Richfield News

Share + Nov 9, 2009 5:20 pm US/Central A Richfield man was sentenced Monday to life in prison for murder in the first-degree and assault in the second-degree with a possibility of parole for the stabbing death of his sister.

The 18-year-old man who said a Minneapolis police officer used a Taser on him after his surrender filed a civil lawsuit Friday.

Best Buy, one of the biggest U.S. sellers of DVDs, is expected to launch its own movie download service on Tuesday for consumer electronics sold in its stores.

In bleachers usually set out for football games, nearly 50 Richfield Middle School students waited, more excited than usual about a school program.

One year and $30 million dollars later, the Lyndale Avenue bridge over I-494 on the Bloomington-Richfield border opened to traffic Saturday.

Minnesota continues to punch above its weight in generating electricity from the wind.

RICHFIELD, Minn. - Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he will meet with Mexican President Felipe Calderon next month.

A Minneapolis man was charged Tuesday with fleeing a police officer after allegedly taking officers on a wild ride that began in Richfield, headed north on Interstate 35W and ended with a crash in a south Minneapolis park.

A Deerfield couple accused of scamming millions of dollars from store chain Best Buy have now been charged with tax conspiracy and tax evasion for failing to pay millions of dollars in income taxes, according to authorities.

A Cook County judge Friday dropped an out-of-state fugitive warrant for a man wanted in Minnesota for alleged terrorist threats.

A 36-year-old Richfield man charged with making terroristic threats during an argument with another man in Wright County has been arrested at Chicago's O'Hare Airport after skipping out before his trial was to begin this month, authorities in Minnesota said Friday.

A Minnesota man was arrested at O'Hare International Airport Thursday night after a customs official discovered he was wanted on a warrant for "terroristic threats." Chicago police said Ismail Alqawasmi, 36, of Richfield, Minn., was arrested at 8 p.m. at O'Hare after he arrived from Amman, Jordan on a Royal Jordanian Airlines flight.

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"This is a picture of my daycare kids at a party we were having," former daycare provider and mom of five Sharon Ritacco said while sorting through old photos.

Kal Patel Executive Vice President of Emerging Business Rick Rommel Senior Vice President of Emerging Business Best Buy Richfield, Minnesota Best Buy's Kal Patel, 45, and Rick Rommel, 49, are expanding the idea of consumer electronics by exploring home energy and green personal transportation.

With a month to spare in the construction schedule, the new Lyndale Avenue Bridge in Richfield is getting ready to carry traffic.

A Richfield title company owner has been charged by federal prosecutors with misappropriating $470,000 in fees from hundreds of property transactions and failing to file accurate 2007 income tax forms, according to documents made public Wednesday.

Oct. 8 -- The number of Americans filing first- time claims for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest since January, a sign the labor market is deteriorating more slowly as the economy emerges from the recession.

Nellie Stone Johnson's solutions : education, jobs, housing On Sunday afternoon, September 27, 2009, violence once again exploded along Broadway in North Minneapolis.

An Edina High School student who pressed a BB gun to the head of another student and threatened to kill him in the school parking lot won't go to prison.