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Old South St. Paul fire truck turns kids’ birthday parties into drive-by...
With gloomy skies and light rain falling, Jeff MacDonald and Natalka Kramarczuk fired up the old South St. Paul firetruck Friday morning and set off in search of smiles. It didn’t take long. Just four...
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Man pleads guilty to attempted murder of mother in Inver Grove Heights home...
A 30-year-old man who broke into a random home in Inver Grove Heights and slit a woman’s throat and assaulted her teenage son in July has pleaded guilty to first-degree burglary and second-degree...
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Obituary: Jill Lewis, 74, raised millions for Inver Grove Heights students
Jill Lewis, who helped raise millions of dollars in scholarships for Inver Grove Heights students, died June 7 after battling pancreatic cancer for two years. She was 74 Lewis was a committed advocate...
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Woman convicted in fatal 2008 school bus crash sentenced for illegally...
A Guatemalan woman, who was deported in 2016 after serving eight years in a Minnesota prison for causing a school bus crash that killed four children, was sentenced to two years in prison for illegally...
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Repeat felon sentenced to 20 years for ‘shocking, terrorizing and depraved’...
A 30-year-old repeat felon who broke into a random home in Inver Grove Heights and slit a woman’s throat with a box cutter and assaulted her teenage son has been sentenced to 20 years in prison....
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Billy Robles family sues party bus company and driver after Inver Grove...
The mother of a 19-year-old St. Paul man fatally shot outside a party bus in Inver Grove Heights has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the bus company and its driver. In March 2018, Billy Robles,...
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Gertens keeps growing with purchase of Houle’s Feed Stores in Washington County
Gertens Greenhouses and Garden Center continues to expand its operations in Washington County. The Inver Grove Heights-based business plans to purchase Houle’s Feed Store, which has locations in Forest...
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Still in her wedding dress, a new bride from Inver Grove Heights calms...
Rachel Taylor was wearing white when she cradled an accident victim in her arms last Sunday, but it wasn’t the nurse uniform she’d just earned from Bethel University. It was her wedding dress. Taylor,...
View ArticleFuture of gymnastics school up in the air after Inver Grove Heights threatens...
Tomas Settell considers the Inver Grove Heights community center the ideal spot to run his gymnastics school. Over the past 14 years, Settell and his staff have taught more than 1,800 kids and adults...
View ArticleMN to allow metro landfills to grow for first time since 2003
With waste-to-energy facilities running at full capacity, Minnesota pollution officials will allow metro-area landfills to start taking on more trash for the first time in 17 years. The Minnesota...
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Investigation launched into possible data breach by Inver Grove Heights’ HR...
An ongoing investigation at Inver Grove Heights City Hall revolves around whether personnel information was leaked to a council member by a human resources official, who says the inquiry is retaliation...
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Three suspects arrested in reported Inver Grove Heights kidnapping case
Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the reported kidnapping of a 19-year-old woman in Inver Grove Heights. Hassan Hussein was arrested by Inver Grove Heights police on suspicion of...
View ArticleDakota County 2020 Primary election results: Commissioners race will feature...
A state legislator will face off against a former one for a seat on the Dakota County Board of Commissioners. A pool of six candidates vying to represent District 3 on the board was cut down to two on...
View ArticleInver Grove Heights woman charged in connection with St. Paul shooting, robbery
An Inver Grove Heights woman is being charged in connection with a robbery that led to a man being critically injured. Marissa Brittney Walker, 29, is charged with first-degree assault and aggravated...
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Dakota County celebrates 125th anniversary of Rock Island Swing Bridge Saturday
Dakota County is celebrating the 125th anniversary of the historic Rock Island Swing Bridge on Saturday as part of the “Inver Grove Heights Days” festival. The bridge once spanned the Mississippi River...
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Election 2020: Inver Grove Heights Candidates
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MAYOR Tom Bartholomew Tom Bartholomew Age: 65 What qualifies you to hold this position? I am a 37 year resident of Inver Grove Heights with 42 years in finance, operations, business...
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In her obituary, 93-year-old Inver Grove Heights woman asks voters to not...
Georgia May Adkins of Inver Grove Heights died of a stroke Sept. 28 at United Hospital in St. Paul. She was 93. Her obituaries published in the Pioneer Press included details of how she wanted to be...
View ArticleTownhouse fire kills 1 in Inver Grove Heights
Authorities are investigating a townhouse fire Sunday that killed a person in Inver Grove Heights. Firefighters were called to the home on Conroy Trail south of 75th Street around 8:50 p.m. Sunday and...
View ArticleInver Grove Heights victim of fatal fire was 64-year-old man
The Inver Grove Heights townhouse where a resident was found dead after a fire Sunday night was not equipped with sprinklers, the city’s fire chief said Tuesday. The resident, identified Tuesday as...
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Inver Grove Heights apartments for homeless open just in time, as pandemic...
Rakyia Kennedy-Marshall finally feels a sense of relief for the first time in three years. Times have been tough for the 36-year-old, her husband, Marcello, and their children. The family became...
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