Burnsville Police and Fire have released new details after a mental health crisis on Maple Island Road escalated into a fatal house fire. The BCA and State Fire Marshal are now leading the investigation.

Three people were transported to HCMC after a two-vehicle T-bone crash at the intersection of Cliff Road and the southbound Highway 77 ramp in Eagan early Sunday morning. The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating.

Jeremy Allen Roberts Ayala of Minneapolis has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to fleeing police in a stolen vehicle following an attempted theft at an Apple Valley Papa John's. The February 2026 pursuit ended with a PIT maneuver near County Road 42.

Eagan resident Rolando O. Miranda Martinez has been sentenced after pleading guilty in a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed 40-year-old Leslie Ann Youngberg in March 2026 near Cliff Road and Nichols Road.

The Dakota County Drug Task Force is warning residents after 23 suspected overdoses and two suspected fatal overdoses were reported between May 29 and June 2. Officials believe fentanyl may be present in the local drug supply and are urging residents to carry Narcan and recognize overdose warning signs.

Following a 12-day court trial, a judge has issued a mixed verdict in the case tied to the 2025 fatal shooting death of 20-year-old Matthew Robert Lee inside a South St. Paul residence.

A Burnsville woman has been sentenced in connection with the 2024 shooting death of a Minneapolis man after entering what is known as an Alford plea earlier this year.

A Rosemount woman is facing a felony charge after authorities say she drove away from a traffic stop despite being warned not to drive because her license was revoked.

A Wisconsin man is now facing felony charges more than a year after a devastating multi-vehicle crash on I-35E in Eagan that left two people with life-threatening injuries.

A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to five years in prison after a Dakota County jury found him guilty of illegally possessing a firearm as a prohibited person following a 2024 traffic stop in Eagan.

A Minneapolis man is facing a felony charge in Dakota County after authorities say he was found in possession of ammunition despite a prior conviction for a violent offense.

A Rosemount man has now been formally charged in connection with a shots-fired incident last week, after investigators say he fired a handgun at another driver during a confrontation at an intersection.

Rosemount Police announce that a suspect has been arrested in connection with last week’s reported shooting in Rosemount, following a coordinated law enforcement operation that led to a heightened police presence in the area.

The criminal case against Robert Lee Baker III has reached a new conclusion nearly two years after the Minnesota Supreme Court overturned his original conviction and ordered a new trial, ruling that a jury should have been allowed to consider self-defense and defense of others.

A four-year independent review into the 2004 murder conviction of Philip Randall Vance has concluded with no recommendation to overturn the verdict, according to a newly released report from the Minnesota Attorney General’s Conviction Review Unit.

An Eagan man, Rolando O. Miranda Martinez, has been charged in Dakota County District Court after authorities say he struck and killed a 40-year-old woman with his vehicle early Saturday morning and fled the scene.

Savage officials released disturbing new details Tuesday in the investigation into the death of 11-month-old Harvey Muklebust, announcing that a former daycare employee has been arrested and is accused of intentionally harming multiple children while working at Rocking Horse Ranch Childcare.

A Burnsville man already facing serious felony charges for a violent New Year’s Day assault in Burnsville is now charged in a separate Lakeville case involving an alleged late-night garage intrusion and indecent exposure incident, according to newly filed court documents on Monday.

Burnsville Police have arrested and the Dakota County Attorney’s Office has charged a 23-year-old man in connection with a violent New Year’s Day assault on an elderly woman along a park trail near Crystal Lake West, an incident authorities say raised serious public safety concerns and represents an escalation of troubling behavior.

A Farmington man has been charged with second-degree intentional murder in connection with the shooting death of his girlfriend inside a Castle Rock Township home on Christmas Eve.