Crime & Safety

South Metro Roundup: Police Shooting, Hero Dad, Bank Failure and More

Catch some of the stories that were on our neighboring sister Patch sites last week.

Though you might live or work in Rosemount, chances are you traveling to or through our neighboring communities as well. Here are some of the stories posted on our neighboring Patch sites last week that could impact, help or be of interest to you, including a still-developing story about a fatal police shooting in Apple Valley. Read each story by clicking on the headline link.

Apple Valley

Police have released more details about the incident Sunday in Apple Valley in which a man who was going to be arrested for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend reportedly shot a handgun at a police officer, was then shot by the officer and later died.

The Twins were touched by sixth-grader Deleena Simon's tribute to her father, who has raised her as a single parent since her mother died of breast cancer when she was one-and-a-half years old. She's one of 60 students the Minnesota Twins recognized as top writers in this year's Father-of-the-Year essay contest, which yielded more than 4,100 entries from kids across the state.

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Inver Grove Heights

Fifty-two-year-old former  pastor Leon Piepenbrink pleaded guilty to seven counts of theft by swindle in a Dakota County court Friday morning.

Lakeville 

Customers of Lakeville’s branch of InterBank will be doing business with another bank come Monday. The Maple Grove-based bank was closed by federal regulators with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Friday. Interbank deposits have been transferred to Great Southern Bank of Reeds Spring, MO.

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A plan to reunite an 11-year-old boy with his father—who abandoned him at their Lakeville home last year—and his mother continues to be in the works. But the boy told a judge that he would prefer to stay in foster care with his maternal great-aunt than to live with his father, Steven Cross.

Eagan

A developer wants to demolish a gas station and car wash in Rahncliff Court and build a 7,150 square foot retail building with an outdoor dining patio. The developer behind the proposed Rahncliff Court project wants to begin construction on its multi-tenant retail project as early as this summer.

Like many coaches, Eric Drenckhahn makes sure his athletes get plenty of exercise, are properly motivated and eat enough healthy food to keep them energetic during competitions. But unlike most other coaches, Drenckhahn's athletes have feathers. Drenckhahn is one of a comparatively small group of people in the United States who breeds and races carrier pigeons.

Burnsville

Chris Morgan was emceeing a three-and-a-half hour banquet when a strange tingling feeling passed over him. Little did he know that the largest artery in his body was splitting, tearing apart from his heart to his stomach. Morgan was in the throes of an aortic dissection, a rare and often fatal condition in which survival is rare as well.

Burnsville is now home to a self-serve yogurt franchise that is sweeping the nation. CherryBerry officially opened its doors on Travelers Trail on Thursday. The concept is sweet but simple: Patrons are encouraged to walk in, grab a cup and start mixing.

 

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