West St. Paul News

Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment: HECKER-CHRYSLER Chrysler Financial files new complaint on Hecker MINNEAPOLIS Embattled Twin Cities auto dealer Denny Hecker's biggest lender now accuses him of obtaining $83 million through fraud and embezzlement.

Five police officers and three sheriff's deputies from the Twin Cities were named Tuesday by an oversight board to an interim anti-gang unit to fill the gap while the Metro Gang Strike Force remains suspended indefinitely and under investigation.

The family of the West St. Paul teenager shot in the neck on July 4th said Monday they were outraged over the release of the man suspected of firing the bullet because, police said, he was fed up with amateur fireworks going off in the neighborhood.

A 32-year-old youth pastor who kept an online journal in which he described struggling with "misplaced affections" faces charges he made sexual advances toward a 15-year-old while holding a position of authority over the teen.

Police say a St. Paul man, they believe was upset over fireworks being shot off in his neighborhood, shot a 14-year-old boy on the Fourth of July.

St. Paul Police are investigating the shooting of a 14-year-old from West St. Paul. A 49-year-old St.

West St. Paul officials say a Minneapolis developer is not keeping its promises once again.

New program should benefit drivers and courts. Last update: June 21, 2009 - 1:47 PM THE RATIONALE "This [diversion license program] is an intervention to help those who really want the help.

As a car-less senior, Byrl Wessinger has two ways to get around Hastings. The first is her daughter, and the second is the Hastings TRAC, a door-to-door bus service she schedules to get to appointments at Regina Medical Center, at the edge of the city limits.

West St. Paul officials are considering a proposal that would allow families to live rent-free temporarily in three vacant homes the city owns.

Three employees from an online Twin Cities charter school are planning to start their own version in Rochester.

Officials at MNSCU -- the Minnesota State College and University system -- are bracing for cuts of up to $70 million when Gov.

Local prosecutors and law enforcement officials say driving without a valid license is an offense they see often, and many times the same people are being caught over and over again.

A group of officials working on a plan to determine what can and cannot be built in the flight path of the St.

Kevin Hendricks will walk two miles for water Sunday. It may not sound like much of an effort, but the freelance writer wants to symbolize the lengths millions of people go to every day for a resource many of us take for granted.

Frontier Preachers June 6 - "July 26 The Soap Factory, 518 SE Second St. Opening Reception: Saturday, June 6, 7 - "11 p.m. "More than a century ago, when paddle boats traversed the Mississippi River carrying cargo both material and humans, the river banks were a new frontier.

Wal-Mart workers, organizing to improve their workplaces, will rally Thursday, June 4, in St.

When police confronted Bryce Taylor with accusations that he knocked down and forcibly robbed an 80-year-old man on St.

A Ramsey County judge has dismissed a theft charge against a woman who was accused of stealing $80,000 from her grandmother so she could buy a coffee shop.

Cory Leyde will be sentenced July 17 by Ramsey County District Judge Michael Fetsch for third-degree criminal sexual assault.