters, claims...
Here's one version of what happened one cold, sad night last November: Four young racists came to confront Black Lives Matter Minneapolis, and other supporters, at a protest of the Minneapolis Police...
View ArticleSauk Rapids gas station tries to discourage crime ... by encouraging guns
The town of Sauk Rapids (population 13,000 and change) is not a dangerous place. Just look at the new edition of the Sauk Rapids Herald that was delivered this morning. The top two stories are about a...
View ArticleMom shares upsetting video of teenage daughter getting jumped in the woods...
What started as a DWI arrest in the town of St. Francis took a very ugly turn on Friday, according to a mother's Facebook post. As Jennifer Connolly DeTennancour frames this video, her daughter,...
View ArticleTeens Jordan Krolak and Casey Danielson, last seen in Bemidji, missing for...
Two Minnesota teenagers, one with a history of running away in the past, have not been seen by parents or friends since June 5, more than two weeks ago. Jordan Krolak and Casey Danielson, both 17,...
View ArticleMankato Free Press readers like Tony Cornish's 'don't be a thug' letter
The advice of Rep. Tony Cornish on how not to get killed by police brought widespread condemnation from urban liberals and people of color. The former thought Cornish was overly trusting of authority;...
View ArticleSamuel Ronneberg charged with punching Edina cop till she passed out
Samuel Ronneberg, 25, was driving in Edina late in the night of June 19 when a cop pulled him over. Like a lot of police officers who patrol the suburbs, she was working alone. The officer noticed that...
View ArticleLisa Ann Tucker pleads guilty to beating her dog with a hammer
Lisa Ann Tucker can't stay out of trouble. The 56-year-old Columbia Heights woman was convicted of felony check forgery in 2008. She spent two months in the Ramsey County Correctional Facility before...
View ArticleCharges: Man dressed as man followed kids into public bathroom
Jeffrey Gerdes, a 28-year-old Maple Grove man, has been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and violations of privacy for the unsettling behavior he allegedly engaged in on June 18. During a...
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