A criminal complaint has been issued against a 20-year-old in Prior Lake in connection with a school bus stop arm violation in Eureka Township. As students return to school, we have some safety reminders for you!

Several law enforcement agencies assisted the Farmington Police Department late Saturday night, July 26, 2025, after a tow truck driver reported an individual brandishing a firearm during a vehicle repossession.

Several regional police agencies responded to Burnsville High School on Friday night, June 6, 2025, following reports of multiple altercations and gunfire shortly after the school’s graduation ceremony.

A 51-year-old Hastings man has been charged with attempted murder and assault following a dramatic domestic violence incident and hours-long standoff in rural Dakota County on May 20, 2025.

On Tuesday afternoon, May 20, 2025, sheriff’s deputies and South Metro SWAT responded to a domestic disturbance involving a firearm in rural Dakota County.

A Hastings woman is facing multiple felony charges following a disturbing investigation into child sexual abuse and exploitation, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Dakota County Attorney’s Office.

A Kenyon man accused of operating a multi-location drug trafficking operation is now facing multiple felony charges in both Goodhue and Dakota Counties.

A high-speed police pursuit through Dakota and Washington Counties back in October 2024 led to the arrest of Albert Joe Ryans Jr., 31, and the eventual conviction on multiple felony drug and firearm charges.

Eagan Police stopped a vehicle that resulted in the arrest of a man wanted on a felony warrant for threats of violence.

The Minnesota Supreme Court has reversed the conviction of Robert Lee Baker III, remanding the case for a new trial after determining that the Dakota County District Court erred by failing to instruct the jury on self-defense and defense of others.

Mikayla Empey, the 22-year-old woman charged with third-degree felony murder following the fentanyl overdose death of Lenore Ann Richard, 65, in January 2022, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in December 2025 in this case.

A Minneapolis woman is facing multiple felony charges in Dakota County for an alleged identity theft scheme spanning multiple counties in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

A hit-and-run suspect was taken into custody Thursday afternoon following a high-speed pursuit and standoff on Interstate 35W, which ended after law enforcement deployed chemical agents to subdue the driver.

A jury has convicted Kyle Steven Williams, 35, of Red Wing, Minnesota, on all charges related to the brutal murder of 36-year-old Kelly Jo Marie Kocurek.

BREAKING: Possible home explosion and fire at a residence in the Denmark Township, Minnesota, just before 10 AM this morning.

A serious accident occurred in Cottage Grove, Minnesota around 2:50 PM on Tuesday afternoon. This has been confirmed as a fatal crash.

A Dakota County serial thief is facing felony charges after a string of brazen thefts over several weeks back in March.

The Burnsville Police Department received a report of a gunshot heard inside a residence in the Sunny Acres Mobile Home Park Saturday evening.

Firefighters battled a blaze at a residence in Hastings, Minnesota, on Monday afternoon, with mutual aid from the Cottage Grove Fire Department and Prescott Fire Department.

Grass Fire Reported in Hastings, MN: Mutual aid was called to help control the blaze.