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Halloween revelers in northern Hennepin County suburbs may run into some uniformed characters who aren't looking for treats or party fun Saturday night.

Work crews from Rivard Contractors started clearing trees near Jefferson Highway as work began Tuesday on the $48 million extension of Hwy.

Back in March, Fox9 reporter Trish Van Pilsum used the weak but determined voice of a patient on a ventilator and interviews with six former employees to paint a damning portrait of a home health care company called Ometta Vent Care Services.

Each quarter Star's Implementation Team, a select group of informal leaders, identifies areas of the company that have opportunity for improvement and outreach.

Shelly Johnston might have the best Halloween party trick. Johnston has had two brooms standing up in the middle of her kitchen, with no support for 40-plus hours, she said.

Brooklyn Park officials had been reworking their bias crime response plan for more than a year when the city's first serious hate crime in memory occurred last month.

Imagine trying to cross the street if you couldn't see or hear. Minnesotans who are blind, deaf or both don't have to imagine.

A new report by the religious-based community group ISAIAH says not enough of the federal stimulus money being spent on Minnesota's roads and bridges is making it into the hands of woman- and minority-owned businesses.

What does it take to be an election judge? The answer, apparently, is not much. The Eagan City Council on Tuesday night took up the issue of whether prospective vanguards of America's democratic process ought to go through minimal screening or fill out a basic application.

Share + Oct 13, 2009 7:18 pm US/Central Three Hennepin County employees and numerous Twin Cities landlords will face criminal charges for theft by swindling, stemming off accusations they fraudulently stole emergency assistance public funding.

The nearly $90,000 in government money was supposed to help low-income residents of Hennepin County with basic living expenses such as housing and food.

This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Union Editor Anoka City Council supports the idea of restarting hydroelectric production at the Coon Rapids Dam, as long as it does not negatively impact property owners along the Mississippi River's recreational pool.

A typical morning at the Issacson residence in Brooklyn Park, would be pets running around the yard, and maybe a deer sighting in the driveway.

A 44-year-old Brooklyn Park man was sentenced Friday to nearly three years in prison after he admitted to filing hundreds of thousands of dollars in false federal tax returns.

An 18-year-Minneapolis man has been charged in the shooting death of a another 18-year-old man and the wounding of a 15-year-old boy during a midday fight in a Burger King parking lot in north Minneapolis.

I'm meeting a friend for dinner tomorrow night. I'll be running an errand in Spring Lake Park.

Three to Five years just to get a permit. That's government at it's best. Government does it best, slow prosperity and investment! Close comment Add your own comment More from West Metro Three Rivers Park District, which owns the Coon Rapids Dam on the Mississippi River, is seeking partners to build a hydroelectric plant that would generate power ...

The Minnesota Senate's Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee will hear testimony Tuesday on regulation of financial institutions in the state.

A third man has been charged in the two race-based attacks in Brooklyn Park, including the assault of a teenager who functions as a ten-year-old. Tyler Kai Ketz, 23, is charged with two counts of robbery and two counts of assault.

The announcement of a new Brooklyn Park police policy for responding to hate crimes coincided with the arrest of a third suspect in two attacks based on race.

It was a simple message that drew Ann Rubin and Sandy Almquist to a rally against racism on Thursday night in Brooklyn Park: Enough already.

A 12-year-old died Wednesday afternoon while riding his bike in a residential neighborhood of Faribault.

Share + Oct 1, 2009 12:02 pm US/Central BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. 1 of 1 Tyler Ketz, 23, of Brooklyn Center was arrested Wednesday as the final suspect to the Brooklyn Park robbery and assault on Sept.

A third suspect has been arrested in last week's beating and robbery of two black men in Brooklyn Park, which authorities have characterized as a hate crime.