Sunday, May 20, 2012
A weekly rundown of the stories readers found most interesting over the last seven days.
Though you might live or work in Inver Grove Heights, chances are you follow, to some degree, what's happening in the neighboring communities. Here are the Top 5 stories from IGH as well as some of the top stories posted on area Patch sites last week. 5. Inver Grove Heights Pics & Clips: Joseph Kennedy Tribute A wonderful video tribute to Spc. Joseph Kennedy and his family produced by our friends over at Town Square Television. 4. IGH Woman Accused of Stealing From Kids Soccer Fundraiser Sharon Lee Pieske, 43, was charged Apr. 24 with stealing $1500 from a collection box used to fund the IGH Youth Soccer Association. 3. City Considering Firearms Safety Class Inside IGH The City of Inver Grove Heights is considering allowing DNR 2nd Lt. …
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Eric N. Lent sustained non-life threatening injuries.
Dakota County Sheriff Dave Bellows catches you up on the latest county happenings.
Friday, May 18, 2012
The second of two Inver Grove Heights police blotters from Apr. 24 to May 5
Editor's note: All information listed herein is public and comes from the Inver Grove Heights Police Department. Locations represented are approximations. Please note, some locations are associated with multiple crimes.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
The first of two Inver Grove Heights police blotters from Apr. 20 to May 5
Editor's note: All information listed herein is public and comes from the Inver Grove Heights Police Department. Locations represented are approximations. Please note, some locations are associated with multiple crimes.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Troy Anderson, 26, is facing up to 20 years in prison and a $35,000 fine if he is convicted of first-degree aggravated robbery.
A 26-year-old Inver Grove Heights man accused of first-degree aggravated robbery pleaded not guilty in a Dakota County court Tuesday morning. Troy Anderson has maintained since the night of his arrest that a Hispanic accomplice—whose name he claimed to not know—is guilty of stealing a wallet, iPod and mobile phone from a 15-year-old IGH boy. Anderson waived his right to a speedy trial at Tuesday's omnibus hearing and, for the time being, remains in custody in the Dakota County Jail under a $100,000 bond. IGH Police say Anderson and his alleged accomplice approached two teens on Apr. 16 while walking through a local park. The men asked the boy to use his mobile phone and rifled through his pockets until they found his wallet. The …
The IGHFD recently used federal grant money to purchase MNDOT-style signage.
The Inver Grove Heights Fire Department recently purchased two traffic message boards with funds from a $190,065 competitive federal grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Assistance to Firefighter Grant program. The message boards will allow the department to notify and instruct drivers during an emergency from the safety of their vehicles. “Responder safety is number one,” said Judy Thill, fire chief of the IGHFD. Driver impatience and confusion can put firefighters at risk, explained Thill, who has a strong interest in road safety, and has served on state focus groups and committees relating to the topic. According to Thill, up to 25 percent of all roadway incidents are the result of a previous incident. In Minnesota, …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Sharon Lee Pieske, 43, is accused of stealing $1500 from a pull tab collection box located in a bar on Concord Blvd.
A 43-year-old Inver Grove Heights woman is scheduled to make her first appearance in Dakota County court May 21 after being accused of stealing $1500 from a collection box used to fund the IGH Youth Soccer Association. Sharon Lee Pieske was charged Apr. 24 with felony theft after Inver Grove Heights police viewed video surveillance from a Concord Blvd. bar that allegedly showed her going behind the counter and stealing money from a pull tab box. The criminal complaint said police were called after the bartender realized the money was missing. According to the complaint, Pieske, who had her back to the camera, placed the money in her pocket and left the area before anyone was any the wiser. In a post-arrest interview Pieske denied taking …
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Monday, May 14, 2012
The Dakota County Attorney's Office announced this afternoon that a grand jury indicted national nonprofit group Final Exit Network and members with assisting a suicide related to the 2007 suicide of an Apple Valley woman.
A Dakota County Grand Jury has indicted a national nonprofit right-to-die group, alongside four of its members, for their alleged roles in the 2007 suicide of an Apple Valley woman. Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom announced Monday that the indictments allege that Apple Valley resident Doreen Dunn, who was 57 at the time, "decided to end her life with the advice, encouragement or assistance of an organization known as the Final Exit Network." "She hid this fact from her family and when her body was found on May 30, 2007 by her husband, it appeared to him, the Dakota County Medical Examiner, and the Apple Valley Police Department that her death was from natural causes," a statement from the Dakota County Attorney's Office says. Dunn …
47-year-old Andrew Wagner was last seen at a cemetery in Virginia, Minn. on May 3.
Editor's note: The comments from St. Louis County investigator Mark Steel were added after the story was published. Steel also confirmed that, despite initial confusion, the Office Max receipt was from May 2. The search for Andrew Wagner has begun to focus heavily on St. Louis County despite his Minneapolis address and a May 2 credit card receipt from the Office Max in Inver Grove Heights. Office Max public relations manager Nicole Miller told Patch the company would not comment on an ongoing investigation. But Office Max did assist the investigation by providing a copy of Wagner's receipt to St. Louis County Sheriff's deputies, according to Wagner family spokesperson Lara Brown. Although he could not reveal the contents of the receipt…
