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How to park in downtown Minneapolis, whether you’re commuting or having a night out
“It really depends on what’s important to you,” he said.
For Alex Benson, who works as a consultant downtown, Ramp A’s easy access to Interstate 394 won him over. He tries to beat rush hour traffic the two days a week he’s in the office, but he’s never had problems finding a spot.
It took Aba Jones, a legal assistant for a downtown law firm, a bit longer to find the right fit. She used to park in the Gaviidae Commons Garage, but prices jumped and the elevators weren’t always clean. Then she started parking near Target Field, but the walk was farther and another driver dented her car.
She finally settled on City Center after seeing another commuter taking an elevator down to the building’s ramp. For the two days a week she comes into the office, Jones arrives before 8:30 a.m. to snag the $10 early bird rate.
“It’s perfect for me right now,” she said.
A Nevis, Minn., man serving as a head election judge is accused of allowing 11 unregistered voters to cast ballots on Election Day.
Timothy Scouton, 64, worked at a tiny precinct in a politically conservative Hubbard County township where Scouton allegedly directed poll staff, including his son, to not have the unregistered voters fill out the correct paperwork in order to legally vote, according to the charges filed Friday in Hubbard County District Court.
Scouton faces two felony counts: One accuses the election judge of accepting votes of unregistered voters, the other is neglect of duty. The charges carry maximum penalties of five years in prison and/or $10,000 fine.
Attempts to reach Scouton were unsuccessful and his son, who was also present as an election judge, declined to comment when contacted by a Minnesota Star Tribune reporter Saturday. “No comment do not attempt to contact me again, thank you…” his son Andrew Scouton said in a message.
Andrew Scouton “would have been responsible for registration applications since he was sitting where persons entering would speak with him first,” the charges against his father state.
Timothy Scouton was assigned a public defender Friday. Assistant Beltrami County Attorney Kenneth Christie declined to comment when reached by phone Monday morning.
“I have no response at this time,” Christie said. “That may change within the next week or so.”
A majority of Badoura Township, population 150, voted for Donald Trump in the presidential election. According to election results, 49 voted for Trump and 31 voted for Kamala Harris.
A teenager died in a single-vehicle crash late Sunday in Minnetonka, the State Patrol said.
The 17-year-old boy from Corcoran was the lone occupant of a 2024 Cadillac Lyriq that left the eastbound lanes of Hwy. 7 just after 10:45 p.m. and struck a light pole at the intersection of County Road 101, the patrol said.
The boy’s name has not been released and no other information was provided on the patrol’s report.
Police negotiation with a gunman at a home in Red Wing ended late Sunday with the suspect surrendering and the discovery of a woman dead inside the residence, officials said.
The standoff occurred near the intersection of West and Putnam avenues, where police responded shortly before 6 p.m. to a report of a suicidal man with a handgun.
After several hours of negotiation, the man came out of the home and was arrested, police said.
Officers went into the home and found a woman dead inside, according to police.
A 41-year-old man was booked into the Goodhue County jail on suspicion of second-degree murder. He remains held without bail ahead of charges. The Star Tribune generally does not identify suspects before they are charged.
Police have not identified the woman, nor have they explained the circumstances of the woman’s death.
