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 Kayla Jo Henry-Heagle of Burnsville and Antonio Mendez Trice of Minneapolis filmed a video of two underage girls performing a sex act at a Burnsville party, then posted the video on Facebook.
Nicholas David returned to the stage Monday night, along with the other three remaining contestants.
Police say Earline Wasp and her 16-year-old son used a stolen credit card to make purchases around Eagan and Apple Valley in September.
Police say Elliot Alexander Williams was legally drunk when he sped out of a Lakeville parking lot, then fled his car and hid on top of a nearby garage.
Police say Rithwan Ahmed Badel handed a note to a teller at an Edina TCF Bank branch, but got away with only $40—$7.50 of which he spent on a movie ticket.
Tony Don of Northfield and Cody Glenn Wilcox of Morristown are accused of forcing a man to withdraw $300 from an ATM early on the morning of Dec. 20.
Police say Soe Paing was racing in July when he hit speeds of 120 mph on Interstate 35E, and that he videotaped the race while he was driving.
Abdirahman Elyas Abdullahi of Shakopee and Sulaiman Sharif Maye of Minneapolis stole a car from behind a Minneapolis store, then crashed it minutes later, according to police.
Police say Christopher Wayne Haakenstad was driving under the influence of narcotics when he was stopped in Golden Valley, and that there was an active warrant for his arrest.
Police say Gabrielle Lyne Anderson had 1 gram of cocaine in her purse when she was arrested in Minneapolis.
Police say Bernice Valerie Johnson was intoxicated when she attacked the victim, cutting him on his head with a steak knife.
Police say they found crack cocaine in the Richfield apartment where Angela Lydia Cook was promoting prostitution.
Police say they found the substance in Gabrielle Lyne Anderson's purse while she and two other people were loitering in the South Lyndale area.
Authorities say David Lewis Wright Jr. had a blood-alcohol content more than twice the legal limit when he crashed his car in St. Louis Park.
Authorities say David Lewis Wright Jr. had a blood-alcohol content more than twice the legal limit when he crashed his car in St. Louis Park.
Theresa Marie Navratil is charged with third-degree assault and making terroristic threats. Police say she stabbed a man in the hand and then announced that she wished she had been the man who killed 26 people at a Connecticut elementary school.
Emily Julianna Alberts of Eden Prairie and Chad Louis Pickney of Altoona, WI, are facing felony drug charges after police say they found heroin in their car.
Police say Gabrielle Lyne Anderson had 1 gram of cocaine in her purse when she was arrested in Minneapolis.
Police say Erin Elisabeth Turnmire borrowed $1,200 from a woman for whom she served as a personal care attendant.
Police say Brenda Lynn Heinen kicked an officer in the leg when she was arrested for drunken driving on her 41st birthday.
