A Dakota County couple is facing multiple gross misdemeanor charges after children were allegedly found living in unsafe and unsanitary conditions at a Lakeville residence that officers described as among the worst they had seen in their careers, according to Dakota County criminal complaints.

Authorities have identified the person recovered from the Mississippi River near Kaposia Landing earlier this week as a 49-year-old man from Rochester, as investigators continue working to determine the circumstances surrounding his death.

A viral image circulating online claiming Renee Good has an arrest record or has lost custody of her children has been confirmed false after a review of public records and official sources.

Law enforcement agencies across Dakota County have arrested a 16-year-old male in connection with a series of school-related threats that disrupted multiple schools in Burnsville, Apple Valley, Eagan, Rosemount, and surrounding communities on Tuesday, December 16.

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 killed, and a third person was airlifted to a hospital following a head-on crash Saturday morning, September 6, 2025, on Highway 56 in Randolph.

Heavy police response in Eagan prompts shelter-in-place near Albany Circle; multiple agencies and SWAT on scene as incident remains active.

The Apple Valley Police Department has launched an investigation after a man was found dead early Sunday morning near the intersection of Pennock Avenue and 138th Street West.

A domestic violence call escalated into a tense twelve-hour standoff in Eagan on Sunday, June 15, ultimately ending in tragedy when the armed suspect took his own life.

Around 12:50 p.m. on Thursday, May 22, 2025, emergency personnel responded to a fatal single-vehicle crash on westbound U.S. Highway 212 beneath the Lyman Boulevard bridge.

A tragic crash in Farmington Tuesday evening claimed the life of a local motorcyclist and left two others injured.

The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating a fatal crash in Burnsville early Sunday morning, March 16, 2025.

A lengthy police operation on Sunday, February 2, 2025, resulted in the arrest of three suspects linked to a series of vehicle thefts, fraud, and burglaries spanning Eagan, Shakopee, and Lakeville, Minnesota.

A stolen vehicle led law enforcement on a multi-city pursuit through the south metro area on New Year's Eve, culminating in a stop in Bloomington, Minnesota and the arrest of at least one individual.

A bomb threat at the Menards store in Apple Valley, Minnesota, prompted a swift response from law enforcement and led to the evacuation of the store and its surrounding parking lot Thursday evening.

A multi-agency search concluded late Tuesday morning in Ritter Farm Park in Lakeville, Minnesota, after authorities located a missing adult male who was reported as potentially being a danger to himself.

The driver who died in the tragic traffic accident on October 17, 2024, in Apple Valley has been identified as 72-year-old Alimdjon Pirnazarovich Tashniyazov of Apple Valley, Minnesota.

At approximately 3:32 PM on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, emergency personnel responded to a significant accident involving a vehicle crashing into the side of the building on Kendrick Avenue.

A multiple-vehicle crash on I-35E in Eagan, Minnesota, was caused by someone helping ducks trying to cross the road.

The 8-year-old child who died in the Burnsville, Minnesota shooting has been identified.