Hennepin County News

A victim of Wednesday morning's Interstate 94 collision involving an out-of-service school bus remained in critical condition Thursday as the State Patrol continued its investigation of the fatal crash.

A Minneapolis man is facing felony burglary charges after police say he befriended a St.

John Palba Jr., 43, collapsed and stopped breathing while running recently not far from his home.

A 12-year-old girl is in critical condition after she was hit while walking with her bike.

A southwest Minneapolis man who told police that he broke into two apartments to check on the residents' welfare because he wants to be a police officer is facing felony charges of burglary and criminal sexual conduct.

It's fitting -- and a tribute of sorts -- that Sam Grabarski's successor as president of the Minneapolis Downtown Council is Mark Stenglein, a 15-year member of the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners.

MINNEAPOLIS - A Maple Grove woman, who worked as a Hennepin County social worker, pleaded guilty to a count of criminal sexual conduct on Tuesday for having sex with a client, according to Hennepin County Attorney Michael O. Freeman.

A Twin Cities performance artist who planned to take a ticket for skinny-dipping to trial -- using personal expression as a defense -- pleaded guilty Wednesday.

John Holmberg, 64, of St. Peter was piloting the helicopter for Teryjon Aviation of St.

For Minneapolis police and Hennepin County deputies, the third time was the charm.

An Excelsior man has been charged with fleeing from a police officer when she tried to arrest him and smashing his elbow into her face.

The Kohnen farm in Loretto is the only one in Hennepin County among the nearly 150 around the state being recognized this summer as a Century Farm.

Parents of the couple are Edward and Cornelia Schermerhorn of Fairmont, and Dr. Hugh and Jeanne Masterman of Westford, Mass.

A Hopkins police officer spotted what the officer thought was a drunk driver early Friday morning.

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Photo: #Heavy equipment is used to tear down a wall of the Walker Community United Methodist Church in the city's Powderhorn Park neighborhood on Monday, May 28, 2012.

Its new neighbors hope the new Minneapolis school headquarters on West Broadway will be good for business.

At a Keystone Community Services food shelf, Mai Yang, 72, was pleased to hear assistant Der Chang tell her about the Southeast Asian foods now available.

The woman struck the pedestrian with her SUV and sped off into the darkness. The next morning, she read about the accident on the Internet, but she didn't contact police.

It was a fire that could be seen from two dozen blocks away. Firefighters responded to the Walker Church in South Minneapolis on Sunday night but by the time they got to the third floor attic, they were attacked by a flashover.