The Hennepin County Attorney's Office says it will challenge a ruling that deemed a south Minneapolis man, who allegedly shot his neighbor in the neck​ following months of harassment, incompetent to stand trial.

While a bill to make Minnesota a Sanctuary State failed in 2024, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) considers Anoka, Hennepin, Dakota and Ramsey County as "sanctuary counties."

The manager and co-owner of Los Andes Latin Bistro in Minneapolis is accused of raping an underage bartender. Prosecutors in Hennepin County this week charged Christian Quito, 45, with one count of 3rd-degree criminal sexual conduct in connection with the investigation.

A driver accused of severely injuring a woman in a hit-and-run in Minneapolis on New Year's Day confessed to the crime before turning himself into police, charges state.

MINNEAPOLIS — Twin babies in a northeast Minneapolis home survived after being exposed to fentanyl and having difficulty breathing, according to Minneapolis Police. Paramedics used Naloxone and CPR to stabilize the 2-month-old twin infants and transported them to the Hennepin County Medical Center.

An argument over an unpaid debt allegedly led a Brooklyn Park man to shoot and kill a 43-year-old man from Minneapolis who was dating his girlfriend’s mother, according to criminal charges filed in Hennepin County District Court this week.

The Hennepin County jail’s first drug-sniffing dog has been on the hunt for contraband for about a year, amid increasing inmate drug use.

There are more than 800 emergency shelter beds available for single adults throughout the county, but when homeless people call the hotline, they’re often greeted with “all beds are full.”

The Camp Nenookaasi encampment shown in Minneapolis. January is historically a busy time for shelters in Minnesota ... for refuge from the cold. But Hennepin County has stopped tracking how ...

A two-week manhunt has led to the arrest of a man police say is responsible for a hit-and-run crash in Minneapolis early on New Year’s Day that left

A new program in Hennepin County is making it easier for people convicted of crimes as kids to seal their records.

Hennepin County District Court took the lead in offering weddings for free beginning in 2013, and last year Ramsey and St. Louis County district courts joined the effort. This year Carlton, Chisago, Cook, Lake, Pine and Washington counties are joining the family.