Matt McKinney
Reporter at The Minnesota Star Tribune
Star Tribune reporter. St. Paul, but Mpls a close second. Building stuff: structures and sentences. 612-673-7329. [email protected]
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startribune.com | Matt McKinney
Easing its opposition to thrift stores, the Arden Hills City Council on Tuesday decided to allow the second-hand goods sellers to operate in a few more spots in the northern metro suburb. The approval of the new ordinance wasn't unanimous, passing by a vote of 3-2, and followed a sometimes-testy exchange as one council member made it clear she wasn't a fan. "I just wouldn't want Arden Hills to be known as thrift store city," said Council Member Brenda Holden, who voted against the measure.
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startribune.com | Matt McKinney
Step into the Burlington store at Har Mar Mall in Roseville and see what shoplifters have wrought: As soon as you enter, a security guard stops you, points to the security camera, and then unlatches a gate that allows you to enter the store. Theft and shoplifting exploded at the historic mall last year. Some retailers have gated shut their mall connections, forcing customers to enter from the parking lot. The mall's manager has installed more security cameras.
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startribune.com | Matt McKinney
By Matt McKinney Sweet Destiny, the 54-foot motor yacht that was marooned on Beer Can Island in the St. Croix River, has been removed from the beach. Mayor Rich O'Connor confirmed the boat was towed to a private dock in Hudson, Wis., on Friday. The beach of Beer Can Island was empty by late morning Friday, for the first time since Grayson McNew parked the sinking vessel on the island last summer.
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startribune.com | Matt McKinney
By Matt McKinney City says fee should raise $100,000 to $200,000 a year and help offset the cost of hosting millions of Minnesotans every summer. The Minnesota Star Tribune Fairgoers won't find free parking in Falcon Heights anymore. The last day of the 2024 State Fair in Falcon Heights (Jerry Holt/The Minnesota Star Tribune) No more free parking in Falcon Heights for the Minnesota State Fair, fairgoers.
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www2.startribune.com | Matt McKinney
Curious MinnesotaGift this Article Send this article to anyone, no subscription is necessary to view itMinnesota's Department of Corrections operates 11 prisons scattered across the state, a system that traces its roots to a frontier facility in Stillwater. A reader wrote to Curious Minnesota, the Star Tribune's reader-powered reporting project, saying he had learned in grade school that the newly formed territory of Minnesota needed a university, a capital and a prison.
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