Lino Lakes, Minnesota

Episode 16 / 3 May 2017 / 62 min / full

A House Of Horrors

"We're going to Lino Lakes, Minnesota ... it's in Anoka County" about 0:04:48

The case: Murder of the Mimbach family (October 2000). Read the case file.

The figures, as told in 2017

Population

21,050

Median age

38.6

Median household income

$103,000

Median home value

$263,000

Two-bedroom rent

$1,170

Cost of living

117

Religious

50%

Property crime

▼ less than half

Violent crime

▼ about half

History, in brief

• The area is formed where four lakes come together: the Rechenon, Baldwin, Rice and Marshall lakes. about 0:05:17
• The first white settlers, Americans and French, began settling the area in about 1850, drawn by small game and wild rice. about 0:06:11
• The first local school came in the 1860s and was held in the courthouse because there was no schoolhouse yet. about 0:07:02
• In 1865 they decided to build a schoolhouse. about 0:07:11
• Charles Peltier built a sawmill on Clearwater Creek and abandoned the business after five years. about 0:07:48
• The first local government formed in Centerville, nearby, in 1857. about 0:08:02
• At that point about 300 people lived in the area, split into a German settlement, a French settlement and a Swedish settlement. about 0:08:07
• The word Lino means nothing; it was made up when the town was named. about 0:08:40
• The town was incorporated in 1955, when about 2,000 people lived there. about 0:08:43

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