The Mendota Heights Police Department has announced that a Level Three registered sex offender, Eric James Dokken, will be released from prison on March 2, 2026, and will reportedly reside in the 2200 block of Lexington Avenue South in Mendota Heights.

Five individuals were arrested following a two-day human trafficking enforcement operation conducted by the Central MN Human Trafficking Task Force.

A 29-year-old Minnesota man has been sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison for crimes involving the production and possession of child sexual abuse material.

An officer-involved shooting in Brooklyn Center Sunday afternoon is preliminarily believed to be connected to a deadly double homicide that occurred hours earlier in Minneapolis, according to law enforcement officials.

A 58-year-old mother is fighting for her life after a hit-and-run crash Monday evening in St. Paul, and investigators are asking for the public’s help to identify the driver responsible.

A 22-year-old Duluth man is in custody after allegedly stabbing a police officer early Saturday morning during a disturbance involving ambulance crews in downtown Duluth.

 A 13-year-old student was arrested Thursday after allegedly bringing a large quantity of pills suspected to contain fentanyl onto the campus of Horizon Middle School, according to the Moorhead Police Department.

The North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters (NCSRCC) organized a protest Wednesday morning, April 16, 2025, outside a Burnsville construction site to call attention to alleged labor violations and unsafe working conditions involving subcontractor Absolute Drywall.