Apple Valley News

Technology has vastly changed the way society communicates, whether it be cell phones, Facebook or webcams.

Two Eagan women who got their 15 minutes of fame on the nationally syndicated "Judge Judy" show last week were back on television this weekend after trading punches in an Apple Valley bar.

Three sisters sit in their mother's kitchen, talking around a folded American flag.

A jury convicted a woman accused of having sexual contact with the 17-year-old female student she was mentoring.

A fire left a home with heavy damage after neighbors reported hearing an explosion in the garage.

Two Twin Cities women appeared on the television court show "Judge Judy" to settle a problem, but it appears the show didn't solve anything.

A former employee of a Twin Cities cleaning company is accused of stealing about $50,000 worth of jewelry and other valuable items from homes he was sent to clean.

When Jodi Saari of Apple Valley came down with cold-like symptoms during her second pregnancy, she thought nothing of it.

The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school district and Dakota County United Educators announced Thursday that a tentative settlement was reached on a new two-year contract for the district's teachers and nurses.

An Apple Valley man faces charges he resisted arrest after a botched "mission" to rob an Eagan gas station.

Share + Nov 17, 2009 2:27 pm US/Central HASTINGS, Minn. 1 of 1 The criminal charges state Dunnum had inside his residence six long-barrel guns, one handgun, a flare grenade and an inoperable standard grenade.

Two standoffs in the metro in three days both involved Iraq war veterans who friends say suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.

"You can't have a House of Hope if you don't have a house," said Amy Jants, co-founder and president of House of Hope Twin Cities.

Pawn America CEO Brad Rixmann is on a mission to loosen restrictions and fees on pawn transactions, and he's starting in Burnsville.

Minnesota Valley Transit Authority will offer free bus rides during Thanksgiving weekend and the weekend of Dec.

Most Americans have a sincere respect for veterans who served their country during both war and peace.

Commercial real estate brokers continue to get listings for distressed properties that have been taken over by lenders.

It may have a new use. Beginning Monday, Apple Valley, Burnsville and Eagan will be collecting old shoes for Wipers Recycling, a Maplewood-based shredding company that finds new uses for common goods.

Voters in the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Public Schools re-elected incumbent School Board members Kevin Sampers, Mike Roseen and Art Coulson on Nov.

Minnesota Zoo volunteers Floyd Lewellen, left, and Andy Anderson celebrate their birthdays a few days early Tuesday with volunteers at the zoo.