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.
Stewart Eugene Pesheck has been tied to more than a dozen residential burglaries in the Twin Cities since late 2010, authorities say.
Russell James Doop was arrested at a home in Excelsior after the homeowner called to report that someone was outside pounding on his pickup truck.
Michael Charles Holie is accused of putting his three children at risk last September when he held a loaded handgun to his throat.
Shawn Denton Van Hamm is accused of asking a 15-year-old Burnsville girl to have sex with him last December.
Police say Shaun Kenneth Anderson had methamphetamine and an anti-seizure medication in his car when he was stopped March 18.
Police say Kyle Alan Owen had 2 grams of heroin in his car when he was stopped March 16 in Mendota Heights.
Brent Joseph Dickinson is charged with felony domestic assault by strangulation in connection with the March 19 incident.
Dovonta Aarmon Norman is accused of possession of cocaine and heroin after police arrested him in Lakeville for stealing a $170 dog collar.
Police say Wanda Lynn Nunn stuffed three bottles of alcohol into her spandex shorts and tried to leave the liquor store without paying for them.
After a man was discovered dead and woman badly injured March 2, a Minneapolis man has been charged with murder and attempted murder.
Nicholas Bernard Janssen of St. Paul is facing felony drug charges after police say they found Fentanyl, Oxycodone, Viagra and Warfarin on him last week near Minnetonka Middle School East.
Dinicea Berry-Wigfall is charged in two separate complaints with using a stolen credit card at a Minneapolis Target store and possession of cocaine.
Jonathan Ross Roorda was stopped last week in Richfield and arrested after police say they found marijuana and Adderall in his car.
Matthew Thomas Rush is charged with a felony after police say they arrested him in Minneapolis, attempting to break into cars.
Christopher James Hendren and William Travis Tolson are charged with first-degree burglary in the March 8 incident.
Darryl Stanley Smith is charged with felony domestic assault in connection with the March 11 incident.
Christopher James Hendren's criminal history includes a 2008 conviction for felony first-degree burglary in Hennepin County and one for felony second-degree burglary in Carver County in 2009.
Jason Rajendra Hira, accused of repeatedly calling and sending text messages to the victim, was arrested at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
Brian Lawrence Reeves is accused of cheating an Australian merchant out of almost $3,000.
Brian Lawrence Reeves was arrested last week at his MInnetonka workplace, accused of cheating an Australian merchant out of almost $3,000.