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.
My Thi Do, charged last week with leading Eden Prairie police on a high-speed chase, has now been charged with a similar incident five days earlier in Brooklyn Center.
Police arrested Thomas Rashaun Gibson when they spotted him driving too slowly in Richfield, then learned that he had large quantities of heroin and cocaine in his possession.
Police say they found six vials of illegal anabolic steroids when they executed a search warrant at Nathan Edward Garrett's house.
Police say Sarah Rebecca Michelle Knapp worked at Gail Be Designs for only two weeks, then broke in several weeks later and stole more than $3,000 worth of electronic equipment.
Police say Bradley John Gothman called Plymouth police and threatened to blow up the buildings in which U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar and U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi work because he blamed them for taking away his disability benefits.
Billy Edward McCoy filed suit in U.S. District Court against the Richfield Police Department, alleging that officers illegally arrested him and retaliated against him.
Police say Peter Gustavo Gesualdo cut the man with a butterfly knife, then threatened to slash another man's throat.
Police say Peter Gustavo Gesualdo cut the man with a butterfly knife, then threatened to slash another man's throat.
Erick Oie says Allied Waste Services of North America forced him to work on diesel engines in an unventilated area, then forced him to quit because company officials wouldn't correct the problems.
Police say Terrance Trevelle Hill raped the child after she woke up from a nightmare and sought comfort.
Police say Terrance Trevelle Hill raped the girl at her Burnsville home after she woke up from a nightmare and sought comfort.
Police say John Edward Harmon, a former Faribault police officer, harassed his ex-girlfriend via phone and text message, threatening to "blow his brains out" in front of her.
Police say Davontay Cortez-Rashonn Hollie kicked in the door of the apartment, apparently looking for a man who owed him money.
Nicholas Eugene Tenhoff and two 17-year-olds are accused of beating, kicking and robbing a man in Northfield early on the morning of Jan. 6.
Police say Michelle Maria Elaina Zaragoza and three juveniles swindled the Von Maur department store in Eden Prairie out of almost $2,500 last August.
Police say Trevor Charles Kappel and his 17-year-old girlfriend tried to have sex with the 13-year-old girl after picking her up from school in December.
Police say Karl Alexander Coombs became upset over a text message and choked the woman twice in front of her 4-year-old son.
Police say Kenneth Elzie Nelson choked a woman and threatened to kill her when she refused to have sex with him.
Police say Davontay Cortez-Rashonn Hollie kicked in the door of the apartment, apparently looking for a man who owed him money.
Police say they found large quantities of heroin and marijuana in Jacob Robert Duffy's home when they executed a search warrant.
