Savage News

Just after 4 PM on Friday, January 16, 2026, the Savage Police reported that they had been investigating a report of a suspicious person near Hamilton Ridge Elementary School.

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.

A routine winter parking enforcement check late last month escalated into a dangerous, multi-city police pursuit after a Savage man allegedly attempted to strike an officer with his vehicle, fled from police, and rammed a squad car before being taken into custody.

The Highway 13 River, Rail, and Roads Initiative Project in Scott and Dakota counties and the Nicollet Avenue Mobility Improvement Project in Dakota County aim to enhance safety, improve travel efficiency, and support long-term economic growth across the region by modernizing the heavily traveled Highway 13 corridor between Quentin Avenue and Nicollet Avenue.

The Minnesota House of Representatives Capital Investment Committee made a key stop in Burnsville on Thursday evening as part of its statewide bonding tour, visiting the Burnsville Water Treatment Plant to learn more about the city’s proposed $17.5 million rehabilitation project.

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.

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.

Authorities in Savage are investigating the death of an infant that occurred at Rocking Horse Ranch Childcare on Monday, September 22, 2025.

Firefighters from across the metro responded to a structure fire early Wednesday morning at the Cargill Salt facility, located at 12105 Lynn Avenue South in Savage.

Firefighters from multiple departments responded to a second-alarm structure fire at a single-family home in the 5400 block of 133rd Street in Savage on Sunday evening.

We are providing an update on four separate crashes we previously reported, which began last Thursday, June 19, 2025, and continued through yesterday, June 24, 2025.

A gathering of more than 30 people at River Bend Park on Sunday night quickly turned into a public safety scare when a witness reported someone pointing a firearm at another individual near the basketball courts.