An Apple Valley man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to a felony assault involving a firearm near the Dakota County Fair in Farmington, according to court records.

A Red Wing man with a long history of violent and financial crimes has now been sentenced to state prison following three interconnected Dakota County criminal cases in 2025, including a road-rage gun-pointing incident, a late-night confrontation in Farmington, and a check-fraud operation spanning multiple victims and businesses.

State regulators have issued an emergency suspension of Rocking Horse Ranch Childcare in Savage following the death of an infant and another reported medical emergency involving a second child.

A 47-year-old Inver Grove Heights man is facing multiple charges, including assault with a dangerous weapon and impersonating a peace officer, after prosecutors say he attempted to pull over an on-duty Maple Grove police officer while using flashing red lights and pretending to be law enforcement.

A 51-year-old Hastings man has been charged with attempted murder and assault following a dramatic domestic violence incident and hours-long standoff in rural Dakota County on May 20, 2025.

A weapons-related incident in Eagan on Monday evening, February 17, 2025, led to the arrest of two juvenile males after they allegedly brandished firearms at another driver.

Charges have been filed in connection with a shooting that occurred outside a Taco Bell on Town Centre Drive in Eagan on September 29, 2024.

Eagan Police arrested a man on Wednesday evening following a standoff that lasted over two hours in the city’s residential neighborhood.

A Burnsville man has been charged with multiple felonies after an alleged armed confrontation with his roommate on October 19, 2024, that escalated into a standoff with law enforcement.