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Laurie Hertzel is senior editor for books at the Star Tribune, where she has worked since 1996.

Minnesota's high court handed down a professional death penalty to a Minneapolis defense attorney who allegedly stiffed clients, the tax man and another lawyer before refusing to cooperate with misconduct investigators.

Workers with shovels run to the staging area for a rescue operation underway on the West Side of St.

When Jane Harteau became Minneapolis police chief, she told the Star Tribune Editorial Board that her priorities for the department included transparency.

The dormant Suburban World Theater may become the latest historic Uptown property to follow the Uptown Bar and be converted into retail space.

In a late night session last night, the Minnesota Senate finally passed a $2.1 billion tax bill.

A Medtronic spokeswoman tells the Star Tribune about 65 percent of the job cuts have already occurred.

A month following his conviction for two counts of felony assault and another count of misdemeanor assault, former Minneapolis SWAT team executive officer David Clifford is out of a job.

Today, a body was found inside the trunk of a gold Lexus towed to Wreckers Services at Glenwood and Lyndale Avenues in Minneapolis.

A fire broke out and an explosion was reported at an airplane hangar at Fleming Field in South St.

In this May 15, 2013 file photo, a service person works on sign at BP station at 35E and County Road E in Vadnais Heights, Minn.

Apple Valley's Cedar Avenue will see lane closures as the city replaces about 25 manhole covers.

In 2010 and 2011, the bottom 50 companies on the Star Tribune 100 ranking of the state's largest public firms outpaced growth rates of the top 50 companies in sales, profits and market value.

The 10 firms at the top of our list of the state's biggest public companies brought in 79 percent of the revenue generated by the whole index in 2012.

Minnetonka-based Communications Systems Inc. laid off 12 employees following a sales drop for its Transition Networks business unit, which makes components for integrating fiber-optic cable into data networks, the Star Tribune reported .

A local pastor accused of running away with a 16-year-old parishioner after possibly getting the girl pregnant has pleaded guilty to third-degree criminal sexual conduct, according to a Star Tribune article .

Construction on the 173-unit Arcata apartment complex is now scheduled to start in the fall, not spring or summer as originally announced, the Star Tribune reported Monday .

Knutson Construction is among the companies working on the push to expand transit in the Twin Cities.

And we're not afraid to use them if necessary Saturday morning for the plant swap.

Supporters of two Somali women scheduled to be sentenced for helping a terrorist group gather outside the Hennepin County Government Center on Thursday, May 16, 2013, in Minneapolis.