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St. Paul man’s text about mayor and Maplewood Mall was perceived as a threat. A judge ruled otherwise, acquitting him of charges.

Andrew Grzywinski says his life was “turned the other way up” nearly two years ago after a text was misconstrued as threats. The Dec. 27, 2022, text to his ex-girlfriend and the mother of his two children read, “Maplewood mall...

After pandemic closing, iconic Mickey’s Diner reopens in downtown St. Paul

Mickey’s Diner, the long-lasting dining automotive in downtown St. Paul, has reopened for the primary time because the pandemic in March 2020. Despite nearly $75,000 raised through a subsequent 2020 GoFundMe campaign, the diner remained closed until Thursday morning, when...

St. Paul driver was speeding, with open bottle, when he sparked fatal Minneapolis crash, charges say

A St. Paul man was allegedly speeding with a revoked license and inebriated Wednesday when he crashed into the back of an SUV on an Interstate 94 ramp in Minneapolis, setting off a chain-reaction pileup that left a lady...

Manhunt underway for man charged with murder of pregnant wife in St. Paul. He was convicted in one other deadly shooting 16 years ago.

Prosecutors have charged a St. Paul man with two counts of murder within the shooting of his pregnant wife. Mychel Allan Stowers, 36, was in prison until March for fatally shooting a person in St. Paul in 2008. A nationwide...

Moving recent St. Paul play shares local caregiver stories

Roger’s case of ALS was sudden and swift. Within the months before he was diagnosed, he ran two marathons. Just a few years earlier, after retiring from many years as a theater professor, he passed the Minnesota Bar exam and have...

‘48 Hours’ to focus on St. Paul fatal shooting of nurse Alexandra Pennig, whose killer claimed she died of suicide

“48 Hours” is airing a one-hour program Saturday on the 2022 killing of nurse Alexandra Lee Pennig, who jurors found was shot in the top in her downtown St. Paul apartment by her ex-lover and didn’t die by suicide...

Your guide to the St. Paul Art Crawl this weekend

The autumn installment of the biannual St. Paul Art Crawl is back this weekend, and it's filled with lots to see. The nearly 50-year-old art crawl will span greater than 30 galleries and artistic spaces. Some spaces are hosting crawl...

St. Paul celebrity chef Justin Sutherland arrested for allegedly violating no-contact order

St. Paul police arrested celebrity chef Justin Sutherland on Thursday for allegedly violating a no-contact order, days after he pleaded guilty to threatening his girlfriend with a gun. Sutherland was booked into the Ramsey County Jail about 3:45 p.m. on...

St. Paul: Little Sisters of the Poor announce departure from Exchange Street elderly care home

In 1883, Bishops John Ireland and Thomas Grace petitioned for six Roman Catholic nuns from the French order of the Little Sisters of the Poor to cross the Atlantic and establish a house for the elderly in St. Paul....

St. Paul celebrates grand opening of recent soccer fields at Highwood Hills Recreation Center

Town of St. Paul, community partners and students celebrated the grand opening of the brand new Highwood Hills Recreation Center soccer fields on Tuesday. The three soccer fields are the newest in a slate of updated amenities accomplished with funds...
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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...