Hennepin County

A member of the Highs, a Minneapolis street gang, has been sentenced in federal court for illegal possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger. 

The man accused of attacking a woman and child before stealing a car at a Minnetonka home now faces a dozen felony charges for his alleged involvement in a string of Twin Cities burglaries and car thefts. 

On Wednesday afternoon demonstrators met outside the Minnesota Department of Corrections to demand answers about the recent increase in jail deaths.

Wednesday, when the monthly siren drill is 20 minutes late, don’t fret. 

A severe storm warning has begun for Carver and Hennepin counties as an evening storm continues to drift east.

For a second time in about a week, a Hennepin County Jail inmate has died after what the sheriff says was an apparent medical issue.

A family’s grief at losing their father is compounded this week by their belief that Hennepin County Medical Center let a stranger make end-of-life and organ donation decisions.

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office is reviewing the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) investigation into the fatal shooting of Ricky Cobb II by a Minnesota State Patrol trooper, stating some state patrol employees are not cooperating.

An inmate at the Hennepin County Jail has died after suffering what officials say was a "medical incident" on Monday.

You weren't hearing things. Some folks in Hennepin County heard an extra emergency siren test on Wednesday.

The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday it will remove its deputy serving as a school resource officer (SRO) at Rockford High School, citing recent changes to Minnesota school discipline laws.  

Three weeks into a new Minnesota law, county prosecutors are beginning to use the new carjacking statute to charge violent offenders.