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    June 26, 2017
    Carew Koskie, 13, left, and his nephew Justin Teigen, 11, had planned to eat at the Dairy Queen on Snelling Avenue in St. Paul but it is closed and so they went to Starbucks. “We always came here with my family,” said Koskie. “I was pretty upset because we wanted to order food and Blizzards,” said Teigen. The owner, Carol Noyes announced last week it was closing. Jean Pieri / St. Paul Pioneer Press
    After 65 years, a walk-up DQ closes in St. Paul
    ST. PAUL - The walk-up Dairy Queen on Snelling Avenue in St. Paul has closed after 65 years in business. For its entire existence, one family...
    News/businessJune 26, 2017 - 8:26am
    June 23, 2017
    Philando Castile Scholarship winner Marques Watson, 18, smiles Friday, June 23, when he talks about how Philando Castile's mom told him to stay on top of classes, study hard, not party and to make sure and call if he had questions. Watson is the first recipient of an annual $5,000 Philando Castile memorial scholarship for Central High School graduates. Jean Pieri / Pioneer Press
    First-generation college-bound student wins Philando Castile scholarship
    ST. PAUL — Nearly a year later, the roadside near where Philando Castile was fatally shot still holds symbols of remembrance, and the St....
    NewsJune 23, 2017 - 10:15pm
    June 22, 2017
    Food seized from Minnesota warehouse due to infestation of rodents, birds and insects
    ST. PAUL—Federal officials seized food from a St. Paul warehouse alleging that rodents, live birds and insects had infested the facility....
    NewsJune 22, 2017 - 7:08pm
    June 21, 2017
    A gigantic rainbow banner is carried down Hennepin Avenue during the 2011 Gay Pride parade in downtown Minneapolis, on Sunday, June 26, 2011. (Scott Takushi: Pioneer Press)
    After Yanez verdict, police asked to keep low profile at Twin Cities Pride parade
    ST. PAUL — St. Paul and Minneapolis police officers typically have a big, visible presence at the start of the Twin Cities Pride parade,...
    NewsJune 21, 2017 - 11:45pm
    June 15, 2017
    Parents can sue school over gender matter
    ST. PAUL — A St. Paul couple who allege that Nova Classical Academy failed to protect their child from persistent gender-based bullying...
    NewsJune 15, 2017 - 10:03am
    June 13, 2017
    The Ramsey County attorney's office charged Gerald Monte Hinton Jr., DOB 9/20/97, of St. Paul, with first-degree assault on June 12, 2017, of his 3-week-old daughter. (Courtesy of the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office)
    Man tells police he broke newborn's leg 'in blind rage'
    ST. PAUL — A 3-week-old girl was found to have a skull fracture and broken leg Saturday, June 10, in St. Paul, and the baby's 19-year-old...
    NewsJune 13, 2017 - 8:51am
    A houseboat sinks into the Mississippi River at Harriet Island in St. Paul, Monday, June 12, 2017. Scott Takushi / St. Paul Pioneer Press
    'I still wake up crying' Sunken houseboat sets off legal dispute over removal
    ST. PAUL — There's a sunken houseboat in the Mississippi River near St. Paul's Wabasha Bridge, and after six months of debate, no one...
    NewsJune 13, 2017 - 8:41am
    June 8, 2017
    Four 'gang members' charged in rape, robbery of teens in St. Paul
    ST. PAUL—After young men repeatedly raped two young women near a St. Paul park, they threw their victims' car keys into nearby bushes and...
    NewsJune 8, 2017 - 9:45pm
    May 30, 2017
    Kara Amundson-LaVenture, 42, cried as she pleaded guilty in St. Croix County Court to one count of theft in a business setting. (courtesy photo)
    Ex-St. Paul assistant principal admits theft from Wisconsin church
    BALDWIN, Wis. — A former St. Paul assistant principal admitted Tuesday, May 30, to stealing more than $100,000 from a Wisconsin church....
    NewsMay 30, 2017 - 9:09pm
    May 15, 2017
    Vincent Reanell Harris, left, Christopher Rayshawn Calloway, center, and Bobo Davonte have all pleaded guilty to various charges stemming from their roles in the slaying of 16-year-old Samantha Burnette in St. Paul. (Courtesy of Ramsey County sheriff's office).
    3 implicated in St. Paul shooting death of high school student plead guilty
    ST. PAUL — Three of the four people charged in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old Minnetonka High School student last fall have taken plea...
    NewsMay 15, 2017 - 7:08pm
    May 11, 2017
    Jeronimo Yanez, a St. Anthony police officer charged with second-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of Philando Castile, wants his trial moved out of St. Paul. Courtesy photo / Ramsey County Sheriff's Office
    Philando Castile, fatally shot by officer, could have arrest record, other details used by defense at trial
    ST. PAUL — The arrest and driving record of the man fatally shot by a St. Anthony police officer during a traffic stop last summer could...
    NewsMay 11, 2017 - 12:03pm
    May 9, 2017
    St. Paul College students Simon Sho, left, and Leng Lor work together to get a closet header level in the house they are building in Vadnais Heights on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. St. Paul College has a year-long carpentry program and a cabinet making program that provides trained students to the construction industry. Scott Takushi / Pioneer Press
    Twin Cities businesses partner with technical education programs to help close the 'skills gap'
    ROSEVILLE, Minn. — When building contractor McGough has an opening on one of its construction crews, it doesn't have to look very far....
    NewsMay 9, 2017 - 11:01pm
    May 8, 2017
    Synthetic marijuana taking toll in downtown St. Paul
    ST. PAUL — Over and over again, St. Paul paramedics and EMTs have responded recently to people having bad reactions after apparently smoking synthetic marijuana. Some have been unconscious, some vomiting and others in a catatonic state. The medical calls keeping the fire department...
    NewsMay 8, 2017 - 9:10pm
    May 4, 2017
    Measles outbreak expected to get worse in Minnesota
    ST. PAUL — With the number of measles cases reported in Minnesota jumping to 41 Thursday, May 4, health officials are cautioning that the...
    NewsMay 4, 2017 - 7:16pm
    Michael P. Soucheray II. Photo courtesy of the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office.
    St. Paul police officer not guilty after being charged with striking teen in crisis
    ST. PAUL — A St. Paul police officer and his supporters breathed a sigh of relief Thursday, May 4, when a jury acquitted him of assault...
    NewsMay 4, 2017 - 7:01pm
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