Betsy is a former reporter for The Forum of Fargo (N.D.), the Sioux Falls (S.D.) Argus Leader and the St. Paul Capitol Report/Politics in Minnesota. She also wrote a pop-culture column and was national copy editor for Internet Broadcasting, and spent several months as an interim managing editor at the Minneapolis Business Journal -- in addition to some jobs not particularly connected to journalism, including process server and test proctor.
Police say Robert Jay Wong, already facing charges of possessing methamphetamine and illegally possessing firearms, had more meth and more guns in his Minnetonka home when he was arrested on Nov. 1.
Police say Tyler James Hamilton of Edina and Michael Thomas Fann of Plymouth were arrested in a Bloomington hotel room with methamphetamine.
Police say Michael Thomas Fann of Plymouth and Tyler James Hamilton of Edina were arrested in a Bloomington hotel room with methamphetamine.
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Charles Edward Bracken was charged Friday in federal court with possession of child pornography.
Authorities say Bradley James Nelson picked up a dummy package, after the Department of Homeland Security in Farmington picked up the real one.
Police say Kevin Michael Slominski became enraged when his ex-girlfriend told him their relationship was over, broke down her door, assaulted her and fled with her cell phone.
Adam Eugene Berg pleaded guilty to exposing himself to children and trying to lure children in the Farmington area.
Carlton Raymond Lewis II, charged with beating two toddler girls last spring and seriously injuring one of them, was arrested in Hastings.
Police say Nina Ujunwa Mbachu used a check drawn on a closed account to try to open an account at a bank in West St. Paul.
Police say Benjamin Powell had a powerful handgun in his backpack when he was arrested at the Cedar Grove transit station.
Police say Duane Robbins repeatedly struck the child with a belt because of the victim's online conversations with a classmate.
Thanh Huu Bui is charged with two felonies in connection with a sex-trafficking ring that police say was masterminded by Bernard Elvet Johnson of Minneapolis.
Wesley Rayvon Johnson, who was convicted of robbery in 2011, has been charged with illegally possessing a pistol in north Minneapolis.
Police say they found heroin and Valium when they searched Danielle Elizabeth Bergson's home this week, and that her 13-month-old child was within reach of it.
Police say Joshua Dale Vredenburg chased a Richfield man through his yard with a vehicle, before leading police on a rush-hour chase, causing several accidents and a fire before crashing into a house.
18-year-olds Peter Yang of Fridley and Anthony Yang and Xai Vang of Brooklyn Park broke into a garage and tried to get into to a Brooklyn Park house through a connecting door, according to police.
Police say Anthony Jerome Thompson is implicated in burglaries at T-Mobile stores in Golden Valley, St. Louis Park and Columbia Heights.
Police say Anthony Jerome Thompson is implicated in burglaries at T-Mobile stores in Golden Valley, St. Louis Park and Columbia Heights.
Police say Anthony Jerome Thompson was involved in burglaries at T-Mobile stores in Golden Valley, St. Louis Park and Columbia Heights.
