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St. Paul tries to give scooters the boot

Bird Rides Inc. dropped the scooters into the Twin Cities without official permission this week, and people were already taking them out for a spin while officials in Minneapolis ... Just kind of expl... read more

Teen Assaults 77-Year-Old St. Paul Man In Front Of His Home

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — St. Paul police are asking for the public ... The teenager ran to the edge of the driveway, escaping on a rented scooter. Meanwhile, the video shows the house door ... read more

E-Scooters Get an Education

Shortly after, the scooter companies also arrived in nearby St. Paul. Knowing it was only a matter of time before the devices would show up on campus, Sanders quickly reached out to Bird. “We talked t... read more

Scooting to Class

The next battleground for scooter ... Minneapolis, where Bird and Lime both began operating fleets this summer. Shortly after, the scooter companies also arrived in nearby St. Paul. read more

Ramsey County Sheriff Reports

A pair of juvenile suspects just couldn’t wait to start riding the motorized scooters they allegedly took from ... had been recovered and could be picked up at the St. Paul impound lot. When she arriv... read more

Rental scooters roll into the Twin Cities, and regulators try to keep up

A surprise fleet of two-wheeled rental scooters rolled onto the streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul Tuesday, giving local residents their first look at electric scooters popping up in cities across th... read more

Local/state briefs

MINNEAPOLIS (AP ... death may have been on a motorized scooter or similar bike, but the official police report has not been forwarded. House passes bill charging parents for genital mutilation ST. PAU... read more

This week in odd news: Intruder caught after putting toilet seat down

It ran between two vehicles in the carpool line and escaped to ... to restore Penn to his rightful perch. SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A person who apparently sped off after hitting a parked car in a ... read more

Milwaukee to ask judge to order Bird to remove electric scooters from city

Milwaukee sued after sending Bird a cease-and-desist letter on June 28, a day after 100 scooters arrived "in a similar ... contends their scooters are legal for street use, just like bicycles and othe... read more

Grant Hart of pioneering indie rock band Husker Du dies

On Thursday, Mould recalled how he met Hart in the fall of 1978, at a nearly empty St. Paul record store ... His last public performance was July 1 in Minneapolis. Hart thought he was going to play wi... read more

Adele Mania Hits St. Paul

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO ... be Minnesota's first indigenous lieutenant governor. St. Paul Unveils Dockless Bikes For RentHundreds of bikes for rent just arrived in St. Paul, joining a fleet of scooters that ... read more