Inver Grove Heights man pleads guilty in fatal crash
An Inver Grove Heights man was sentenced to more than four years in prison for an October crash that killed a Roseville nurse. Nicholas Anthony Indehar, 22, pleaded guilty Friday to a count of criminal...
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Inver Grove Heights boy home after near-fatal Christmas accident
On Christmas night, when 8-year-old Yael Rodriguez was struck by a car in Inver Grove Heights, his mother thought she might lose him. He had a skull fracture and brain injury. If he made it through the...
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Inver Grove Heights police chief under criminal investigation
Inver Grove Heights Police Chief Larry Stanger is under investigation after “serious” criminal allegations against him surfaced during a case that his own detectives had been working on with another...
View ArticleScott County to investigate allegations against Inver Grove Heights police chief
The criminal allegations against Inver Grove Heights Police Chief Larry Stanger will be investigated by Scott County. Monica Jensen, spokeswoman for the Dakota County attorney’s office, said Tuesday...
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Inver Grove Heights moves on-call firefighters into station shifts
Bill Groth is antsy. Foot surgery has put the veteran Inver Grove Heights firefighter on light duty, which means he can’t go on calls. “That’s been tough,” he said. Consider that last year, Groth...
View ArticleHuman leg found in Mississippi River in Inver Grove Heights
Authorities recovered a decomposed human leg from the Mississippi River in Inver Grove Heights on Wednesday and are investigating whether it belonged to a boater missing since late last month. A group...
View ArticleDakota County garbage hauler gets failing grade from BBB
An Inver Grove Heights garbage hauler has been cited by the Better Business Bureau for generating a high number of customer complaints. Troje’s Trash and Recycling Services has not responded to 17...
View ArticleDeal to preserve 109 acres in Inver Grove Heights moves forward
A large swath of land in Inver Grove Heights made up of rolling woodlands and an 18-acre lake is one step closer to being off-limits to developers for good. A $3.9 million deal struck this month...
View ArticleMPCA seeks comments on Inver Grove landfill expansion
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is accepting public comment on environmental effects of a proposed landfill expansion in Inver Grove Heights. BFI Waste Systems of North America would like to...
View Article‘Swap spot’ set up in Inver Grove Heights
Inver Grove Heights residents who exchange items bought or sold online now have a public location to make transactions. Inver Grove Heights City Council Member Paul Hark proposed the idea of the “swap...
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Accused of tipoff, Inver Grove Heights police chief won’t be charged
Criminal charges will not be brought against Inver Grove Heights Police Chief Larry Stanger, who was accused of tipping off a theft suspect before a search warrant of his property. Scott County...
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Inver Grove Heights investigating police chief’s role in property search tip-off
When Inver Grove Heights Police Chief Larry Stanger realized the father of one of his son’s friends was the target of a theft investigation, he went to Jacob Stanger as a dad and started asking...
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Inver Grove Heights pilot crash-lands in Scott County
An Inver Grove Heights pilot had engine trouble Wednesday and crash-landed near Jordan, according to the Scott County sheriff’s office. Related Articles Wells Fargo executives to forfeit millions in...
View ArticleInver Grove’s city golf course cited for serving liquor to a minor
City-owned Inver Wood Golf Course in Inver Grove Heights was among seven liquor-license holders recently fined for failing an underage alcohol sting. The $750 fines were approved by the city council...
View ArticleStanley Cup to make stop in Inver Grove Heights on Wednesday
Scott Bell, a Pittsburgh Penguins scout who starred with Simley High School in the late 1980s, is bringing the Stanley Cup to his hometown of Inver Grove Heights for a public viewing Wednesday. People...
View ArticleTroje’s Trash bought by national chain
Troje’s Trash & Recycling has been recycled. The 47-year-old Inver Grove Heights company has been purchased by Republic Services, a national trash-hauling company. There will be no change in the...
View ArticleMissing information disqualifies five Dakota County council candidates
Jim Mueller and Tony Scales won’t be on the Nov. 8 ballot for the Inver Grove Heights City Council. In fact, they didn’t even make the city’s primary ballot. Both candidates were deemed ineligible...
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Inver Grove Heights dog back home after 6 months in woods
Lynnea Petersen thought she was in trouble. When she got home from work on Monday, she read a note that Eagan animal-control officer Bob Kent had taped to her window asking her to call. She thought her...
View ArticleBankrupt owner tells how Inver Grove Heights business got trashed
An Inver Grove Heights trash-hauling company has been dumped into bankruptcy by an unlikely villain — defective truck engines, says its former owner. Denny Troje of Troje’s Trash & Recycling said...
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Inver Grove Heights police chief, under investigation, cited for open bottle
An intoxicated Larry Stanger, the police chief of Inver Grove Heights on paid leave as the city investigates his role in a property search tip-off, was cited last month for having an open beer outside...
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