Oakdale News

Alerus Financial will take over Prosperan Bank, of the suburb of Oakdale, Minnesota.

The Innocence Project of Minnesota wants the state Supreme Court to rule that what happened during Nicole Beecroft's murder trial should not happen again.

In the spirit of combining a passion for wine with the quest to help kids with special needs, winemaker and Rochester native Anthony Katselis, now of Oakland, Calif., and his wife, Karin, are teaming up with Apollo Liquor to host a wine-tasting and food-pairing benefit event this weekend.

St. Paul Public Schools requires all 6,500 employees -- from secretaries to teachers and principals -- to take up to 12 hours of "cultural proficiency" training as part of its effort to raise student achievement by an unprecedented 10 percentage points this year.

Manitou Station has finally opened. Two-and-a-half years in the making, the restaurant in White Bear Lake has a nice vibe.

Each quarter Star's Implementation Team, a select group of informal leaders, identifies areas of the company that have opportunity for improvement and outreach.

While some remnants of the 35W bridge were just returned to Minnesota, those that never left are pitting two state agencies against each other.

A South St. Paul man was critically injured early Saturday as he walked between lanes on Interstate 694.

Authorities discovered the body of an 80-year-old hunter near Kenyon on Thursday.

Six students in the school bus and the car's driver suffered minor injuries. Last update: October 6, 2009 - 11:57 PM A crash left a car's driver injured and a bus full of students shaken up but not badly hurt Tuesday morning in Mendota Heights.

Six schoolchildren taken to Regions Hospital after a school bus accident Tuesday morning in Mendota Heights were treated for minor injuries and released to their parents, said Blois Olson, a spokesman for their elementary school.

An alleged gang member has been convicted for his role in stabbing a man at an Oakdale park in the summer of 2008.

The murder case of an Oakdale woman convicted of stabbing her newborn daughter more than 100 times has been sent back to Washington County District Court.

On a September Sunday at the Marcus Ultra Cinema at Oakdale, you could see Brad Pitt carving up Nazis in "Inglourious Basterds." Or the blood-and-brassieres horror flick "Sorority Row." Or, in Theater 16 - praise the Lord! - the joy and music of the Unity East Church service.

Share + Sep 25, 2009 6:06 pm US/Central OAKDALE, Minn. A man led police on a high speed chase Friday afternoon that tied up traffic at 694 and Stillwater road in Oakdale, Minn.

Motorists in the east metro may experience delays this weekend as construction will close a ramp on Interstate 94 in Oakdale.

People shopping for houses in Washington County soon will be able to buy once-vacant and blighted homes without the hassle of doing major renovations.

Investigators ask: Was teen driver texting or on cell phone? Last update: September 18, 2009 - 9:00 PM She was a new mother, pushing her baby in a stroller on a bright morning in Oakdale.

OAKDALE, Minn. - A mother pushing her infant daughter in a stroller was struck and killed by a car in Oakdale.

It's a call law enforcement officers respond to every day. Still, when they are sent to a domestic dispute, officers admit they often become anxious.