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 John Joseph Korab had a blood-alcohol content almost three times the legal limit when he failed to yield the right of way to an aircraft at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
Authorities say he hit 105 mph on Interstate 35W, until chased onto neighborhood streets.
Police say Joseph Steven Swenson broke a window on the trailer and stole calculators, tools and laptop computers.
Police say Robert Julian Perez-Braly was legally drunk when he rampaged through a Northfield apartment Tuesday night, damaging property and challenging officers to shoot him.
Police say Marcus Tyrone Hunter had marijuana, Vicodin and Percocet in a satchel when he was arrested.
Police say Marcus Tyrone Hunter had marijuana, Vicodin and Percocet in a satchel when he was arrested.
Police say they found firearms, marijuana, methamphetamine, ecstasy and hashish when they raided Matthew Richard Grove's apartment earlier this month.
Natashia Lashaye Daniels and Marquis Demon Bettis were arrested July 12 and charged with being part of a wide-reaching Minneapolis heroin-dealing ring.
Police say Kevin Laquan Benton broke into a home on Kewanee Way and stole cash, jewelry and other belongings.
Police say Ronald Plotsker had .07 grams of cocaine in his pocket when he was arrested for drunken driving.
Police say Marcus Abrham Hemsworth and another man broke into a home on Valley View Drive and stole electronics equipment.
Police say Terrell Williams held a woman in a headlock in downtown Minneapolis and repeatedly punched her in the head and face.
Police say Enoch Emilio Montante led them on a high-speed chase before crashing in Edina.
Enoch Emilio Montante is accused of leading Minnetonka police on a high-speed chase before crashing his motorcycle in Edina.
While the victim admitted to self-inflicted wounds on her arm, police say Duane Lee Washington beat her and cut her neck with a box cutter after an argument about an upcoming court appearance.
Police say Andrew Jerome McDaniel claimed to have received the fraudulent check for working as a home health care attendant.
Police say Edgar Jesus Gonzalez-Mendoza had repeated sexual contact with the girl.
Police say Matthew Aaron Christenson believed the store was selling poisoned cigarettes.
Police say Kyle Alan Dague fired the shot that killed 22-year-old Justin James Schauer while the two were playing a game with a 9 mm handgun.
Authorities say Laura Michelle Schwartz, already facing 10 counts of swindling her former employer, lied to county officials and illegally received more than $40,000 in child-care benefits.
