Hastings News

June 6, 1930: Preliminary numbers are in for the 1930 Census, and Dakota County is growing.

Jacob Skogen looks at Will Connell's booking photos from when he was picked up for heroin possession as Connell gives a presentation at Oak-Land Junior High School on Thursday, May 10, 2012.

A Lakeville man faces burglary and arson charges and could face additional felonies after a bizarre incident involving an ex-girlfriend on May 12.

To see the cost of not having a detox facility in Brainerd, one only needs to spend a Saturday night in the emergency room.

Iowa Residents looking for a taste of the outdoors can now look north. A popular Minnesota bike trail has become the first U.S. Bicycle Route in the state.

HASTINGS, Minn. - A Dakota County jury has found a truck driver from Buffalo, Minnesota, guilty of criminal vehicular homicide in connection with a chain reaction crash that killed two people and an unborn child.

HASTINGS, Minn. - A Burnsville, Minn. man has been charged with allegedly groping a woman while the two were in a fitness club hot tub.

Election filing for a variety of municipal and county offices- Burnsville City Council and Dakota County Board of Commissioners among them-opens at 8 a.m. today and runs through 5 p.m. June 5. Taking a glance at local candidate filling information: BURNSVILLE CITY COUNCIL The four-year terms of Mayor Elizabeth Kautz and council members Dan ... (more)

HASTINGS, Minn. - A Burnsville man has been charged with third-degree assault after allegedly beating an acquaintance when she said she didn't want a relationship with him.

HASTINGS, Minn. -- A Lakeville father found guilty of child neglect for abandoning his son and leaving the state has been sentenced to two years of probation.

Greek party leaders are to resume power-sharing talks Monday as negotiations to create a government drag into a second week, raising the specter of fresh elections that could threaten the crisis-stricken country's... Marathon efforts to break Greece's post-electoral paralysis are lurching into a ninth day amid the country's worst crisis in decades, ... (more)

A Burnsville man has been charged with threatening to kill a woman, smashing her cell phone and biting her on the hand after the two argued about his car being towed.

A Burnsville man is facing felony drug charges after authorities say they intercepted a package addressed to him that contained more than 6 pounds of marijuana.

HASTINGS, Minn. - An Eagan coach has been charged with six felony counts for allegedly swindling Independent School District 196 of nearly $30,000. According to the criminal complaint filed in Dakota County, 50-year-old Kurt Bruce Virgin worked as a coach for two basketball camps and one soccer camp each summer.

A 21-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly supplying the alcohol that contributed to the death of an 18-year-old Hastings High School senior in March.

Inver Grove Heights community members will have the opportunity to hold a piece of the Civil War in their hands on Thursday.

Branning, 74, of Apple Valley said his decision to retire has nothing to do with his health.

A Burnsville man has been charged with breaking into a neighbor's apartment, then cleaning up the blood he left behind because he didn't want her to be frightened.

HASTINGS, Minn. - A Dakota County grand jury is expected to review allegations against a national right-to-die group this week.

Monday Family Game Night: Bring the kids for a night of Sorry, Uno, Twister and other classic board games.