Minnesota counties criticize Walz’s human services budget, warn of high property taxes
Minn., criticizes Walz's budget for shifting the burden to property taxpayers, suggests cutting free college for noncitizens.
Aitkin, MN man arrested for attempted murder and carjacking
The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office arrested 33-year-old Matthew Liimatainen. They say he’s accused of throwing a woman out of pick-up while carjacking her, stabbing a woman and severely injuring ...
After Minnesota Supreme Court rules a person’s car can be a public place, what’s the legal fallout?
The court’s opinion was targeted at a specific state statute. Legal experts say that doesn’t mean the definition can’t have ...
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Minnesota county commissioners say cost shifting in governor’s budget creates burdens
Beer says the proposed cost shifting will put an added financial burden on the counties. “For us, the citizens of Scott ...
Ramsey County Judge Patrick Diamond, who ruled on Data Practices violations, transgender discrimination cases, dies at 64
Diamond argued a case before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2007, Danforth v. Minnesota, involving a convicted sex offender, who had been deemed incompetent to take the stand in his own defense, attempting ...
Minnesota Supreme Court: interior of a car is a ‘public place’ if driven on public roads
The case of a BB gun under a driver’s seat led the courts to consider whether the interior of a privately owned vehicle is a ...
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Extreme cold prompts school delays, closures across Minnesota for Tuesday
Dangerously cold air that has settled across the Upper Midwest this week has prompted some school districts in Minnesota — ...
Over a St. Paul Valentine’s Day lunch hour, judges married 21 couples for free in Ramsey County
Because while other people paid parking tickets or attended court hearings, 21 couples were married — for free! — on ...
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Building contractor pleads guilty to tax fraud
The Ramsey County (Minnesota) Attorney’s Office (RCAO) has announced that a Stillwater building contractor has pleaded guilty ...
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Winston Smith shooting: Cell phone video released; federal task force won't be charged
The Hennepin County Attorney's Office (HCAO) has decided not to charge the federal task force that killed Winston Boogie Smith in 2021, after reviewing cell phone video obtained from Smith's phone at ...
Garrison McMurtrey is the first Black man elected to a Minnesota county board
Voters overwhelmingly supported Garrison McMurtrey in Tuesday’s special election to fill the vacant District 3 seat on the Ramsey County Board. He is the first Black man to be elected to a county ...