Scott County News

One person is dead after a tow truck failed to yield to oncoming traffic while turning off a highway near Savage and crashed into a sedan on Monday, May 20, authorities said.

The owners of a defunct pizza parlor in Savage could face prison time and fines for failing to give the State of Minnesota its due.

Winter's barely over, but temperatures in Dakota and Scott counties are expected to reach into the 90s on Tuesday, and the National Weather Service has issued a fire weather watch.

All of Dakota County, nearly all of Scott County and portions of Ramsey, Washington, Hennepin, and Carver counties are now no longer abnormally dry, according to a U.S. Drought Monitor map released Thursday, May 9. That's an improvement over last week, when only parts of Dakota and Scott counties were seeing relief from dry conditions.

Calls started coming in to Scott County Sheriff's and Shakopee Police dispatchers shortly before 1 p.m. Shakopee Police confirm that callers were reporting an explosion in the vicinity of Rahr Malting and Koda Energy.

When Ed Solstad heads for the Border Route Trail, it's usually with a chain saw and a work crew.

Scott County Prosecutors charged Steven Andre Moore with four criminal counts, including murder, aggravated robbery and two counts of aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon.

Obstructing the legal process. A 32-year-old Blue Earth man was arrested for giving false information to police, driving with a revoked license, having no proof of insurance and possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia near the intersection of Shoreline Boulevard SW.

CodeRED hasn't been seriously tested yet, but the New Prague school shooting hoax was a warning it might be.

Public apologies from a 12-year-old and his family have brought the case involving a hoax phone call threatening the New Prague Public Schools to a close.