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St. Paul officers identified in shooting of man at Snelling and University

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says 4 St. Paul cops fired handguns or rifles in an incident Monday at Snelling and University avenues. They identified them and two other officers Wednesday who fired nonlethal rounds within the shooting of...

Man shot by St. Paul officers is suspect in deadly shootings at Minneapolis homeless encampment, police say

A person shot by St. Paul cops Monday night is a suspect in two recent homicides and two other shootings in Minneapolis, Minneapolis police said Tuesday. Earl Bennett, 40, was in critical but stable condition on the hospital as of...

St. Paul police, Minnesota National Guard team as much as steer military members to careers as officers

As law enforcement agencies struggle to search out latest officers, St. Paul police and the Minnesota National Guard are teaming as much as work on recruitment and find profession paths for soldiers once they leave the service. The Army has...

As St. Paul cold snap continues, officers carry gloves, meat sticks and directions to warmth

Because the Rev. Darryl Spence and Andre Robinson walked through downtown St. Paul’s skyways Wednesday, they handed out gloves and meat sticks to those in need. Robinson tried to persuade two young men to take gloves, which had been donated...

Police chief’s first yr: Tackling gun violence, recruiting officers, forging community links

St. Paul Police Chief Axel Henry talks to graduates of the St. Paul Police Department Civilian Academy on the Richard H. Rowan Public Safety Training Center in St. Paul on Wednesday, Nov., 8, 2023. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)St....

St. Paul paying $185K, mostly in attorney fees, after officers went in man’s apartment and arrested him without warrant

St. Paul is on the hook for $185,000 after a federal judge found three officers violated a person’s constitutional rights by entering his apartment and not using a warrant, and arresting and searching him. A jury awarded $29,500 to David...

Karl Holmberg charged with 12 counts in shooting of 5 officers

Photo by Scott Rodgerson on Unsplash Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. Peter Cox at MPR News reports charges have been filed against a rural Benton County man accused of shooting five law enforcement officers during an...

Five officers shot near Princeton expected to survive

Photo by David von Diemar on Unsplash Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. Paul Walsh, Matt McKinney and Josie Albertson-Grove on the Star Tribune are following breaking news of five law enforcement officials shot Thursday morning at...

St. Paul highschool student with gun in bag tussled with officers, security, charges say

Prosecutors have charged a 17-year-old with having a gun at a St. Paul highschool last week. Officers went to Como Park Senior High School at 10:05 a.m. Oct. 4 to arrest the coed because police had issued a pick-up and...

Minneapolis law enforcement officials head to Alabama for HBCU recruiting trip

This week, two Minneapolis law enforcement officials will staff a booth at a profession fair on the campus of Alabama A&M, an HBCU (Historically Black College and University) in Huntsville, Alabama. “We’re putting boots on the bottom to do something...
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St. Paul prevails in legal fight to raze, replace historic Hamline-Midway Library

Following 16 months of litigation, a Ramsey County district judge has given the town of St. Paul the go-ahead...
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St. Paul-based Securian Financial lays off 58 employees across departments

Securian Financial has notified 58 employees — roughly 2% of its total workforce — that their roles with the corporate are being eliminated in...

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum seeks thirteenth term in rematch with May Lor Xiong in 4th District

Longtime St. Paul Democratic U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum is in search of one other term in Minnesota’s Fourth Congressional District and again faces May...

Believed to have been the oldest working nurse in Minnesota, Joyce Gimmestad retired at 88. She reflects on 7 many years in healthcare

Joyce Gimmestad hoped to succeed in 90 before retiring from being a nurse. Still, she retired on June 22, at 88, attributable to a...

Family of 83-year-old St. Paul man killed in hit-and-run: ‘We’ll forgive you. … Please turn yourself in’

For 30 years, John Bidon took each day runs around Lake Phalen near his St. Paul home. He’d stretch it out to 5 miles...