Eagan 19-year-old killed in Inver Grove Heights crash
A 19-year-old man was killed in a crash on Minnesota 55 in Inver Grove Heights on Thursday night. The crash occurred shortly after 8 p.m. in the westbound lane near the Minnesota 3 junction, killing...
View ArticleInver Grove Heights soccer fields vandalized by ‘someone who acts like a...
Inver Grove Heights police hope to track down who drove their car or truck on two soccer fields at Rich Valley Park on Saturday night, causing thousands of dollars in damage to the grass. Eric Carlson,...
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Inver Grove Heights police chief resigns, after accusations of tipoff
Larry Stanger, the Inver Grove Heights police chief who has been on paid leave since April while being investigated for alleged wrongdoing, will resign as part of a separation agreement reached between...
View ArticleInver Grove Heights Christmas display benefits service dogs for vets
An Inver Grove Heights couple has set up a Christmas lights display and a Santa Claus meet-and-greet for their second annual fundraiser. Ed and Dana Abrahamson co-own the nonprofit Soldiers 6, which...
View ArticleInver Grove outrage: Popular holiday-lights display vandalized
Nancy Brown got a slap in the face when she stepped outside her Inver Grove Heights home Thursday morning — and it wasn’t from the bitter cold. Related Articles Inver Grove Heights Christmas display...
View ArticleSouth St. Paul carjacking leads to standoff
Two men carjacked a woman’s vehicle at gunpoint Saturday night, leading to a police chase and standoff at a South St. Paul house that lasted nearly six hours, police said. A woman was forced out of her...
View ArticleArmed robbers break into Inver Grove Heights home
Masked men with guns broke into a home in Inver Grove Heights on Thursday night, according to police. Inver Grove Heights police said the incident on the 8400 block of Bryce Court involved two males...
View ArticleWoman jumps from bridge onto I-494 in Inver Grove Heights
A woman jumped to her death Sunday afternoon from a bridge over Interstate 494 in Inver Grove Heights. The woman, who was 29 and from Inver Grove, jumped from the Babcock Trail bridge onto the...
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Neighbors Inc., Dakota County social service agency, names new leader
Neighbors Inc. has picked someone with a decade of leading a faith-based organization to be its next executive director. Charles D. ThompsonCharles D. Thompson Charles D. Thompson will join Neighbors...
View ArticleInver Grove plant would be first in U.S. to turn garbage into ethanol
Dump it today, drive with it tomorrow. That’s the promise of the nation’s first waste-to-ethanol plant, proposed for Inver Grove Heights. The $200 million biofuels plant would process Dakota County’s...
View ArticleSon of former Inver Grove Heights police chief killed in head-on crash
The 21-year-old son of former Inver Grove Heights Police Chief Larry Stanger was killed Sunday night in a western Wisconsin car crash, authorities said. Jacob Stanger was driving his 2008 Infiniti G37...
View ArticleInver Grove Heights chiropractor accused of health-care fraud
An Inver Grove Heights man is the latest Twin Cities chiropractor to be indicted in connection with an alleged health-care fraud scheme related to “no-fault” auto insurance. Timothy Wayne Guthman, 43,...
View ArticleDog park could land on former polluted site in Inver Grove Heights
Dogs finally might have a place of their own in Inver Grove Heights. Related Articles Inver Grove Heights chiropractor accused of health-care fraud Son of former Inver Grove Heights police chief killed...
View ArticleTell Dakota County what you think of two trail plans
A public open house Tuesday in Rosemount will focus on two draft plans about the future of greenway corridors and trail connections in central Dakota County. The five-mile Rich Valley Greenway will...
View ArticleDakota County finalizes deal with residents to preserve 108 acres in Inver...
Dakota County has finalized a deal to acquire a permanent 108-acre conservation easement in Inver Grove Heights. Related Articles Crop-spraying helicopter crashes in Dakota County West St. Paul closes...
View ArticleIt’s Christmas in May as couple sell off their popular (giant) light display
Monday is Memorial Day, but it will look more like Christmas in one Inver Grove Heights neighborhood. Rodney and Nancy Brown, who have presented an elaborate lights display every year since 1995, have...
View ArticleBoat explodes at Inver Grove Heights Marina; no one hurt
A boating party had a close call Sunday afternoon when the 34-foot cruiser they were on exploded in fiery flames at a gas dock in Inver Grove Heights. The explosion around 1:30 p.m. at the River...
View ArticlePolice chase after possible Minneapolis kidnapping ends in Inver Grove Heights
A man was arrested Tuesday in Inver Grove Heights after leading police on a chase that snaked more than 20 miles through the Twin Cities, officials say. Related Articles Donald Blom, killer of Katie...
View Article7 weekend traffic deaths include Inver Grove Heights man, New Prague bicyclist
At least seven people were killed in Minnesota traffic crashes over the weekend. According to authorities: • Adam Michael Blesener, 32, of Inver Grove Heights was killed shortly before 3:15 a.m....
View ArticleParents want answers about Dakota County charter school leadership change
Frustrated by what they say is unacceptable secrecy surrounding leadership decisions, parents of students at an Inver Grove Heights charter school hope a Thursday meeting will finally provide some...
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