Scott County News

Bruce Sames, former fire chief of Prior Lake, was sentenced in Scott County on Friday for embezzling more than $13,000 from Fire Department bank accounts.

One of the region's highest ranking House Republicans is facing a primary challenge.

A woman whose husband was severely beaten trying to protect his daughter from being molested as the family left Valleyfair said Tuesday they remain traumatized and are still healing from bruises and injuries.

Six men remain in the Scott County jail following what police call a brutal assault on a father trying to protect his daughter.

A Shakopee boy hit by a pickup truck Monday night while he was riding his bicycle is clinging to life this afternoon at Hennepin County Medical Center, said Capt.

A child on a bike was hit by a truck on Monday night in Shakopee, according to police.

The driver of a pickup truck who allegedly hit and critically injured a young bicyclist Monday night in Shakopee, and then left the scene, has been charged in Scott County District Court.

A Prior Lake, Minn. man has been charged in a hit-and-run that left an 11-year-old boy critically injured in Shakopee, Minn.According to the criminal complaint, Randal Hennes, 40, hit Nicholas Hagadorn in his ...

With an assist from a state program aimed at saving woods and lakes before developers can snare them, Scott County has acquired a lakefront parcel that will one day be a centerpiece of a major regional park.

A child riding on a bicycle Monday night in Shakopee was struck by a truck and the driver fled the scene.

Former Le Center School Board Member Denies New Prague Charges Published Date: 07-04-2008 06:46 PM CT A former Le Center school board member is denying charges that she scammed the city of New Prague out of ...

A former Le Center School Board member and New Prague city employee has been charged with three counts of felony theft by swindle.

The chairman of the Scott County Board said Tuesday that he has decided against seeking another term in office.

Scott County Commissioner Bob Vogel announced today he will not seek a third term, "because when I decided to run for this office in 2002 I made a personal commitment to myself to impose a term limit of no more ...

Start: 07/12/2008 - 10:00am End: 07/12/2008 - 2:00pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-5 HISTORIC STRAIT HOUSE PICNIC Boom town to ghost town - A Scott County MN 150th Event Gather up the family, pack your ...

Gov. Tim Pawlenty yesterday announced the appointment of Michelle Frauenshuh, Patty Holycross, Renee Jensen, Thomas Johnson, Kenneth Moorman, Jennifer Padelford, Annie Pierre, and the reappointment of, Theresa ...

Here's what's been going on in and around New Prague lately, according to the New Prague Times: - Minnesota Pipe Line Co.

State House of Representatives Tax Committee chairman Phil Krinkie, R-Shoreview, was defeated by 55 votes in Tuesday's election by DFL-endorsed Paul Gardner.

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Isanti County, Eastern Sherburne, Eastern Wright County, Anoka County, Hennepin County, Ramsey ...

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.