A group of councilmembers, including Jason Chavez, said the violence prevention programs have fallen far below expectations ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office is looking for a 46-year-old inmate who escaped police custody Sunday afternoon. Billy Mason was being prepared for transport with other ...

A ruling from the Minnesota Supreme Court this week clarifies what is considered a ‘public place’ to include the inside of a car. Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt says even so, law enforcement ...

Love is in the air in downtown Minneapolis where Hennepin County judges performed free marriage ceremonies Friday afternoon on Valentine’s Day, a 12-year old tradition.

Witt of Hennepin County has been actively engaging with the local community, as was detailed in a recent social media post. Witt started the week with a discussion about current events on WCCO ...

The Hennepin County Attorney's Office (HCAO) has decided not to charge the federal task force that killed Winston Boogie Smith in 2021, after reviewing cell phone video obtained from Smith's phone ...

Undocumented people have been arrested in Hennepin County, and one sheriff who oversees a jail that houses U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) arrestees is seeing an increase in detainees.

Minneapolis police are investigating links between six assaults, including two people being shot and wounded on the city’s ...

Xcel expects to meet Minnesota’s carbon-free law 5 years early by shutting coal plants, extending life of nuclear plants and ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former longtime WCCO-TV news anchor Dave Moore died Wednesday, the station reported. Moore spent nearly his entire career at the station in his hometown of Minneapolis. Moore, 73, ...

Hennepin County is looking ahead in 2025. Commissioner Jeff Lunde discussed several Hennepin County initiatives in today’s Newsmakers segment, including what he described as a “desperate need” for ...

At the recently concluded National Sheriffs' Association (NSA) Winter Conference, Hennepin County Sheriff David Hutchinson, better known as Sheriff Witt, alongside other law enforcement leaders ...