Email AuthorJessica Lussenhop
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MN GOP Secretary-Treasurer David Sturrock resigns
December 31, 2011 in The Blotter
Sturrock wriggles out of the stirrups.?The almost-unwatchable train-wreck that is the Minnesotan Republican Party wrecks onward. Last night, Secretary Treasurer David Sturrock tendered his resignation, effective January 19. In his barbed...
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MN GOP is $2 million in debt
December 30, 2011 in The Blotter
Former GOP Party Chair Tony Sutton is batting 2 million.?According to new figures released today by the Republican Party's own Internal Finance Review Committee, the GOP is up to its...
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KEYC Mankato anchor Annie Stensrud was three times over legal alcohol limit after arrest
How we look to the national media
December 29, 2011 in The Blotter
No one's laughing all that hard now.?Although neither internet celebrity anchor Annie Stensrud nor her home station KEYC ever confirmed or denied that she was drunk in a broadcast that...
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Merwin Liquors contest giving away $2,500 worth of Surly [VIDEO]
December 27, 2011 in The Hot Dish
A bunch of little groupie bitches.?Piggy-backing on the Surly "price gouging" debate from earlier this fall, Merwin Liquors is taking the opportunity to point out that not only did it...
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Violent melee caught on tape at Mall of America [VIDEO]
December 27, 2011 in The Blotter
YouTubeChairs were launched across this first floor corridor. ?Multiple fights broke out yesterday afternoon in different parts of the Mall of America, some of it captured on shoppers' cell phone...
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KEYC Mankato anchor Annie Stensrud arrested for DWI
December 22, 2011 in The Blotter
Annie Stensrud can't catch a break.?Annie Stensrud, the Mankato CBS-Fox affiliate reporter whose "drunk broadcast" went viral on YouTube was arrested last night for a DWI. According to Nicollet County...
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It's going to be a brown Christmas
December 21, 2011 in The Blotter
Matt GrommesThis Christmas is the worst.?Still dreaming of a white Christmas? A crisp sleigh ride over the river and through the woods to grandma's? Well, according to the weather experts at...
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Marcus Bachmann would fight gay marriage as the "first gentleman" [VIDEO]
December 20, 2011 in The Blotter
Ladies and other gentlemen, the First Gentleman.?Marcus Bachmann is through being the mute, often-unseen husband of presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann. From now on, it's First Gentleman to you. As his wife...
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Occupy MN: Melissa Hill sues Sheriff Richard Stanek over trespassing arrest
December 14, 2011 in The Blotter
The booking photo from Occupy MN's first arrest.?Just a week into the Occupy MN demonstrations at Hennepin County Government Plaza, the movement got its first arrest. Hennepin County Sheriff's deputies...
Anoka-Hennepin School Board holds contentious reading of revised "neutrality policy"
December 13, 2011 in The Blotter
Keith Ellison condemns Lowe's for pulling ads from Muslim reality TV show
December 12, 2011 in The Blotter
KEYC Mankato anchor Annie Stensrud breaks silence on her "drunk broadcast" [VIDEO]
How we look to the national media
December 09, 2011 in The Blotter
No one is buying Michele Bachmann's book
December 08, 2011 in The Blotter
Occupy MN: Protesters occupy veteran Bobby Hull's foreclosed home [VIDEO]
December 07, 2011 in The Blotter
Derek Boogaard had degenerative brain disease linked to head injuries
December 06, 2011 in The Blotter
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Suicide Files: Sheriff Fletcher supporters who weren't investigated by Internal Affairs
December 05, 2011 in The Blotter
?In this week's feature, we told the story of Ramsey County Sheriff's Deputy Dan Ruettimann, who committed suicide in early October. Shortly before his death, he asked a friend to...
Occupy MN: Two protesters arrested at dismantling of Tent City
December 02, 2011 in The Blotter
Occupy MN protester slammed by Hennepin County security [VIDEO]
December 01, 2011 in The Blotter
Suicide Files: Bob Fletcher's domestic dispute
December 01, 2011 in The Blotter
Watch Tom Lyden's Fox9 report on Deputy Dan Ruettimann [VIDEO]
November 30, 2011 in The Blotter
Joe Kapp decks Angelo Mosca in geezer fight [VIDEO]
November 30, 2011 in The Blotter
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Holly Boyd, Chihuahua killer, sentenced to 45 days in jail
November 29, 2011 in The Blotter
Holly Boyd admitted she killed her chihuahua puppy.?A local dog-killing case that infuriated animal lovers around the world finally came to a close, when Holly Boyd was sentenced today in...
St. Paul is the 8th-least sad city in America
How we look to the national media
November 28, 2011 in The Blotter
WCCO acknowledges Duck Dog story on website
November 23, 2011 in The Blotter
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Occupy MN and ACLU sue Hennepin County
November 22, 2011 in The Blotter
County commissioners call this clutter; ACLU calls it free speech.?The ACLU has filed a lawsuit on behalf of four members of the Occupy MN movement. The 92-page filing lists Hennepin...
