INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MN
2011 very good year for largest U.S. cooperative 
Yet despite the good times, there's some restlessness these days at Minnesota-based CHS. Its farmer-owners see the world of agriculture changing in dramatic ways, and the co-op is scrambling to meet the challenge.
By Tom Webb , January 04, 2012
Hockey player's dad accused of attacking Minnesota youth team coach
Forty-nine-year-old Thomas Angelo Tonda was charged with felony terroristic threats and misdemeanor fifth-degree assault. According to the complaint, the alleged attack happened Dec. 6 in Inver Grove Heights. The assistant coach told police that Tonda's son was fighting with two other players before hitting one with his hockey stick.
By Associated Press , December 22, 2011
Inver Grove Heights, Minn., man pleads guilty to embezzling $154,000
The criminal complaint says Donald Peter Boehmer spent four years as the treasurer the International Concatenated Order of the Hoo-Hoo. A St. Paul Pioneer Press report describes the group as an organization whose members are involved in the forest-products industry.
By Associated Press , December 13, 2011
Nearly 400 pounds of pot found in Minnesota home
Authorities didn't find the secret room the first time. But an anonymous tip prompted the Dakota County Drug Task Force to search an Inver Grove Heights house again this week, where authorities say they discovered nearly 400 pounds of marijuana beyond a false wall -- valued at more than $1 million. The drug bust is by far the largest this year in Dakota County, Sheriff Dave Bellows said. And undoubtedly, it ranks among the largest in the county's history, Bellows added.
By Maricella Miranda , December 03, 2011
Minnesota-based company to buy Israeli soy protein maker
CHS Inc. will boost its soybean processing business with the $133 million purchase of an Israeli soy protein maker. Inver Grove Heights-based CHS, the nation's largest farmer-owned co-operative, has agreed to buy Solbar Industries Ltd., which produces soy protein ingredients for food makers.
By Mike Hughlett , November 26, 2011
Dakota County driver who killed 3 in collision ordered to visit victims' graves
A 22-year-old woman who caused a crash that killed three people will serve no jail time, but a judge ordered her to visit the gravesites of the victims on the anniversary of the crash.
By Heron Marquez Estrada , November 22, 2011
Dakota County high school senior charged with felony for sex with girl, 14
A Simley High School senior, who is an athlete and honor-roll student, faces a felony charge for having consensual sex with a 14-year-old girl, authorities say. A Facebook group called "Free George" was created in response to the charge against George Michael Knowlton. As of Wednesday afternoon, 137 people had "liked" the page.
By Maricella Miranda , September 22, 2011
Siding contractor electrocuted at Fridley, Minn., apartment building
Rich Hennen of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., was on an aerial lift replacing flashing at South Fridley Apartments, 1120 52nd Ave. N.E., when he came in contact with an Xcel Energy power line, Fridley police Lt. Michael Monsrud said.
By Nick Ferraro , August 17, 2011
Body found near river in Inver Grove Heights, Minn., identified
A badly decomposed body discovered in Inver Grove Heights last week is that of a 51-year-old Minneapolis man who went missing in November, authorities said Tuesday.
By Minneapolis Star Tribune / MCT , July 11, 2011
Body found in Inver Grove Heights, Minn.
Authorities are asking the public's help in identifying a decomposed body found near the Mississippi River in Inver Grove Heights.
By Associated Press , July 07, 2011
Twin Cities plotter gets 1 year for burglary involving homeowner hit with ax, strapped to Foosball table
The Dec. 21, 2010, burglary took place after Jacob Robert Anhalt called a man and asked if he could visit his Inver Grove Heights house, the complaint said. When the resident let Anhalt inside, two masked men followed him.
By Maricella Miranda , June 14, 2011
Church official is charged with theft
A church coordinator who trained Hmong leaders and pastors in Inver Grove Heights, Minn., is accused of stealing more than $100,000 from the nation's third-largest Lutheran church.
By Maricella Miranda , May 05, 2011
Two Minnesota men charged in armed robbery with battle-ax
Two Inver Grove Heights men face charges of burglary, aggravated robbery and theft after they allegedly smacked an acquaintance on the head with a battle-ax, lifted some of his tools and then drove off in a stolen truck.
By John Brewer , December 28, 2010
Prosecutors: Inver Grove Heights, Minn., manager stole $1 million from St. Paul wrecker co.
Mark Brian Grabitske, 57, was charged with eight counts of theft by swindle. He was summoned to appear Dec. 30 in Ramsey County District Court.
According to the criminal complaint, Grabitske deposited checks from his employer, Twin City Wrecker Sales, without the business's consent or knowledge.
By Kaitlyn Egan , December 09, 2010
'Hockey coach' with hard-luck story defrauded 8, police say
Todd Allen Groves preyed upon people's good nature, police say, and sometimes a Minnesotan's fondness for high school hockey.
By Nick Ferraro , November 12, 2010
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