Dakota County News

In a two-hour hearing filmed by a TV camera Tuesday, Minnesota Supreme Court justices wrestled with a news media petition to ease restrictions on televised trials amid concerns that such coverage could dissuade ...

The latest party spot for rent in Dakota County is 150 feet off the ground and steeped in 8,000 years of human history.

A new park development in Dakota County is going green in just about every possible way.

A Minnesota judge has ruled that Wal-Mart cut short employees' rest and meal breaks and forced them to work off the clock, violating the state's labor laws 2 million times.

A Burnsville man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in smuggling marijuana from Arizona to Minnesota.

A Burnsville man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for his role in an Arizona-to-Minnesota drug smuggling operation that transported hundreds of pounds of marijuana at a time.

Dakota County is seeing about a 30 percent increase in the number of overdue property tax notices sent this year over those sent in previous years.

T he number of homes headed by single parents in Dakota County is growing so fast, experts said Tuesday, that soon, married-couple households could become the minority.

Jim Pokorney is looking for an annexation agreement that's equitable, both to the city and to Greenvale Township.

A judge has dismissed claims that Burnsville's allocation of ice time is unfair to Burnsville youths who play in the Apple Valley Hockey Association.

Owner Jaesse Hihi battles drive-off gas thieves with the help of a closed-circuit TV system at his Lakeville gas station and convenience store.

In the midst of this tumultuous and tough election year, it may be an appropriate time to recall a singular politician who really stood for the word "relentless." Harold E. Stassen ran unsuccessfully for ...

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The university will gather input on possible plans for UMore Park and Vermillion Highlands at several public meetings this month.

Intoxilyzer 5000 - - meet a supposed "smoking gun." A Roseville-based attorney maintains he has proof that more than 250 alcohol breath-test machines used by law enforcement officials in Minnesota are faulty ...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters came to town today to make it official: Minnesota is getting its $133 million federal grant to reduce congestion between downtown Minneapolis and the southern suburbs.

More residents are broke and hungry in Washington and Dakota counties, with signs of their distress appearing in sheriff sales, overdue bills and a scramble to find money for food and rent.

The man behind a demonstration of compost tea says it's relatively cheap, safe for pets and kids and still great for grass.

The political leadership of Eagan and Dakota County are taking their fight with the U.S. Postal Service to what they hope is a higher power: Minnesota's congressional delegation.

' A request to annex more than 500 acres west of the city is moving forward despite a recommendation this week to take two thirds that amount.