The City of Farmington’s Parks and Recreation Department invites residents and visitors to lace up their skates this January as it celebrates National Skating Month with two special community skating events and ongoing open skate opportunities through early March.

A Farmington man has been charged with second-degree intentional murder in connection with the shooting death of his girlfriend inside a Castle Rock Township home on Christmas Eve.

A Minneapolis man with an extensive felony criminal history is facing new charges in Dakota County after authorities say he led police on a high-speed pursuit in a stolen vehicle before crashing and attempting to flee on foot in the early morning hours of Tuesday, December 23, 2025.

A powerful winter storm impacted the Twin Cities and much of southern and central Minnesota from Sunday, December 28, into early Monday, December 29, bringing widespread snowfall, strong winds, hazardous travel conditions, and significant disruptions to both roadway and air travel.

A brief shelter-in-place alert was issued Friday evening, November 28, 2025, during an incident in which Lakeville Police officers responded to a report of an adult male in a possible crisis.

Law enforcement agencies from St. Paul and West St. Paul conducted a coordinated search Thursday evening after an armed domestic incident in St. Paul led authorities to believe the suspect had fled to an apartment complex in West St. Paul.

The Apple Valley City Council has unanimously approved a new ordinance prohibiting virtual currency kiosks, often referred to as cryptocurrency or Bitcoin ATMs, within the city limits, citing rising fraud, cybercrime, and limited law enforcement ability to recover stolen funds.

A suspect wanted in connection with a November shooting at the Maple Grove Benihana was taken into custody on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, during a high-risk warrant operation in Inver Grove Heights involving multiple law enforcement agencies.

Administrators at Lakeville Area Schools (ISD 194) are proposing comprehensive K–8 attendance-area boundary changes, effective for the 2026–27 school year, citing uneven enrollment, rapid residential growth in certain neighborhoods, and the need for long-term capacity planning.

The Lakeville City Council has approved the deployment of a citywide network of License Plate Reader (LPR) cameras, commonly referred to as Flock cameras, following a vote during its December 15, 2025 City Council meeting.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) is investigating after Saint Paul police officers were involved in a shooting Sunday afternoon.

A large structure fire prompted a massive multi-agency response Friday afternoon at Grace Slavic Church, located in the 1900 block of Diffley Road at the corner of Rahn Road and Diffley Road in Eagan, Minnesota.

A 16-year-old male from Eagan has been charged with four felony counts of threats of violence (intent to terrorize) in connection with a series of online threats directed at multiple Dakota County high schools, according to the Dakota County Attorney’s Office.

A series of online threats directed at multiple schools across Dakota and Scott County prompted widespread investigations, temporary school closures, and the arrest of a juvenile suspect, according to information released by law enforcement agencies and school districts over the last few days.

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.

Independent School District 196 has closed all four of its high schools and two additional schools for Tuesday, December 16, 2025, following additional social media threats reported late Monday night and brought to the attention of law enforcement and school administrators.

Around 2:30 p.m. on Monday, December 15, 2025, more than 300 students from Apple Valley High School participated in a coordinated walkout to protest recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in the local community.

Eastview and Apple Valley High School administrators and the Apple Valley Police Department (AVPD) investigated a concerning social media message alleging a potential threat to the school. After a joint review by school officials and law enforcement, authorities determined that no credible threat was made.

A serious injury crash involving a passenger vehicle and a box truck shut down a section of Highway 3 in Farmington early Monday morning.

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.