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    January 10, 2018
    Report of holstered firearm puts Dakota County Technical College on lockdown
    A report of what appeared to be a holstered firearm put Dakota County Technical College on lockdown for more than an hour Wednesday afternoon,...
    news/crime-and-courtsJanuary 10, 2018 - 2:33pm
    December 25, 2017
    Farmington officer Gary Tipton stands inside police headquarters alongside the department's new K-9, Odin, a 1-year-old Belgian Malinois dog from the Netherlands. Odin will assist with missing persons and drug cases. The two will start training in March 2018. Kara Hildreth / contributor
    Oh, Odin: Farmington PD welcomes new K-9
    Farmington Police Department K-9 officer Gary Tipton looked to the mythical world when he named the department's second police dog. Tipton and...
    news/crime-and-courtsDecember 25, 2017 - 7:49am
    December 24, 2017
    Drive sober or get pulled over
    To deter impaired driving, the Prescott Police Department will participate in the "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" initiative Dec. 15 through Jan. 1. To help prevent impaired driving, Prescott police will join law enforcement agencies across Wisconsin in the initiative, which continues...
    news/crime-and-courtsDecember 24, 2017 - 1:00pm
    December 21, 2017
    Dakota County to join lawsuit against opioid manufacturers
    Dakota County will join several Minnesota counties in taking action against pharmaceutical companies and distributors in the sale and manufacture...
    news/crime-and-courtsDecember 21, 2017 - 5:00pm
    Melanie Parkin
    Prison for South St. Paul woman who robbed Woodbury pharmacy
    A former South St. Paul teacher will serve just under two years in prison for robbing a Woodbury pharmacy earlier this year. A Washington County...
    news/crime-and-courtsDecember 21, 2017 - 7:49am
    December 19, 2017
    Vern Jason Mouelle, 23, of Brooklyn Park, Minn., was arrested Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in Mounds View in connection with the murder of Senicha Marie Lessman, 25, of Eagan. Mouelle was convicted Dec. 18 for the murder of Lessman and her unborn child. Courtesy photo / Dakota County Sheriff's Office
    2 life sentences for Minn. man who murdered woman, unborn child
    HASTINGS, Minn. — A Dakota County jury convicted a 24-year-old Brooklyn Park man Monday, Dec. 18, in the January deaths of an Eagan woman...
    news/crime-and-courtsDecember 19, 2017 - 11:14am
    December 11, 2017
    Charles Deonta Jones. Photo courtesy the Goodhue County Sheriff's Office
    Change in testimony delays Red Wing murder trial
    A murder trial scheduled to begin Monday was pushed to February after a witness last week changed their testimony to now say they saw the April...
    news/crime-and-courtsDecember 11, 2017 - 2:03pm
    December 8, 2017
    Desiree Collins was taking her garbage Sept. 23, 2017, when she was attacked by a St. Paul police dog looking for a male burglary suspect, according to a federal lawsuit she filed on Wednesday, Dec. 6. Police body camera footage shows an officer trying to pull Collins away from the K-9 as the dog was biting her. Courtesy image / St. Paul Police Department
    Woman sues after bite from St. Paul police dog searching for burglary suspect
    ST. PAUL — A regular Saturday morning turned into a nightmare for a St. Paul woman as she took her garbage out and found herself being...
    news/crime-and-courtsDecember 8, 2017 - 9:59am
    November 21, 2017
    Former golf course employee accused of embezzlement
    A Hastings man is due in court next month on allegations he embezzled more than $70,000 from a Prescott-area golf course. Pierce County prosecutors...
    news/crime-and-courtsNovember 21, 2017 - 8:24am
    November 14, 2017
    Sarah Clifton of Duluth presses an "I Voted" sticker on her coat Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, after voting at the Duluth Public Library. Bob King / Forum News Service
    U.S. high court to hear Minnesota political apparel case
    ST. PAUL — The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether a Minnesota law banning political items in and near polling places violates free...
    news/crime-and-courtsNovember 14, 2017 - 2:45pm
    November 9, 2017
    Former Prescott cops sue city
    Two former Prescott police officers are suing the city in hopes of getting their jobs back. The suit, filed Oct. 16 in Pierce County Circuit...
    news/crime-and-courtsNovember 9, 2017 - 10:09am
    November 8, 2017
    Moose Lake man arrested in high speed pursuit from Woodbury to Hastings
    State troopers suspect a Moose Lake man was under the influence of controlled substances when he led law enforcement on a high-speed pursuit...
    news/crime-and-courtsNovember 8, 2017 - 9:00pm
    Ravenna Township incident ends in arrest, felony charge
    A Hastings man faces a felony charge of terroristic threats following a SWAT response in Ravenna Township. Dakota County sheriff deputies took...
    news/crime-and-courtsNovember 8, 2017 - 7:30pm
    November 4, 2017
    Karl R. Heinrichs
    'Sir Death' pot case poised for probation?
    The Stillwater man accused of stashing more than 130 pounds of pot in a St. Croix County storage unit could avoid prison, according to statements...
    news/crime-and-courtsNovember 4, 2017 - 3:20pm
    November 1, 2017
    Law enforcement from multiple agencies flooded a Farmington neighborhood Tuesday, Oct. 31, to respond to a report of a suicidal woman. Kara Hildreth / contributor
    Police: Farmington woman dies by suicide after seven-hour standoff
    Police said a Farmington woman died by suicide inside her home Monday, Oct. 31, during a seven-hour standoff at Twin Ponds Circle Townhomes...
    news/crime-and-courtsNovember 1, 2017 - 10:39am
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