Dakota County News

A man is dead and another is arrested after a shooting at a Burnsville apartment.

A former employee of a Twin Cities cleaning company is accused of stealing about $50,000 worth of jewelry and other valuable items from homes he was sent to clean.

A jury convicted a woman accused of having sexual contact with the 17-year-old female student she was mentoring.

An Apple Valley man faces charges he resisted arrest after a botched "mission" to rob an Eagan gas station.

When a jail program manager invited Les Grinsteinner to participate in a weekly criminal justice class with students from Metro State University, the union carpenter and repeat DWI offender figured he'd be a good sport and bear their questions.

There is no doubt that the flu, H1N1 or otherwise, has been the hottest public health topic of the season.

A military veteran who beat to death a fellow resident at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Hastings was sentenced today to 36 years in prison.

He allegedly told police he was growing his own marijuana to save money, but charges against Ryan James Parranto of Eagan could end up costing him big.

Todd Gilly insists he's no troublemaker. But the plumber from Mora, Minn., found himself in big trouble recently when his answers during jury selection landed him in the Kanabec County jail.

Open flame used by a roofing contractor was the cause of a fire at a Burnsville townhouse complex, authorities said Wednesday.

Four cities disagree on the impact of an Interstate 494 interchange at Argenta Trail, which is aimed at addressing traffic needs in the next 20 to 30 years.

The Minnesota Supreme Court heard arguments this morning over whether a dying man got a fair trial in a Dakota County sexual abuse case.

The Innocence Project of Minnesota wants the state Supreme Court to rule that what happened during Nicole Beecroft's murder trial should not happen again.

It may have a new use. Beginning Monday, Apple Valley, Burnsville and Eagan will be collecting old shoes for Wipers Recycling, a Maplewood-based shredding company that finds new uses for common goods.

Twice in the past five days, tornado sirens in Lakeville blared a warning on their own.

Nineteen-year-old Taylor James Pass of Eagan was acquitted of murder in the second degree and second degree murder in connection with a stabbing attack that claimed the life of Tina Nicole SanRoman .

A St. Paul woman could face time in prison after police say she lied her way into getting medicine from a hospital.

Incumbents mostly kept their seats in Tuesday's election on many school boards across the south metro area.

Taylor Pass Could a fourth or even a fifth person have been in the garage of Tina SanRoman's Burnsville town home on the night the single mother was fatally stabbed in the abdomen? Attorneys for 19-year-old murder suspect Taylor Pass have introduced new DNA evidence taken from a hat and sweat shirt found at the crime scene that does not match the ...

When Sgt. Joe Leko's officers collared a recent suspect, a methamphetamine addict, the cops were the ones who left her Farmington home emotional.