St. Louis Park News

It reads like an episode of Lifestyles of the Once Rich and Now Infamous. In a 124-page opus, lawyers for bankrupt Denny Hecker on Wednesday detailed the trappings of the fallen auto mogul's estate - the 53-foot yacht, the Rolex watches, the markers from high-end Las Vegas casinos, the expensive gifts and expansive homes, all laid out in black and ...

Blue Earth a ' Dennis Duane More was born in Blue Earth, on Aug. 2, 1950, to Duane and Vivian More, the first of their three sons.

For years, Denny Hecker's Advantage Rent A Car inflated estimates on auto repairs and kept the difference for itself, the nation's largest auto insurer alleges in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Arizona.

Al Franken AGE-BIRTHDATE - 58; May 21, 1951. HOMETOWN - Born in New York City; Raised in St.

A St. Louis Park man says he was taunted and pelted with rocks after he left the Twin Cities Gay Pride Parade, and the attack was caught on camera.

Steve Schussler, seated, bought the former Wagner's Drive-In and is rebranding the restaurant as Galaxy Drive In.

The Twin Cities area has been 1 of the faster growing spots in the United States outside the Sun Belt in recent years, and the Census Bureau will soon report if that trend continued in 2008.

The floodgates have opened. Trader Joe's opened its St. Paul grocery Friday -- the California-based chain's fourth Minnesota location.

Given his high-profile youth activism, folks may have forgotten Toki Wright is a rapper, too.

With a ceremonial snip of the lei, the tropically themed grocery store Trader Joe's opened for business Friday morning in Saint Paul.

For four years running St. Anthony Village High School, in St. Anthony, has been listed among the top public high schools by Newsweek, the national news magazine.

This text is replaced by the Flash movie. Like the hodgepodge of bargain wines and pricey meats lining the store's shelves, a spectrum of expectations hangs over St.

There's a lot happening on the food front these days. Check out the transformation of Via in Edina into Tavern on France .

Investigators say an improperly discarded cigarette is the cause of a massive apartment fire that displaced residents in St.

Authorities in St. Louis Park now say an improperly discarded cigarette sparked an apartment fire that displaced dozens of residents earlier this month.

Posted on June 17th, 2009 10:48 AM By Jaime Chismar I do! It all happened so fast, I haven't had time to blog about it.

Walter and Debra Dowd of Sartell and David and Connie Lokensgard of Las Vegas, NV, announce the engagement of their daughter Jennifer, to William Houghton, son of Deb and Mel Henry of Bloomington and Peter and Shelly Houghton of Dallas, TX.

This text is replaced by the Flash movie. Minnesota and federal investigators descended on the remains of Denny Hecker's shattered empire of automotive dealerships Wednesday, searching, they said, for possible evidence of fraudulent car sales that may have roped in unsuspecting victims from more than a dozen counties in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

More than a dozen fire departments were needed to contain a building fire in St.

Authorities have cordoned off two buildings in St. Louis Park that housed the now-crumbling Denny Hecker automotive empire.