Mayor R.T. Rybak unveiled the city's annual crime report Friday. While violent crime rates dropped 6 percent from last year, increases in robbery, burglary, larceny and arson revealed a 4 percent increase in overall crime.
The Wild improved to 4-0 with a win over the Ducks.
Dick Vitelli represents West St. Paul's 1st Ward.
Four different players scored a rushing touchdown in a 34-16 victory over Maryland.
Father Paul Kubista is pastor at St. Mary of Czestochowa Catholic Church.
The salami sticks can be purchased at Trader Joe's.
The businesses were hit by three robbers just six minutes apart on Oct. 21.
The explosion occurred early Saturday morning on the 33000 block of Hillary Circle.
The defendant is being held on a $100,000 bond.
The former MSU-Mankato star was bitten in his back.
Police issued a citywide alert on Friday.
Mickey Moore has faced questions in recent days about where he actually lives.
The disease, known as melioidosis, killed 2 people earlier this year.
Violent crime is down in the city this year, but burglaries and thievery are driving the overall crime rate up, according to a report in the Star Tribune. Police say criminals are shifting from drug dealing to home break-ins, robberies and car theft.
Prominent downtown business leaders say the eight miles of elevated walkways in the downtown area are "leaving sidewalks barren and storefronts empty." Mayor R.T. Rybak told the Star Tribune that he "would not support the development of any new skyways in the city." Many acknowledge the maze of walkways helped save Minneapolis once threatened by suburban offices and malls. But improving the skyways for the downtown's future is proving to be a complicated task.
Mayor R.T. Rybak is set to announce details of a "workforce agreement" at a press conference Monday afternoon, WCCO reports. The latest proposal would put a new stadium on ground right next to the current Metrodome.
When Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak delivers his budget address Wednesday many will be focused on what he has to say about the fire department. The fire chief and union leader have called for hiring additional firefighters to improve safety and response times. But at least one city council member says the department is doing fine as is and rhetoric to the contrary is only frightening residents.
New preliminary estimates from the Sheriff's Office show violent crime is down 38 percent over the past five years. The Star Tribune reports last year was the fifth consecutive year it dropped across the county.
The total number of violent crimes reported in 2011 fell 8.3 percent from the year before, according to data published in the Post Bulletin. The executive director of a Rochester neighborhood advocacy group says "it's calmed down a lot from two years ago." However, the number of burglaries recorded last year went up 6 percent compared to 2010.
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