Hopkins News

HOPKINS, Minn. - A Hopkins woman is accused of trying to extort money from a man she allegedly prostituted herself to after the two met on Live Links.

Velocity 2: the Art of Motion celebrates the art of the automobile through the eyes of contemporary American artists.

Metropolitan Council members will be seeking input on the design of an Oakes Park lift station Wednesday, but some Hopkins residents continue to fight a sewer project that appears to be all but a done deal.

"Yes, take me to jail." That's what Hopkins police say a Minnetonka man told them after he turned himself in for suspected drunken driving Friday afternoon.

To keep you up to date with what is happening in cities near your hometown, Patch will be providing regular updates of police, fire and crime related incidents in the west metro.

Editor's Note: Every week we will bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Edina , Golden Valley , Hopkins , Maple Grove , Minnetonka , Plymouth , Richfield , Shakopee , St.

Eisenhower Elementary School students got a little taste of the country Friday when students from Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted High School students brought farm animals to Hopkins.

Photo: #The proposed Southwest Light Rail Transit route could run along the existing line at Excelsior Blvd.

Close those car windows. Bring the pets inside. Heavy rain is coming to Hopkins.

Once again , a national publication has honored Hopkins High School as one of the top-performing schools.

The Home Town Auto Care employee became suspicious when he saw a muffler on the ground in the business' parking lot May 10.

Gatewood Elementary , the Main Street School of Performing Arts and Ubah Medical Academy scored in the top 15 percent of Title I schools statewide, earning a coveted "Reward School" designation under a new school accountability system that's an alternative to the old No Child Left Behind measurements.

A coyote has been seen in the southern part of Hopkins, the city reported last week.

Hopkins was alive with activity this weekend as both residents and visitors enjoyed the numerous events the community had on offer.

HOPKINS, Minn. - A Twin Cities church is dealing with a financial crisis that many Minnesotans know all too well.

Editor's Note: Every week we will bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Edina , Golden Valley , Hopkins , Maple Grove , Minnetonka , Plymouth , Richfield , Shakopee , St.

A new collection of public sculptures arrived in Hopkins on Friday for the second year of ArtStreet, joining the two pieces from 2011 that are staying in the city permanently .

The Metropolitan Council invites residents to a neighborhood meeting May 30 to learn about a lift station planned for Oakes Park .A The lift station, or wastewater pumping station, is part of a complicated trade in which the Met Council gives Hopkins additional property for Cottageville Park in exchange for the Oakes Park property.

The Hennepin County Board on Tuesday slammed the brakes on Hopkins' plan to close the city dispatch center and rely on county dispatch services instead.

Police arrested an 18-year-old man after he brought a BB gun to the Off Campus Pavilion Alternative Program and the Main Street School of Performing Arts , according to court documents released Wednesday.