OAKDALE MN
Woman dies in Oakdale, Minn., fire 
A suburban St. Paul woman has died in a fire at her townhouse.
By Associated Press , March 19, 2013
Search resumes for missing Oakdale, Minn., woman 
About 300 volunteers gathered Thursday to look for 27-year-old Danielle Jelinek. She was reported missing on Sunday after she disappeared from a home in Chisago Lake Township.
By Associated Press , December 14, 2012
AIG buys Hartford's Woodbury Financial unit 
The insurer American International Group Inc. said Monday that it has completed its purchase of a securities brokerage from Hartford Financial Services Inc.
By Associated Press , December 03, 2012
Day care operator accused of locking kids in shed 
An Oakdale day-care operator is accused of locking three children without shoes or jackets in an outdoor shed last winter.
By Associated Press , July 29, 2012
Minnesota Supreme Court reverses conviction in baby stabbing 
The Minnesota Supreme Court has reversed the conviction of an Oakdale woman accused of stabbing her baby to death. Wednesday's decision means Nicole Marie Beecroft is eligible for a new trial.
By Associated Press , May 23, 2012
Prom closed to Twin Cities student's porn-star dates, so he's planning alternative event 
Officials at the Oakdale school are forbidding Mike Stone, an 18-year-old senior, from bringing the women to the May 12 prom. So Stone said he will have an alternative party, a "porn prom," the same time as the conventional prom. Whatever happens, Stone has created a whirlwind of gossip at school -- and online.
By Bob Shaw , March 23, 2012
Missing for 5 months, Alexandria, Minn., dog Remi reunited with owner in Twin Cities metro
Over five months, the dog traveled 150 miles and survived wintry Minnesota weather. Covered with wounds and starved enough to lose one-quarter of his body weight, he is believed to have escaped from dog-nappers. And like a celluloid hero, he came through it all with his tail wagging.By Bob Shaw , January 24, 2012
Minneapolis police find couple having sex in missing car of fatally stabbed woman 
The evening an Oakdale, Minn., woman was discovered brutally stabbed to death in her apartment last month, a Minneapolis police officer found two people having sex in her car, which had gone missing and also had blood in it, according to a search warrant.
By Tad Vezner , January 10, 2012
Suspect held without charges in death of Minnesota nanny 
Minneapolis police and state agents officials arrested Thomas James Fox about 2:30 p.m. Thursday during a traffic stop near 10th and LaSalle Avenue. He was held on a state warrant for absconding from a halfway house while on work release, said Michelle Stark, spokeswoman for Oakdale police.
Baker was found Wednesday morning on her bedroom floor in the 6200 block of 12th Street N. in Oakdale. She had been stabbed several times and was dead at the scene.
By Joy Powell , December 31, 2011
Police say Minnesota woman's death Wednesday was homicide 
Police in Oakdale say the death of a woman whose body was found in her apartment was a homicide. But police say there is no threat to the public as they search for the suspect.
By Associated Press , December 29, 2011
Teacher in Oakdale, Minn., admits attempt to pimp disabled student 
A substitute teacher for a special-education school in North St. Paul has pleaded guilty to trying to groom a student for prostitution.
By Associated Press , November 28, 2011
Minnesota faces charges for allegedly possessing child porn 
A Vadnais Heights man faces felony charges for allegedly possessing hundreds of child pornography photos and videos. The Washington County Sheriff's Office launched an investigation after receiving a tip from the Minneapolis Police Department's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force that a number of images portraying child sex abuse had been tracked to a home in Oakdale.
By Elizabeth Mohr , November 19, 2011
First Minnesota deer hunting trip lands hunter rare piebald deer 
Every hunter's first deer is memorable. But Joshua Winchell's likely won't be forgotten for anyone who saw it Saturday; it's possible they'll never see another one quite like it.
By Dave Orrick , November 08, 2011
Minnesota prisons chief defends parole for officer's killer 
Minnesota's corrections commissioner defended his decision to parole a prisoner who served 29 years for killing an Oakdale police officer, telling lawmakers today he's bound by the laws that were in place when the murderer was sentenced.
By Steve Karnowski , November 03, 2011
Parole approved for man who killed Minnesota cop in 1982 
Timothy Eling, 63, was notified this week that his life sentence for the 1982 killing of Oakdale, Minn., police officer Richard Walton has ended after 29 years. The extraordinary parole decision follows months of review at the department's highest levels and reflects the belief of Corrections Commissioner Tom Roy that some violent criminals have the capacity to redeem themselves through their actions in prison.
By Paul McEnroe , October 27, 2011
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