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MinnLocal

  1. Driver crashes Race for the Cure: http://bit.ly/jJLWRx
  2. Toddler run over by mother in Brooklyn Park: http://bit.ly/mQxeql
  3. Burglar targeting large homes in Edina; police seek information: http://bit.ly/k03dfy
  4. Juvenile black bear spotted in Apple Valley: http://bit.ly/iS3JnB
  5. Juvenile black bear spotted in Apple Valley: http://bit.ly/iS3JnB
  6. Spring Lake Park man charged with kidnapping, sexual assault of 8-year-old girl: http://bit.ly/jNXsmt
  7. Fridley man charged after high-speed chase in stolen SUV: http://bit.ly/lUVjL2
  8. Police identify body in chimney of Brooklyn Center apartment complex: http://bit.ly/iLHtVf
  9. GUnshots heard, house damaged in Fridley neighborhood: http://bit.ly/iVz4iv
  10. Osseo school employee charged with possession, sale of cocaine: http://bit.ly/juZltn
  11. Female reports groping assault near Irondale High School: http://bit.ly/mhdLV0
  12. Gun fired in Southdale Center parking lot, Plymouth man arrested: http://bit.ly/jrBqll
  13. Burnsville man pleads guilty to threatening Amtrak train: http://bit.ly/kPBf6Q
  14. Suspect charged in 2007 murder of Columbia Heights woman: http://bit.ly/jVRgpA
  15. Police find body in chimney of Brooklyn Center apartment complex: http://bit.ly/l4VzWn
  16. Two Crystal men arrested in New Hope, charged with arson, burglary: http://bit.ly/hQmqKz
  17. 3 charged in mortgage scheme relative to Minnetonka development: http://bit.ly/erW3vB
  18. Kidnapping suspect released without charges Thursday: http://bit.ly/gb2YEf
  19. Arson suspected in Plymouth apartment fire: http://bit.ly/f8GgLs
  20. Citizen input, cost prompts change in Burnsville election plan: http://bit.ly/gaVXCP