...private property. With patriotism on the upsurge, authorities were bracing for the worst. "We're relieved," said Ted Vanderbeek, a spokesman for the St. Paul Fire Department. "With the amount of fireworks potential out there, we were fairly...

...a teacher that she was having trouble breathing and she had an inhaler, said St. Paul fire department spokesman Ted Vanderbeek. Goodno will head human services agency Retiring state Rep. Kevin Goodno signed on Wednesday as Gov.-elect Tim...

...Daniel Boivin, an attorney for the two plaintiffs. "It's still a good old boys club." Fire Department spokesman Ted Vanderbeek said recruits were all held to the same standards and O'Connor and Tossey failed to meet them. "They weren't...

...biohazard suits, to manage the spate of suspicious-material cases since the anthrax scares began, said spokesman Ted Vanderbeek. Public safety departments are also looking to the state and federal governments for help. Forty percent of larger...