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Arrest made in fatal Inver Grove Heights party bus shooting; second suspect...
A 16-year-old Hopkins boy has been arrested on suspicion of second-degree homicide in connection with the fatal shooting of Billy Ray Robles, a 19-year-old St. Paul man shot Saturday in Inver Grove...
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Teens arrested in theft, assault at Verizon Wireless store in Inver Grove...
The northbound lanes of U.S. 52 in West St. Paul are blocked Monday, March 26, 2018, while police arrest at gunpoint five teenage boys suspected of using force to rob a Verizon Wireless store in Inver...
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Two teens charged in connection with party bus slaying in Inver Grove Heights
As a party bus drove around for several hours late Friday, an argument between two groups of teens festered. When the bus pulled over in Inver Grove Heights to drop off passengers early Saturday, a...
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Undeveloped Inver Grove Heights park, near river, could be up for sale again
Inver Grove Heights again is considering what to do with River Heights Park, which was to be sold for residential development last summer before neighbors helped persuade city officials otherwise. The...
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Weeks after party-bus slaying, one alleged shooter still a fugitive
One of the two accused shooters charged in connection with last month’s killing of a 19-year-old St. Paul man outside a party bus in Inver Grove Heights is still at large. The whereabouts of Trashaun...
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Third teen charged in party-bus slaying of St. Paul rapper
A third teen has been charged in connection with last month’s killing of a 19-year-old St. Paul man outside a party bus in Inver Grove Heights. Samson Chu, 16, of St. Paul, was charged last week with...
View ArticleMeetings set for garbage-to-ethanol plant in Inver Grove Heights
A plan to reuse 2 million gallons of wastewater a day will be discussed at upcoming meetings in Rosemount. The Metropolitan Council is considering supplying a proposed garbage-to-ethanol plant with...
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Teen who fired, but not the fatal shot, pleads guilty in party bus shooting
A second 16-year-old St. Paul boy has received a five-year stayed juvenile prison sentence after pleading guilty to his role in the shooting death of a 19-year-old man outside an Inver Grove Heights...
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Inver Grove Heights takes River Heights Park off the market
River Heights Park in Inver Grove Heights is no longer for sale. The city council unanimously voted this week to keep the 7.5-acre natural area and directed city staff to work with neighborhood...
View ArticleRosemount, Inver Grove Heights strike deal for arena repairs
In exchange for prime-time hours of ice to rent, the City of Rosemount and the Rosemount Area Hockey Association will pay for nearly $900,000 in improvements to an arena in neighboring Inver Grove...
View ArticleBody found in Mississippi River near Inver Grove Heights identified as St....
A body found in the Mississippi River near Inver Grove Heights last week has been identified as that of a St. Paul man, officials say. The body of Der Yang, 29, was pulled from the river Friday...
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17-year-old charged with murder in Inver Grove Heights party bus shooting
A St. Paul teenager is accused of firing the shot that killed an aspiring rapper in March outside an Inver Grove Heights movie theater. Trashaun Nij Morris, 17, was charged Tuesday with three counts of...
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New Inver Grove Heights community development director comes from New Brighton
Inver Grove Heights has picked a community development director to succeed Tom Link, who is retiring Aug. 17 after three decades on the job. Janice Gundlach The city council this month approved the...
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Hastings truck driver charged with vehicular homicide after boulder kills 2...
Prosecutors believe Joseph Paul Czeck knew that a massive boulder fell off his dump truck and caused a crash Monday in Rosemount. But Czeck, 33, of Hastings drove away and did not return to the scene...
View ArticleMnDOT: Expect delays on westbound I-494 from Newport to Inver Grove Heights
Beginning Tuesday and through this fall, motorists will encounter construction-related delays on westbound Interstate 494 between U.S. 61 in Newport and Blaine Avenue in Inver Grove Heights, according...
View ArticleInver Grove Heights planning body cameras on officers, will cost about...
Inver Grove Heights is moving toward being the next city to put body cameras on its police officers, perhaps as soon as November. Police Chief Paul Schnell brought the idea to the city council at a...
View ArticleShe alleged sexism on West St. Paul council; now she’s on ballot. And here’s...
Voters on Tuesday narrowed the field for two seats on the Washington County board, choosing two candidates in each race to advance to the Nov. 6 general election, and voted in four municipal elections...
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Terry Gerten, owner of Gerten’s Farm Market in Inver Grove Heights, dies
Terry Gerten, an Inver Grove Heights fixture who owned and ran Gerten’s Farm Market for more than three decades, died in his sleep Saturday. He was 69. “His business was absolutely everything to him,”...
View ArticleDakota County candidate forum set for Wednesday in West St. Paul
Candidates vying to represent District 2 on the Dakota County Board of Commissioners will square off Wednesday at a forum hosted by the League of Women Voters Dakota County. The forum will be from 7 to...
View ArticleGoat on the lam in Inver Grove Heights, showing up at front doors, police say
The Canadian Mounties always get their man, but will Inver Grove Heights police officers get their goat? That’s the question after the suburban Dakota County police department reported that an adult...
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