Stillwater News

STILLWATER, Minn. - Crews will be making repairs to the Stillwater Lift Bridge after a cable snapped as it was being lowered.

Peter Martin Ebel was many things to many people when he became a fugitive from justice in Minnesota 22 years ago.

The St. Cloud City Attorney's Office is working with Stearns County, the Veterans Administration and local justice system partners on a different way to meet the needs of veterans who commit certain crimes.

Registration is open for the Stillwater Log Run, which was previously known as Lumberjack Days Road Races and which will feature a 10-mile run and 5K race on July 20. The 10-mile run begins near Square Lake Park.

The Brunswick House, the oldest house in Stillwater, dates back to the late 1840s.

A Stillwater man will be sentenced to 36 years in prison after making a deal and offering a guilty plea in connection with a violent standoff at a Washington County hotel last August.

A second Republican has entered the race to succeed Rep. Michele Bachmann: Anoka County board chair Rhonda Sivarajah.

The Trout Brook Regional Trail will run under Maryland Avenue west of Interstate 35E in St. Paul.

A busy east metro highway has been shut down and Bomb squad personnel are on the scene after the discovery of suspicious packages in Oak Park Heights.

A man attempted to rob a downtown Stillwater bank and apparently made a bomb threat Saturday morning before fleeing on foot, forcing the closure of several roads and businesses.

Washington County's newest summer event, Rockin' Ribs on the River, begins Saturday, June 15 in Lakeside Park in Bayport from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. David Ybarra and the Northside Dukes will headline the event.

There was no getting through parts of downtown Stillwater on Saturday morning after a man robbed the U.S. Bank around 9:30 a.m. He said the suspect left that device in the bank and then left but, "He was apprehended about two blocks from here [the bank] by Stillwater officers."

Those spring snowflakes prolonged the arrival of tick season, but by Memorial Day weekend, Stillwater resident Brian Lindvall was already plucking a pair of the bloodsucking pests off his dog.

"We brewed about 105 barrels in 2008 and in 2012 we brewed about 3,400 barrels and this year projecting close to 7,000 barrels," Schwarz said of the consistent growth.

Authorities have cleared a two-block radius in Stillwater while they investigate a bomb threat following a robbery at a bank.

Several bomb squads and law enforcement agencies are investigating a bomb threat at a Stillwater bank that was robbed Saturday morning.

There's been some moving and shaking in downtown Stillwater. After three years, Mainstream Boutique owners Barb Garden and Lynn Morgan have decided to relocate to a larger space to offer a bigger selection of clothing and accessories.

It looks like a banner summer for fans of the Suburbs . I caught vocalist/keyboard player Chan Poling last week on his way to band rehearsal, and he revealed an arrival date for the group's first new album since 1986.

World War II veteran Milton Guion, 88, of May Township, was among those who landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944.

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