A Prior Lake man has been charged with killing his mother and the following day breaking into a stranger's home and sexually ...

The Dakota County Attorney’s Office will not file criminal charges against South St. Paul City Council member Pam Bakken, ...

Dakota County Attorney Kathy Keena says her office cannot prove the 3-year-old swallowed the methamphetamine while under Pam Bakken's care.

The Dakota County Attorney's Office will not bring charges against Pam Bakken, the owner of a South St. Paul day care where a 3-year-old child allegedly ingested methamphetamine.

A woman's death in Prior Lake is now being investigated as a homicide, police said in an update on Monday. Details remain limited, but the Prior Lake Police Department said a man is in custody at the ...

A Minnesota woman was rushed into surgery after being stabbed nearly a dozen times by her husband.  That’s according to a ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has appointed Kelly Staples as a Dakota County District Court judge to fill a vacancy in the First ...

Dakota County residents can spend the summer wading through local wetlands collecting insects and plants to help scientists ...