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12/03/2024

Light snow caused slick travel conditions Monday, leading to more than a dozen injury crashes across Minnesota.

Light snow caused slick travel conditions on Monday, leading to more than a dozen injury crashes across Minnesota. Some were captured on the MnDOT traffic ca...

11/30/2024

It's just after 5 a.m. and a home in South Saint Paul is quickly going up in flames. With an elderly homeowner still trapped inside, Sgt. Michael Dahl and Officer Aaron Schmidt quickly jumped into action.

It's just after 5 a.m. and a home in South Saint Paul is quickly going up in flames. With an elderly homeowner still trapped inside, Sgt. Michael Dahl and Of...

11/30/2024

Minneapolis officers responded just after 6:00 p.m. to a report of a shooting at an apartment in the 700 block of Emerson Avenue North.

A 21-year-old man has died following a shooting inside a Minneapolis apartment on Thanksgiving evening.

11/30/2024

Squads were called to a burglary of an occupied residence where the suspect allegedly broke in, punched the resident, and stole their car keys before taking the car. Officers were able to track an AirPod inside the vehicle and quickly located the suspect on I-94 westbound where a pursuit was initiated.

SAINT PAUL: 6xx Saint Anthony Ave. - Squads were called to a burglary of an occupied residence where the suspect allegedly broke in, punched the resident, an...

11/28/2024

A 69-year-old Hastings man died early Wednesday morning after being struck by a driver while moving a deer from the roadway.

Dakota County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at 6:35 a.m. after the man reportedly hit a deer while driving west on County Road 46 near General Sieben Drive in Marshan Township.

11/25/2024

ICYMI: Eastbound I-94 & I-494 - State Patrol responded to this crash after a driver apparently having mechanical issues was rear-ended at high speed while stopped in a lane of traffic in Woodbury on Sunday morning.

WOODBURY: Eastbound I-94 & I-494 - State Patrol responded to this crash after a driver apparently having mechanical issues was rear-ended at high speed while...

11/25/2024

MINNEAPOLIS: Rollover crash on eastbound I-94 east of Cedar Ave. just before 10 a.m. Sunday. Troopers reported the driver had minor injury and traffic was re-opened shortly after.

MINNEAPOLIS: Rollover crash on eastbound I-94 east of Cedar Ave. just before 10 a.m. Troopers reported the driver had minor injury and traffic was re-opened ...

11/25/2024

ROBBINSDALE: Officers in pursuit Sunday afternoon of a suspect on northbound County Road 81, eventually moving in for a PIT maneuver to disable the vehicle near Highway 100. The suspect was compliant and taken into custody by around 4:15 p.m., with medics requested for an evaluation of injuries from the crash.

ROBBINSDALE: Officers were just in pursuit of a suspect on northbound County Road 81, eventually moving in for a PIT maneuver to disable the vehicle near Hig...

11/12/2024

Saint Paul police officers fatally shot a homicide suspect Saturday afternoon after an anonymous tip led them to his location.

11/08/2024

The Tragedy at Oak Grove Grocery | See more at www.MNCRIME.com

11/07/2024

Behind the Minnesota 'Vampire' Murder | See more at www.MNCRIME.com

11/07/2024

Minnesota Student Still Missing 22 Years Later | See more at www.MNCRIME.com

11/07/2024

Reker Sisters' Killing Still Unsolved | See more at www.MNCRIME.com

11/06/2024

Chopper Shows Twin Cities Police Overwhelmed During 2020 Riots | See more at www.MNCRIME.com

11/06/2024

Is Minnesota's 'Baby Angel' Case Near Solving? | See more at www.MNCRIME.com

11/06/2024

He Did $300k in Damage in Minutes | See more at www.MNCRIME.com

11/06/2024

The suspect, Chad Aaron Aanerud, 35, of Brainerd, is now facing a dozen felony charges in connection with the crime spree including second-degree murder, first-degree criminal sexual conduct, kidnapping, arson and assault.

02/22/2024

Bobbi Jo Puttbrese, 53, was driving her van last June on Concord St. S. near Chestnut St. in South Saint Paul when witnesses to the crash said they saw Puttbrese cross through the center turn lane and into the northbound traffic lane, striking a pickup truck head-on.

A woman who earlier pleaded guilty to two felony counts and a gross misdemeanor for crashing into another vehicle head-on while drunk, causing the death of a man and seriously injuring another, avoided jail time Wednesday after a judge sentenced her to five years of probation. A nearly five year pri