Madeleine Baran

Reporter
Minnesota Public Radio

Madeleine Baran Feature Archive

Schmidt Brewery
Long before glaciers rolled through Minnesota, a massive pool of water circulated throughout the Twin Cities, and soon, residents will be able to line up at a well in St. Paul, and fill up their jugs with the water that experts say is about 30,000 years old. (11/21/2009)
Asian carp
Federal officials say the despised Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent it from invading the Great Lakes and jeopardizing their $7 billion sport fishery. (11/20/2009)
A former St. Paul School District employee has been charged with stealing more than $21,260 from the school system. (11/19/2009)
A man tried to run over a student in the parking lot of a Duluth high school Thursday morning, and nearly hit a school official while fleeing the scene, police said. (11/18/2009)
St. Paul police have arrested two young men suspected of taking part in a series of random attacks shown in a video posted on the Internet. (11/18/2009)
A group of low-income people and advocates will stage a "never-ending emergency room waiting line" outside of the Hennepin County Medical Center on Wednesday, to protest the elimination of General Assistance Medical Care. (11/18/2009)
Becker County Sheriff's divers recovered the body of a 62-year-old duck hunter from Rat Lake on Tuesday afternoon. (11/17/2009)
Community members have prevented the planned demolition of a former speakeasy in St. Paul, a place where "pretty girl entertainers" mingled with mobsters during the heyday of the Roaring '20s. (11/17/2009)
A 45-year-old man who had been living at the Hastings Veterans home was sentenced Monday for the fatal beating of a fellow resident. (11/16/2009)
Duluth elections officials will conduct a ballot recount next Thursday, in response to a request by a city council candidate who lost by 153 votes. (11/12/2009)
A court watchdog group has demanded the resignation of Hennepin County Judge Stephen Aldrich, after the judge allegedly made a joke about murder during a hearing on a domestic violence restraining order. (11/12/2009)
A drunk driver led West Hennepin police on a dangerous chase with her two children in the back seat and an open bottle of rum in a diaper bag on Thursday, according to police. (11/11/2009)
Law enforcement officials are investigating an apparent homicide, after finding a dead man inside a vehicle in Washington County on Tuesday. (11/11/2009)
An Anoka man died Tuesday after he was struck by a truck while riding his motorcycle. (11/10/2009)
A federal grand jury returned an indictment against two people Tuesday for allegedly murdering a 21-year-old man on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. (11/10/2009)