Hennepin County

Paramedics are responsible for caring for the hurt and the sick every day. But union paramedics in Hennepin County now worry that after they retire, they won't have a specific health care benefit to fall back on if they get sick themselves.

There’s a new sheriff in town. Major Dawanna Witt easily won her race to become the next Hennepin County Sheriff on Tuesday. Thursday, she met with the media for the first time.

As Mary Moriarty prepares to take office, it's worth asking how we measure a prosecutor's effectiveness. That's an area where criminal justice researchers have done important work in recent years.

"You can't come into a job like this and say I’m going to take over, and we’re going to do everything differently," said Freeman. "I don’t think Mary’s trying to do that but if she does it’s not going to work."

The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office issued an overdose spike alert Thursday, reminding residents that help is available if you see a suspected overdose.

On a unanimous vote, the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners voted "to take any necessary action" to not pay Sheriff David Hutchinson’s salary during his 30-day license suspension.

A 54-year-old man from Hennepin County died Sunday morning following a crash in Wisconsin with a suspected drunk driver who traveled the wrong way on I-94, according to the state's department of transportation.

A 29-year-old mother faces charges in Hennepin County after her child overdosed from chewing on a dollar bill that had fentanyl on it.

Advocates are demanding answers after Hennepin County forced dozens of former inmates out of transitional housing at a Minneapolis nonprofit with less than 24 hours' notice on Wednesday night.

Metro Transit police moved quickly to clear a small encampment of unhoused people by Minneapolis City Hall on Tuesday afternoon.

Dayton Police arrested former Hennepin County Commissioner Mike Opat Wednesday night for DWI refusal.  

The state governing board for police officers has suspended the license of Hennepin County Sheriff Dave Hutchinson for 30 days beginning Nov. 22. 

A Minnesota man is suing Hennepin County, claiming he was wrongly detained and threatened, which led to him suffering psychological trauma and distress.

Highway 12 at County Road 90 in Maple Plain, Minnesota is closed after a semi-truck rolled over in the roundabout. 

A 28-year-old Richfield man who works as an eighth-grade teacher has been arrested on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct for allegedly repeatedly abusing his two younger cousins in the basement of a family home over a period of several years.