Ramsey County News

Minnesota's DFL party will hold three debates in the next five weeks for its gubernatorial candidates.

Audie Matthews, the man accused of shooting Blaine Christofferson outside the Cherry Pit bar in St.

One of two suspected shooters in the death of a St. Paul man was convicted of murder Thursday afternoon by a Ramsey County jury that deliberated for two full days.

A man who was arrested and whose house was searched as investigators looked for stolen guns has been arrested again because police suspect he was selling marijuana downtown.

'T hings happened that wasn't supposed to. I messed up," Audie Matthews allegedly told his mother during a jailhouse phone call two days after Blaine Christofferson was shot to death in a parking lot on St.

Immigrants' rights groups are holding a vigil Sunday to remember those who have died while crossing the border into the U.S. or while in immigration detention.

On his last afternoon as a district judge in Ramsey County, Michael Fetsch asked one man if it wasn't time he grew up.

Reserve Deputy Mike Wilken was remembered Friday after being hit and killed by a car while directing traffic at a haunted house last weekend.

A Maplewood woman rifled through teachers' purses in schools in Mahtomedi, Lake Elmo, Maplewood and Roseville, as well as churches in Roseville and a Maplewood business, according to criminal complaints.

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A Texas man has received a 15-month sentence after reaching a plea deal on charges he helped toss a road sign from a bridge during the 2008 Republican National Convention in St.

Assistant St. Paul police Chief Matt Bostrom said today he would likely challenge longtime Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher for the job.

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As a reserve deputy, Michael Wilken was known as Big Mike, the 300-plus-pound "gentle giant." He worked crowd control at hockey games, parades and hundreds of other civic events during his 10 years with the Ramsey County Sheriff's office, a constant contributor who loved creating "a safe place for kids" and whose size belied his soft voice and ...

A Ramsey County reserve deputy was taken to Regions Hospital in critical condition after being hit by a car.

In the United States, more than 230 convicted people have been exonerated through DNA evidence, according to a recent report, with false eyewitness identifications playing a role in more than three-fourths of those wrongful convictions.

A plan to transform land in Arden Hills once used as a military arsenal into a regional park faces an uphill battle.

James Somers was accused of swindling two vulnerable St. Paul residents out of tens of thousands of dollars for shabby or nonexistent work on their homes and yards.

Ramsey County got a good deal, apparently, on the mostly-vacant Metro Square building in downtown St.

St. Paul is about to be one step closer to having another off-leash dog park in its inventory.