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.
Tonya Annamae Losh of Fridley and Sarah Elizabeth Burrington of Minneapolis allegedly stole a car from a Marine Corps recruiting center in Burnsville, and were arrested after police tracked it using the vehicle's GPS.
Andre Rodney Zerahn and Shantae Deanna-Bruce Zerahn are charged with possession of burglary or theft tools and credit-card fraud in the July 31 Round Lake Park break-in.
Gustaro Resendiz Talabera, accused of criminal sexual conduct, was returned to Minnesota from Illinois on Wednesday and will make his first court appearance on Thursday.
Police say Antenese Scottesia Baker confessed to stealing cell phones from stores in a number of cities, including Minnetonka.
Police say Ernest Henry Chouinard inappropriately touched the girl while staying at her home in Rosemount.
Police say Antenese Scottesia Baker, arrested Tuesday in Washington County, confessed to thefts at stores in a number of Minnesota cities, including Apple Valley.
Police say Antenese Scottesia Baker, arrested Tuesday in Washington County, confessed to thefts at stores in a number of Minnesota cities, including St. Louis Park.
Police say Antenese Scottesia Baker, arrested Tuesday in Washington County, confessed to thefts at stores in a number of Minnesota cities, including Burnsville.
Police say Frankie Dylan Dircks was under the influence of methadone and other drugs when he swerved into oncoming traffic and hit another vehicle head on.
Police say Peter Raymond Scott hid his iPhone on his female roommate's bed so he could record video of her undressing.
Police say Amber Rae Kraft of St. Louis Park assaulted the woman in her home and prevented her from calling 911.
Police say Thomas Patrick Dousette bit his neighbor's neck, strangled her and threatened to kill her.
Police say Amber Rae Kraft assaulted a woman in Eden Prairie, then tried to keep her from calling police.
Police say Synquez Desonne Davis pushed the victim onto a bed and choked her until she was unable to breathe.
Police say Golden Valley resident Jaden Young gave a teller a note asking for $1,000. Young had a long knife and a meat tenderizer in her bag when she was arrested.
Police say Ryan Adler Robinson became angry when a security officer at a workforce center asked him to move his pickup, and that he drove toward the officer as though he wanted to run him over.
Ashley Marie Roff, one of two people charged with beating 2- and 3-year-old girls and allegedly causing a brain injury in the younger child, was arrested Monday.
Police say Christian David Cole was masturbating in the lobby of a Plymouth apartment building while looking at online pornography.
Police say Amy Yvonne Mullin had five children in her car and was legally drunk when she crashed into another car on the morning of Sept. 27.
