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 Norberto Lara Tierra-Blanca had a loaded semi-automatic handgun with its serial number obliterated in his car when he was arrested in Minneapolis.
Police say Domi Moses hit a car in a Lakeville bar parking lot last weekend, then smashed into a squad car when police arrived to arrest him.
Police say Joseph Thomas Beran was in possession of a stolen car when they arrested him at a Burnsville apartment complex.
Police say Joseph Thomas Beran was in possession of a stolen car when they arrested him last weekend in Burnsville.
Police say Edgar Hernandez Vasquez strangled a woman in front of her two children.
Police say David Chacon Sanchez sold cocaine twice to a confidential informant, then fled police when they tried to arrest him.
Rolando Demetrio Ruiz of Burnsville and Zachary Michael Hirsch of Savage are charged with felony drug possession.
The St. Paul man is accused of stealing computers from a St. Louis Park store and having a demagnetizing tool clipped to his belt.
Michael Charles Mitty has been charged with burglarizing a Plymouth telemarketing company.
Police say Melvin Leroy Henderson III made repeated visits to the store and stole electronic items, some of which he later pawned.
Police say Victor Evin was driving around in a stolen truck with a woman who had an active no-contact order against him.
Police say they found almost 6 ounces of meth and a loaded handgun when they searched a recording studio being leased by Wedell Jerome Mickens of Minnetonka.
Police say Nicholas William Hansen of Rosemount was caught trying to break into a car in an Eden Prairie garage last week.
Police say Adam Michael Harris, of Hopkins, drove the getaway car for Nicholas William Hansen, of Rosemount, last week after Hansen broke into an Eden Prairie garage.
Laura Michelle Schwartz, charged with 10 felony counts of theft by swindle, was arrested Thursday in Burnsville.
Laura Michelle Schwartz of Burnsville, who was arrested this week, faces 10 felony counts of theft by swindle.
Police say Brenton Troy Gerholdt stole snowboards and other sports equipment while working at the Burnsville ski resort, then sold them on Craigslist.
Police say Brenton Troy Gerholdt of Northfield stole snowboards and other sports equipment while working at Buck Hill in Burnsville, then sold them on Craigslist.
Police say Brenton Troy Gerholdt stole snowboards and other sports equipment while working at a Burnsville ski resort, then sold them on Craigslist.
Police say Yer Thao used a resident's identity to open new credit card accounts, stole the cards from the victim's mailbox and used them to buy things.
