Dakota County News

After years of little change, the seven-member Dakota County Board of Commissioners will have at least one - and possibly four - new members next year.

Although a nurse in the Hennepin County jail was charged with stealing drugs meant for one inmate, investigators say they have found "other discrepancies" in electronic medication records involving other ...

A Bloomington man was sentenced to over 7 years in prison Wednesday in connection with a large marijuana grow operation in Apple Valley.

A warning for motorists in the Lakeville area - the Dakota County Road 70 bridge will be restricted to one lane during the Tuesday evening rush hour while crews repair the bridge deck.

The wife of a Hennepin County sheriff's deputy, charged with stealing drugs intended for treating jail inmates, made her first court appearance.

Two low-income developments for families and senior citizens are facing tough opposition in Apple Valley.

One week after two tornadoes touched down southeast of the Twin Cities, farmers are still assessing the damage.

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With a tall stack of $100 bills in her hand, the co-owner of a Burnsville eatery allegedly confronted an Apple Valley police officer after her husband's drunken driving arrest.

A nurse who works at the Hennepin County Jail and is married to a sheriff's deputy was charged Thursday with two felony theft counts for allegedly removing methadone from the jail dispensary.

The sheriff's office says the investigation started when a nurse at the Hennepin County Medical Center tipped them that a co-worker was stealing drugs from the jail.

George Siebenaler could hear more than see the commotion in St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton Cemetery across the street from his Hastings home Thursday night.

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Chai Xiong and Tse Thao's booth at the St. Paul Farmers' Market today was practically bare.

Dakota County authorities want help in identifying the body of a man found dead in the Vermillion River in Hastings Friday.

Officials at the National Weather Service confirm a tornado touched down in Dakota County and another one hit Goodhue County on Thursday afternoon.

A s relatives and neighbors scoured their Dakota County fields for something -- anything -- they could salvage Friday afternoon, La Xiong surveyed the rented 18-acre plot that once sprouted a cornucopia of ...

Authorities have pulled the body of a man from the Vermillion River in Hastings.

A man with a sword was shot by a Dakota County Sheriff's deputy in Hastings overnight, KSTP-TV is reporting.

A sudden wave of severe thunderstorms tore through the metro area Thursday afternoon, unleashing 70-mph winds that felled trees and houses, closed roads and dropped 3-inch hail.