A major road construction project is set to impact one of the Twin Cities metro’s busiest north-south corridors, as MnDOT prepares to begin work on Highway 77 beginning in July 2026 and is projected to be ongoing through November 2028.

A late-night pursuit involving the Minnesota State Patrol and neighboring police agencies ended with one arrested after a driver allegedly fled from a traffic stop and led troopers across multiple highways in the south metro.

Authorities are investigating a single-vehicle crash that occurred Monday evening, April 6, 2026, along a busy stretch of Highway 77 (Cedar Avenue) in Apple Valley, Minnesota, in which the vehicle crashed into the middle median.

A crash involving a semi-truck load striking a bridge and then striking a following passenger vehicle led to several hours of roadway disruptions on Tuesday evening, March 24, 2026.

A 26-year-old Apple Valley man is facing multiple felony charges in Dakota County after investigators say he stole wallets from gym lockers and used victims’ credit cards to make fraudulent purchases totaling thousands of dollars.

A Minneapolis man with an extensive criminal history is facing new felony charges after authorities say he attempted to steal money from an Apple Valley pizza joint before taking a delivery driver’s vehicle and leading police on a dangerous pursuit.

Emergency crews responded Monday morning to a crash in which a vehicle left the roadway and struck the side of a home near Cedar Avenue.

An incident that initially appeared to involve a suspected stolen vehicle prompted a multi-agency law enforcement response Saturday afternoon before authorities determined the situation stemmed from a reporting error tied to a recent vehicle sale.

A 14-year-old boy was injured Tuesday night after a vehicle struck him while he was riding a scooter near the intersection of Cliff Road and the northbound on-ramp to Cedar Avenue (Highway 77).

Apple Valley emergency personnel responded to two separate injury crashes just over an hour apart on Wednesday, November 19, 2025: One on Cedar Avenue involving four vehicles and a second collision at the intersection of Galaxie Avenue and Fordham Avenue involving two vehicles.

A police pursuit in Apple Valley ended in a crash Wednesday afternoon after a vehicle fleeing officers collided with another car at the intersection of Cedar Avenue and 147th Street.

A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to support the family of Ryan Matthew Ebert, the driver critically injured and not expected to survive his injuries, in a serious crash on Monday night involving two-vehicles on northbound Cedar Avenue in Apple Valley.

Emergency crews responded around 10:00 p.m. Monday night, October 13, 2025, to a serious two-vehicle crash on northbound Cedar Avenue (Highway 77) just south of I-35E.

One person has died and another remains hospitalized with life-threatening injuries following a two-vehicle crash late Saturday morning in Lakeville.

Two people were injured following a motorcycle crash late Tuesday morning, September 23, 2025, in Apple Valley.

Around 2:20 p.m. on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, emergency crews from the Apple Valley Fire Department and Apple Valley Police Department responded to reports of a vehicle fire on northbound Cedar Avenue near 157th Street.

A 31-year-old man is facing felony theft charges after police say he attempted to steal thousands of dollars’ worth of trading cards from Target in Apple Valley earlier this month.

A serious crash involving a motorcycle and multiple vehicles occurred Sunday night on southbound Cedar Avenue, just north of 140th Street, prompting an emergency response and temporarily closing the roadway.

Emergency roadwork is scheduled on Cedar Avenue between County Road 42 and 140th Street in Apple Valley, beginning around 6 AM on Saturday, May 31st.

A large-scale police search prompted a shelter-in-place alert in Lakeville on Thursday afternoon after a suspect with felony warrants fled on foot from a stolen vehicle.