Hennepin County News Archives

Two people were injured and a horse was killed in a crash near Courtland early Wednesday morning.

A Crystal man has been charged with second-degree murder for the death of a Brooklyn Center man in Minneapolis over the weekend.

A woman who wound up with $2.5 million of the state's money due to a clerical error has pleaded guilty to failure to turn over state funds.

A woman who wound up with $2.5 million of the state's money due to a clerical error has pleaded guilty to failure to turn over state funds.

Teen Gets Community Service For Selling Vote On eBay Published Date: 07-29-2008 09:45 PM CT A University of Minnesota student who offered his presidential vote on Ebay is now trading a felony charge for 50 ...

A woman who wound up with $2.5 million of the state's money due to a clerical error pleaded guilty today to failure to turn over state funds.

A woman who wound up with $2.5 million of the state's money due to a clerical error pleaded guilty today to failure to turn over state funds.

A Northfield man is dead after an explosion at his Hamlet Lake cabin near Deerwood.

A Northfield man is dead after an explosion at his Hamlet Lake cabin near Deerwood.

A Northfield man is dead after an explosion at his Hamlet Lake cabin near Deerwood.

A Northfield man is dead after an explosion at his Hamlet Lake cabin near Deerwood.

Teens charged in shooting of 12-year-old girl [9.27.07] The man accused of shooting now 13-year-old Vernice Hall in north Minneapolis last year was released from jail Friday afternoon.

Tywin Bender, 18, one of two teens charged in the shooting of Vernice Hall, was hugged by attorney Calandra F. Harris after his case was dismissed.

MNGirl Shot,0122 Teen charged in shooting released from jail Eds: APNewsNow. MINNEAPOLIS An 18-year-old charged with shooting a then-12-year-old in Minneapolis last year has been released from jail.

A Northfield man is dead after an explosion at his Hamlet Lake cabin near Deerwood.

In the minutes after the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in Minnesota, police and emergency workers turned the chaos into an orderly scene.

Hennepin County prosecutors today charged a 51-year-old Brooklyn Park man with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife outside a St.

In the minutes after a major freeway bridge collapsed last summer, police and emergency workers descended upon the chaos in and around the Mississippi River and soon transformed it into an orderly scene.

When it comes to impressions of Aaron Kelzer, friends are quick to note his positive attitude and strong work ethic.

A 16-year-old boy died Saturday night, five hours after crashing his pickup truck in Carver County.

Christopher Don Boswell The Minnesota Department of Corrections says officers have caught a Level 3 sex offender who had been considered a fugitive.

An Annandale man died following a morning crash on Minnesota Highway 15 near Dassel Wednesday.

A 16-year-old male died as the result of a crash that occurred shortly before 2 p.m. on County Road 123 near Watertown.

A nurse who works at the Hennepin County Jail and is married to a sheriff's deputy was charged Thursday with two felony theft counts for allegedly removing methadone from the jail dispensary.

The estate of the teenager who killed seven people when he opened fire at Red Lake High School won't be added to existing lawsuits filed by survivors and victims' families, a Hennepin County District Court ...

A Minneapolis woman faces 40 years in prison for beating a 4-year-old boy to death.

A St. Paul man has been arrested in the stabbing death of a 90-year-old Hopkins woman last week, Hopkins police said.

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Authorities have recovered the body of an Edina man who had been missing in Lake Minnetonka since early Sunday.

A nurse and her husband, a sheriff's deputy, have been arrested as part of a probe of the theft of narcotics from the Hennepin County Jail.

Prosecutors have charged a 19-year-old Minneapolis man with kidnapping his 15-year-old ex-girlfriend and assaulting her father.

It's 26 years in prison for the man who strangled a Minneapolis woman and dumped her body near Northfield nearly three years ago.

The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office is searching again this morning for a man missing from a boat on Lake Minnetonka.A spokeswoman for the sheriff's office says the man and two friends were in their motorboat ...

A Hennepin County judge has denied a former Minneapolis City Council member's request to arrest President George W. Bush when he arrives in Minnesota for the Republican National Convention in late August.

An 11-year-old bicyclist died Friday, after being hit on Monday by a pickup truck driven by a man who is charged with drunken driving.

Christopher Don Boswell The Minnesota Department of Corrections says a 25-year-old Level 3 sex offender is considered a fugitive.

A Seattle man has drowned while swimming in a Minneapolis lake. The Hennepin County sheriff's office says the man was swimming in Lake Calhoun on Monday afternoon when he went under the water.

Thursday, July 10, 2008 Shocking, shocking I say! Minn. teen charged with offering his vote on eBay - Yahoo! News : University of Minnesota student Max P. Sanders, 19, was charged with a felony Thursday in ...

Friends are holding a fundraiser for a young boy critically injured in a drunk driving accident in the SW Metro earlier this week.

A judge has refused to move the trial of a woman charged in a fatal school bus crash in southwestern Minnesota.

The Hopkins woman found slain in her apartment this week died from "sharp force injuries," the Hennepin County medical examiner said today, suggesting that she was fatally stabbed.

A woman who suffered a medical emergency in a Richfield parking lot is at Hennepin County Medical Center but has yet to be identified.

Patricia Raddatz, a 58-year-old Eagle Lake woman, died in a fatal crash on Highway 14 Saturday, the State Patrol reported, along with the names of the other six victims.

A 19-year-old student at the University of Minnesota is facing felony charges after trying to sell his vote in the presidential election on eBay.

A Minnesota college student looking to profit off his political indifference has been charged with a felony for trying to sell his vote on the auction Web site eBay.

Ronelle Loving, one of two brothers charged with murder in the January 2007 slaying of a couple in Brooklyn Center, will spend 20 years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday.

MNVote for Sale,0149 Mpls. teen charged with offering his vote on eBay Eds: APNewsNow.

Minneapolis Police are investigating after an Augsburg student reported being raped.

Teams of police officers rounded up kids breaking curfew Friday in an effort to stop violent crime.

A Minnesota man is learning just how sudden and dangerous summer storms can be. Lightning struck Kent Lilyerd as he tried to save his outdoor furniture in Mora, Minn.

Read the criminal complaint An Oakdale man was sentenced to 26 years in prison Tuesday afternoon, for the attempted murder of a Minneapolis Police officer.

The body was found hanging from a tree in a Brooklyn Center park Thursday was identified today.

A Brooklyn Center, Minn. man, who was charged with murder for the June 10 death of his wife, was found dead in a nearby park Thursday evening.