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A bullet reportedly flew during fight about teen's boyfriend
A North St. Paul woman is facing a second-degree assault charge after she allegedly shot her 18-year-old daughter's leg during an alcohol-charged argument about the teen's boyfriend early Sunday, Feb. 9.

Suburbs around the east metro were recently hit with a rash of mail thefts, an uptick that authorities say may have been aggravated by tax season.

The North St. Paul Police Department on Monday, Feb. 10, released the name of a suspect in a shooting that occurred early Sunday.
Monday afternoon, police were searching for Tonya Hale Raleigh, 35, of North St. Paul. She is suspected of shooting her 18-year-old daughter in the leg after they argued, according to North St. Paul police Capt. Dustin Nikituk. He said the victim was hospitalized in stable condition.

St. Paul officials have unveiled a master plan for bike paths that seeks to more than double the amount of bike thoroughfares in the city.
The plan is St. Paul’s first comprehensive look at bike travel, and provides a framework for creating designated spaces for bike travel in conjunction with road maintenance.
A plan put together by St. Paul Public Works Department proposes creating 214 miles of bike paths to add to the existing 144 miles.

The North St. Paul Parks and Recreation Commission will present the design for a proposed building at Casey Lake Park at an open house from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, at City Hall, 2400 Margaret St.
Residents will have a chance to check out the project and offer feedback.

Betty Enright remembers when North St. Paul anglers dragged couches onto a frozen Silver Lake a decade or so ago, as a cozy way to compete in the North St. Paul Lions Club’s popular ice fishing contest.
Her late husband, Ray, the keeper of many pails and a past club president, used to help organize the annual event that, due to dwindling membership and thin-ice cancellations, the club hasn’t hosted for the past few years.
“I just remember it took a lot of manpower,” said Enright, who’s been living in North St. Paul since 1944.

St. Paul police horse retires
Black Jack, the St. Paul Police Mounted Patrol's longest-serving horse, retired on Jan. 31 after 14 years of service.
Black Jack, or BJ as he is affectionately known, will return to live with his previous owners, the Grannis family, in Inver Grove Heights.

Jan. 9 marked a historic day for the fight against sex trafficking.
Otis Washington, 30, of St. Paul was given the longest ever sentence for sex trafficking in the state - his penalty was 40 years in prison for an operation that he, his brother Antonio Washington-Davis and two uncles conducted, selling at least 10 vulnerable girls and young women for sex in the Twin Cities and throughout the state, over a period of two years.