DULUTH — The U.S. Forest Service is cracking down on how people store their food while camping in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, requiring very specific food hanging requirements or certified bear-proof lockers and threatening to impose stiff fines … Continued
St. Paul officers fatally shot a person on Monday night in the Payne-Phalen area, according to the police department. The shooting, which left one person dead, happened in the 1100 block of Rose Avenue just before 7:30 p.m. No officers … Continued
The fourth and final defendant in a deadly gun battle outside a St. Paul funeral home was sentenced Monday to six months in the county workhouse and three years of probation. Mario Alberto Vega, 32, of St. Paul, pleaded guilty … Continued
Police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who struck and injured two pedestrians in St. Paul over the weekend. Officers responded to White Bear and Idaho avenues on the Greater East Side, near the Maplewood border, just before midnight on … Continued
An Eagan and Eden Prairie firefighter “tragically passed away” Sunday, according to the Eagan Fire Department in a Facebook post. Joseph Johns died early Sunday morning, according to a post on X by the Eden Prairie Fire Department. Joseph Johns, … Continued