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A 54-year-old Lakeland woman is accused of stealing more than $75,000 from her parents in order to fund a tummy tuck, breast lift and her prescription drug addiction. According to the Dakota County Attorney's Office, Kristen Mary Kruzel was charged Wednesday with three counts of financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult.
It seems Minneapolis' oldest bar may have closed its doors for good. On Tuesday, would-be customers and passersby noticed that Pracna on Main was closed. The bar and restaurant was built in 1890 and sat along the cobblestones of the city's oldest street.
An Apple Valley woman is accused of driving under the influence with drugs while a 3-year-old child was sleeping, unbuckled in the back seat. Charges were filed in Dakota County against 41-year-old Leisa Marie Jefferson in connection with the Sept. 6, 2014 incident.
The fake trees and shrubbery of the Mall of America Rainforest Café will be felled later this month and replanted in mall's canopy.
A 49-year-old Inver Grove Heights woman is accused of swindling money from her employer to support a gambling addiction, according to charges filed Wednesday in Dakota County Court.
Police in central Minnesota say they arrested a man earlier this week after receiving a report that he tortured and killed his family's dog.
The wind chill is 25 below zero, but that's no matter to Becky Sheehan, who works in downtown Minneapolis. She has a bike with spikes and is fully dressed.
The Dakota County Attorney's Office has charged one juvenile in connection with a hazing incident last fall involving Farmington High School students where an abduction of four juniors was staged.
A wave of senior citizens and slow growth in Minnesota's working-age population will force the state to focus on improving education and productivity in its workforce in the coming decades, state experts told lawmakers Wednesday. More collaboration between businesses and the public sector, especially in rural Minnesota, could help train and retain young workers to thrive in an aging state, speakers at the One Minnesota legislative conference said.
Maple Grove Police are asking for the public's help in locating a woman who allegedly broke into a car and stole a credit card. According to Maple Grove Police, a woman reported that her car had been broken into sometime between 6:45 and 8:10 p.m. while it was parked at the Ralia Sports Center, in the 8600 block of Valley Forge Lane.
Minnesota's health insurance exchange is getting some extra cash from the federal government. MNsure CEO Scott Leitz says they'll use an additional $34 million to make website improvements and smooth the transfer of data to insurance companies. MNsure has now received almost $190 million from the federal government.
Young women's clothing retailer Wet Seal announced Wednesday that 338 of its stores will close nationwide – seven of them being in Minnesota. The retailer said it decided to close the stores after reviewing its financial condition and failing to negotiate meaningful concessions from landlords.
Former Speaker Kurt Zellers is out of the state House but not gone from politics. Zellers is starting a consulting firm with two longtime Republican political operatives.
Skating out on the pond started a bit later this winter, all thanks to the warmer December Minnesota had. But, the cold temps are back just in time for the 10th Annual U.S. Pond Hockey Championships on Lake Nokomis.
It was a tough morning for firefighters as they battled the cold and a fire. It happened on Hammond Road in White Bear Lake. A storage shed caught on fire, which created several challenges for crews.
