Hennepin County News

A two-car crash Friday night in Eden Prairie left one man dead. Police are investigating whether a medical condition led to the crash or even killed the man before the collision, Sgt.

A jury has found a Bloomington day care provider and her daughter guilty in the death of a 22-month-old boy.

A fugitive on Hennepin County's most wanted list is in custody. The FBI said William Leon Lane, 23, of Plymouth, was arrested in Minneapolis Tuesday morning.

A daycare provider and her daughter were each found guilty of two counts of manslaughter Wednesday, in the death of a 22-month-old boy who was in their care.

Four Hennepin County cities working together on immigrant issues through a Joint Community Police Partnership Program have received a Civil Rights Award from the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

A woman was struck by a number of vehicles and died Monday night west of the Twin Cities.

Hennepin County held its Wednesday at Hopkins High School in Minnetonka. The shots and mist were available for kids aged six-months to 9-years-old. Health officials were prepared to handle up to 500 people an hour during the clinic hours.

The man who fatally stabbed a Minneapolis teenager earlier this month will not face charges, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced Friday.

No charges will be filed against a man who stabbed a teenager to death earlier this month in Minneapolis.

Hennepin County officials are looking for volunteers to serve on seven advisory boards which consider issues ranging from mental health to libraries.

Another lawsuit from the Interstate 35W bridge collapse is looming - this one over rusting wreckage that has kept a Minneapolis park fenced off for two years.

The Woodbury Public Safety Department and Crime Stoppers of Minnesota are seeking assistance in identifying a suspect in several recent credit card frauds.

A tour bus driver suffered a ruptured aneurysm just before the bus veered off a southern Minnesota interstate and crashed, killing two people and injuring 20, the owner of the bus company said Thursday.

Hennepin County Medical Center is proposing cutting another 150 to 200 more jobs and closing a clinic in response to the elimination of a state health care program.

Eds: APNewsNow. Will be updated from 12:45 p.m. meeting. MINNEAPOLIS The board of the Hennepin County Medical Center is poised to adopt a 2010 budget that could significantly shrink the services provided by the state's largest safety net hospital.

A Minneapolis man is charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Brandon Keeler, who was found dead early Saturday with a knife impaled in his forehead.

A New Hope man is accused of molesting a 9-year-old girl at a home day care run by his mother.

A teen who died early Saturday was an American Indian who had just been accepted to college.

So... a kid could go to the library and check out a puppet?? Just curious, but was there a requirement to check out a book at the same time? More from West Metro Hand puppets will no longer be available for checkout or play at Hennepin County libraries, partly because of parents' concerns that fuzzy ladybugs and dinosaurs could transmit the H1N1 ...

Hopkins man accused of having a friend punch his pregnant girlfriend to kill the fetus has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole.