Dakota County

The South St. Paul City Council approved Aug. 20 a request to seek assistance from Dakota County to address the impacts in the city related to housing support facilities, more commonly known as group homes.

On Aug. 11, folks headed to Fleming Field in South St. Paul for the annual Relay for Life. Those in attendance helped raise money for the American Cancer Society by walking laps.

A 33-year-old man was charged July 20 with attempted murder for allegedly shooting two South St. Paul police officers the day prior.

A 17-year-old boy from St. Paul was charged with murder for the March 24 killing of a young man outside an Inver Grove Heights movie theater as people exited a party bus.

Courtesy of the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office • West St. Paul Police Chief Bud Shaver was the recipient of a pie in the face April 13, and it was all for a good cause.

On April 10, President Donald Trump nominated First Judicial District Judge Erica MacDonald to be the next U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota. 

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week begins April 8.

Two teenagers have been charged in connection with the March 24 fight and shootings outside an Inver Grove Heights AMC Theatre that left one dead and another injured.

Police still searching for suspect

A fight between two groups of men on a party bus turned deadly in the early morning hours of March 24 outside an Inver Grove Heights AMC movie theater.

A Catholic priest pleaded guilty to third-degree criminal sexual conduct for having sex with a woman during a “private Mass” at her parents’ Mendota Heights home in summer 2010.