Minnetrista News

Drunken driving . A 25-year-old Richfield man was arrested for drunken driving on the 8000 block of Eden Road.

Good manners are all about making other people feel comfortable. So, if your children place their elbows on the Thanksgiving table but engage the relatives in lively conversation, they're doing just fine, says Marilyn Pentel, founder of Mannerly Manners in Minnetrista.

Nick Kessler, 10, right, of Plymouth takes a quick lesson in pie making with the help of A Minnesota State Fair pie-making champion Leigh Walter of Prior Lake as his sister Amber Kessler, 8, center, looks on during the Pillsbury Love the Pie event at Minnetonka Orchards in Minnetrista earlier this month.

The sun is quickly setting on Minnesota's growing season. But it's not lights out just yet.

Share + Oct 5, 2009 11:22 pm US/Central Reporting Jason DeRusha Every week, there's a new list of the top 10 television programs, listing the total audience for each show.

Change is coming to Corcoran, but the recession has brought a pause, and city leaders are making the most of the lull.

Do-si-do over to the Harvest Hoedown for a night of toe-tapping fiddle music. Learn the basics of folk dancing and enjoy farm-fresh food.

His chicken coop was under attack and he needed to protect his girls. That's what a 37-year-old man said before Minnetrista police came to his home early Thursday on a call of multiple shots fired, according to a criminal complaint.

Finding Minnesota: 'Agri-Tainment' In Minnetrista Share + Sep 6, 2009 10:50 pm US/Central Finding Minnesota: 'Agri-Tainment' In Minnetrista Reporting Mike Binkley MINNEAPOLIS To a farmer, the sound of a tractor roaring to life can signal the next chore on his list.

It's kind-of like Legos for grown men. A small group of guys is sorting through bricks at Historic Murphy's Landing in Shakopee, trying to find the perfect ingredients for a brick oven.

The National Weather Service has concluded that an EF1 tornado touched down Saturday night in the west metro.

The tornado hit about a dozen homes in Plymouth hard but no injuries were reported.

MINNEAPOLIS - Hockey becomes the official state sport of Minnesota today. Two hockey fans in the Legislature, Sens.

Driving while intoxicated . Someone called police to report that a woman was sleeping in the driver's seat of a vehicle in a parking lot at the Holiday Station on County Road 61.

Theft . Tires and rims valued at $8,165 were stolen from Metropolitan Ford, 12790 Plaza Drive.