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The Columbia Heights School Board accepted the resignation of a member accused of putting a controversial comment on Facebook. Grant Nichols maintains he did not write the post about the sanitary habits of Muslims, but he did take responsibility for his page.
A Columbia Heights School Board Member accused of posting anti-Muslim comments on social media has decided to resign, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN).
Police in Columbia Heights are offering a $1,000 reward for information that will lead the arrest of a suspect in a home invasion and robbery last week.
The head of Columbia Heights' teachers union has called on an embattled school board member to denounce anti-Muslim comments attributed to him on social media or resign. Grant Nichols had admitted to Columbia Heights' school board chairman that he is responsible for comments posted to his Facebook page in early September about Muslims.
Officials in Columbia Heights say they're searching for a vehicle of interest in connection to an incident earlier this week where a 76-year-old man was robbed and shot in his home.
Columbia Heights police are searching for the armed intruder who followed an elderly man into his home, then robbed and shot him. It happened around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday evening, as the 76-year old widower was bringing groceries in from his car that was parked in his driveway.
From the Pope Francis' historic visit to Washington, D.C. to the death of baseball legend Yogi Berra, here are the four stories to know from Wednesday, Sept. 23.
A school board member in Columbia Heights has no plans to resign, despite a vote Tuesday night asking him to do just that.
A Columbia Heights school board member faced dozens of people calling for his resignation Tuesday night.
Tensions are growing in Columbia Heights after a school board member allegedly posted what some say are offensive, anti-Muslim statements online.
Officials say an 82-year-old bicyclist died Tuesday morning after being hit by a car in Minneapolis.
A St. Paul man is charged with holding a 15-year-old girl in a locked trailer, and engaging sexual activity with her.
Investigators are asking for the public's help to find a robbery suspect. Columbia Heights police responded to a report of a robbery just after 5:30 p.m. Friday at the U.S. Bank on Central Avenue Northeast.
Police are looking for help finding a man who robbed a Columbia Heights U.S. Bank branch.
Fifty years ago this Wednesday evening, Dick Chapman and Charlie Boone spent six straight hours taking calls from people and, using a map and a pen, tracked the storm as it tore across the Twin Cities.
Fifty years ago this Wednesday, the Twin Cities were ravaged by a series of tornadoes that struck the northwestern metro area. No fewer than six tornadoes touched down as the storm system moved through, some of them on the ground simultaneously.
Police in Columbia Heights are searching for a suspect in a shooting that occurred Monday night. According to police, the shooting took place around 8:45 p.m. inside a home in the 4100 block of Washington Street Northeast.
Minnesota Republican Jeff Johnson is getting a high-profile assist in the governor's race from New Jersey's Chris Christie. Three events Monday were aimed at giving Johnson a lift in his race against Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton.
A retrospective documentary is capturing the life and times of a respected Midwest country musician who plays more than 200 gigs a year -- and more amazingly -- hasn't missed one in 59 years.
wo 21-year-old men are in critical condition after allegedly being lured by two women to a location in Fridley, Minn., where two men were waiting to attack them. According to the Anoka County Sheriff's Office, Fridley Police received a report of two injured men in the area of 77th Avenue and Main Street at about 4:25 a.m.
Authorities have identified a Northfield man who died last Friday after falling from a third-floor window in Columbia Heights. Police were called to the 900 block of 46 ½ Ave. NE at about 3 a.m. on July 25 on a report that a man had fallen out of a third floor window.
A 44-year-old Northfield man is dead after falling from a third floor window in Columbia Heights on Friday, according to the Anoka County Sheriff's Office.
Authorities said a 23-year-old St. Cloud man involved in a motorcycle crash July 9 died of his injuries on Tuesday. Police were called to a report of a crash involving a motorcycle at about 6:20 p.m. July 9 near the area of 44th and Central Avenues NE in Columbia Heights.
A 16-year-old boy who allegedly shot his older brother in Columbia Heights Monday afternoon has turned himself in. Police officers were dispatched at 3:33 p.m. to an apartment on the 1700 block of 37th Avenue Northeast after a woman called 911 and said her 19-year-old son was shot by his brother.
A Columbia Heights man faces charges after a home invasion robbery and assault last week, the Anoka County Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday. On June 5, police officers responded to the incident at the 4100 block of Jefferson Street Northeast.
