Richfield News

A new street lighting fee proposed by Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak last February has hit the desks of a City Council that will need to make an election-year decision on whether to use it to help balance the city's 2010 budget.

Five police officers and three sheriff's deputies from the Twin Cities were named Tuesday by an oversight board to an interim anti-gang unit to fill the gap while the Metro Gang Strike Force remains suspended indefinitely and under investigation.

A Florida man accused of running a large-scale prostitution ring in Minnesota -- which included a brothel in Austin -- was sentenced Tuesday to 28 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States.

A Florida man accused of running a large-scale prostitution ring in Minnesota was sentenced Tuesday to 28 months in prison for conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. Thirty-three-year-old Oscar Rogelio Hisep-Roman, of Dover, Fla., also received three years of supervised release.

With the Metro Gang Strike Force shut down indefinitely, its reputation shattered by investigations into its operations and revelations of questionable practices, Hennepin County law enforcement officials have been meeting privately to consider an alternative strategy to fight gangs in the county.

Sears Holdings Corp., the largest U.S. department store chain, will let customers who lose their jobs suspend payments and keep appliances bought with store credit cards to bolster sales in the recession.

Anyone planning to take the Hiawatha light rail line to the Mall of America this weekend will have to take the bus.

Hassan Mohamed Abdillahi, the 23-year-old from Richfield accused of a revenge murder outside a south Minneapolis mall that is popular with Somali immigrants, was found guilty this afternoon in Hennepin County District Court.

Nine independent and Fairview-owned medical clinics recently were awarded nearly $60,000 in grant dollars of up to $10,000 each to support projects to improve clinical outcomes and promote innovation.

As soon as next week, Mary VanSlooten will look out her window and see a neighborhood, not mounds of dirt and concrete highways.

Anthony Thomas, 16, of Lakeville, will encourage other Scouts to work towards the Eagle rank.

Drivers heading down Interstate 35W toward Burnsville can expect delays for several weeks.

Anyone traveling Twin Cities roads this weekend will need to plan ahead to avoid several significant road closures.

Much-needed rain hit the Twin Cities this weekend. This May was the 3rd driest ever.

Jun 10, 2009 5:47 pm US/Central Reporting James Schugel 1 of 1 Events might get cancelled, and the fireworks display might get scaled-back in Richfield, Minn., if the city's Fourth of July Committee can't raise enough money to keep it all going this year.

Nyle Zikmund uses three "sub" words to describe the condition of many fire stations throughout Minnesota: substandard, sub-code and subpar.

Richfield, Minn. Best Buy said Friday that it will open 13 new stores by the summer, including its first store in Wyoming and the second Best Buy store in Alaska.

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After being on the short end of many 6-to-1 votes, Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson has launched an Internet weblog to help police fiscal spending by the seven-member board governing Minnesota's most populous county.

Two men from South Dakota and Minnesota were found guilty of selling crack cocaine in Sioux Falls as part of an investigation that led to charges against 26 people.