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A former Macalester College chemistry professor has been charged by summons after a student said she found urine on her backpack and belongings in a campus science building, causing $2,070 in damage. Paul Jerome Fischer, 55, of St. Paul, taught chemistry at the college for 25 years before resigning amid the investigation, and he is due to make his first court appearance next month.

ListenThousands of St. Paul street lights are out due to copper theft. St. Paul’s street lights are under attack again from thieves seeking valuable copper wiring. New reporting shows roughly 10 percent of the city’s street lights are out of commission. As the price of copper continues to increase, street lights could remain a target.

A Hennepin County jury awarded $84 million in a wrongful death and medical malpractice lawsuit against Fairview Health Services. Reece Devlin sought care for chest pain at M Health Fairview Clinic Uptown in 2022 and received an EKG, but no additional cardiac workup. Devlin’s wife alleged Fairview physician assistant Jeffrey...

(ABC 6 News) – A new state grant will help the Elder Network in Rochester expand dementia support for older adults, caregivers and more local communities. The Minnesota Board on Aging awarded the Elder Network $101,000 for education and programs focused on dementia. The board said about 120,000 Minnesotans over age 65 have Alzheimer’s, the […]

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Friday brings plenty of sunshine and warmer temperatures across Minnesota before a surge of summer-like heat sends highs into the 80s this weekend. Expect a mostly sunny Friday with occasional passing clouds and a southeast breeze at 5 to 15 mph. A warming trend kicks off...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A man will spend more than seven years in federal prison for orchestrating an armed robbery of a marijuana package from a delivery driver in Maplewood. Eric Maurice Holliday was sentenced to 87 months in prison on one count of aiding and abetting interference with commerce by robbery, according to U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen. Holliday pleaded guilty in June and was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz.

A violence interrupter formerly with 21 Days of Peace has been acquitted of charges connected to a shooting in North Minneapolis last year.

I’ll check recent reports on Delta flight 2654 so the article matches what is actually known. A Delta Air Lines flight bound for Minneapolis–Saint Paul returned safely to Atlanta on Wednesday after striking a bird shortly after takeoff, the airline said. Delta Air Lines Flight Turns Around Shortly...

(KNSI) — Drought conditions have spread across central Minnesota in a matter of months. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map, released Thursday, October 8th, says every part of Benton, Sherburne, and Stearns counties is now in at least moderate drought, even with some scattered rainfall since the last map. The data is valid as of October 6th.

A 21-year-old self-described urban explorer has been sentenced for breaking into an underground water reservoir in West St. Paul, an incident that forced Saint Paul Regional Water Services to cut the tank off from the rest of its distribution system as a precaution against possible contamination. Zachary Daniel Laiho received a 364-day jail sentence that was stayed for two years, meaning he will avoid incarceration as long as he meets the terms of his probation, which include 40 hours of communi