A Farmington woman has been charged with felony criminal vehicular operation after allegedly running a red light in Lakeville and causing a crash that left another driver with a severe C2 neck fracture requiring ongoing medical treatment.

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.

One of the community’s most beloved grassroots traditions is set to return this fall, as the Pleasant Street Art Walk celebrates its 8th year in downtown Prior Lake.

The Dakota County Attorney’s Office has charged three young adults in connection with an alleged armed robbery on September 2025 that investigators say was coordinated through Facebook Marketplace and carried out at gunpoint inside an Apple Valley apartment building.

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.

The Savage Police Department has announced an arrest in connection with the death of Harvey Muklebust, an infant who died while in care at Rocking Horse Ranch in September 2025.

The Burnsville Police Department is asking for the public’s help in an expanding investigation into Teodros Raymond Pluntz, 19, who has been criminally charged in two separate cases involving the sexual abuse of minors, coercion, and the production and distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

Did you know you can make non-emergency reports to Dakota County 911 online? In an effort to streamline community safety, Dakota County Dispatch launch an online form that allows residents to report non-emergency situations through a more accessible and user-friendly system.

A commercial truck driver is facing two felony first-degree controlled substance charges in Dakota County after authorities say they discovered roughly 200 pounds of methamphetamine hidden inside his semi-truck during a late-night traffic stop on I-35 in Lakeville.

A man was seriously injured and a dog was struck and killed in a pair of related incidents Saturday evening, Sept. 27, 2025, along County Road 42 West in Burnsville near County Road 5.

Two St. Paul women are facing felony theft charges after police say they were caught stealing merchandise from Dick’s Sporting Goods in Burnsville.

A St. Paul man is facing charges after allegedly attempting to steal a go-kart from a resident’s front yard in West St. Paul.

On Tuesday, September 30, community members gathered for an open house at the Apple Valley Police Department’s new Police Operations Building, a state-of-the-art facility located at 14325 Flagstaff Avenue.

A burglary in Mendota Heights led to a dramatic multi-county pursuit and the filing of felony charges against a repeat offender with a lengthy criminal history.

Three people have been charged in Dakota County with conspiring to defraud a local grocery store chain through a Western Union money order scam that investigators say stretched across several months and involved nearly $10,000 in fraudulent transactions.

Eagan Fire, Eagan Police, MHealth and Allina Health Medics, and the Minnesota State troopers responded at 3:29 p.m. on Monday, September 29, 2025, to a three-vehicle crash at the busy intersection of Highway 55 and Dodd Road in Eagan, leaving two people injured and sending them to area hospitals.

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.

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has confirmed three new cases of measles in the Twin Cities metro, all involving unvaccinated children from Dakota County, Minnesota. Officials warn that the new cases highlight the growing risk of outbreaks in Minnesota and across the nation.

A burglary in Mendota Heights early Monday morning, September 29, 2025, triggered a multi-county police pursuit that spanned several cities in the Twin Cities metro area before concluding in Minneapolis with the arrest of a suspect.

Emergency crews responded to a water rescue after a man was reported to be in the water near the Rock Island Swing Bridge on the Mississippi River near Inver Grove Heights.