Storyteller and historian Alan Bohme will host a Gangsters of Minnesota workshop from 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, at Pequot Lakes High School.
The workshop fee is $5 with a minimum of five people required. For questions or to register, call Pequot Lakes Community Action at 218-568-9200.
There are many gangsters of Minnesota who worked primarily out of St. Paul. Learn about the gangsters who spent time at Breezy Point to deliver booze to the resorts and ship the rest to Chicago and about the Great Brainerd Bank Robbery of the 1930s. Some of the criminals are Alvin Karpis, Dillinger, The Barkers, Homer Vanmeter and many others.
