4+ hour, 31+ min ago   (998+ words) When crews working on the new Minnesota 36/Lake Elmo Avenue interchange dug up Country Sun Farm’s corn maze this summer and removed the farm’s billboard, some customers worried that the longtime Lake Elmo farm and greenhouse might be closing. Not…...

4+ hour, 44+ min ago   (457+ words) For Concordia University, St. Paul, the college’s biggest competitor isn’t other colleges — it’s students who, considering affordability, decide not to go to college at all. “We believe making it affordable — tuition affordable — and doing it in a way that’s transparent,…...

4+ hour, 41+ min ago   (1037+ words) With the St. Paul Police Department about 50 officers below its budgeted strength, the department says it has continued to have to backfill with overtime. The department’s authorized strength is 616 officers this year, but for at least five years it has…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (528+ words) Washington County and the Minnesota Land Trust were awarded more than $2.8 million by the state to preserve natural habitats in Washington County, according to the county. “Washington County is home to some of the highest-quality natural land in the Twin…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (733+ words) The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office said Friday that two St. Paul police officers were legally justified when they shot and wounded a suspected car thief who pointed a handgun at them on an Interstate 94 on-ramp in downtown St. Paul. Elliot…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (601+ words) A year ago, running back Brian White III and his White Bear Lake teammates were still figuring out a new offense — and the learning curve wasn’t always easy. But if the early going this season is any indication, the Bears…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (185+ words) An apartment building’s fire alarm system, fixed at the city inspector’s order, alerted residents to a fire hours later Thursday, according to officials from the St. Paul Department of Safety and Inspections. Fire safety inspectors with the department were called…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (708+ words) A Hugo woman who left a series of threatening voicemails for Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth was sentenced Thursday to three years of supervised probation. Rachel Marie Welsch, 43, pleaded guilty in Washington County District Court to one felony count of…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (458+ words) Shawn Mitchell has brought his two school-aged sons, like his daughter before them, to the Al Lenzmeier West Side Boys and Girls Club for years, despite the weathered carpets and tired colors that once ran through the facility. It was…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (235+ words) A man died after a Wednesday crash in St. Paul following a pursuit by a sheriff’s deputy, the Ramsey County sheriff said Thursday. The incident began when witnesses saw someone breaking into vehicles in the Hill-Murray School parking lot in…...