An 8-year-old boy died after drowning Thursday during a field trip to a beach in Maple Plain. Karmon Conneh, of Brooklyn Center, was at the south beach swimming area of Lake Independence at Baker Park ...

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner has confirmed the drowning death of an 8-year-old at Baker Park Reserve late last week.

MINNEAPOLIS — One man is dead after being shot in the city's Lyndale neighborhood early Saturday afternoon. According to ...

The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office said that during a supervised field trip to Baker Park South Beach on Thursday afternoon ...

Hennepin County officials have closed a dozen beaches and placed many others under advisory, mainly due to E. coli levels. Hennepin County Health and Human Services and the Three Rivers Park district ...

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board says beaches at Bde Maka Ska and Lake Hiawatha are among those affected.

One of the state’s biggest hospitals is in dire financial straits, as rising supply costs have pushed the hospital system to ...

Minneapolis police were on the scene of an incident in south Minneapolis overnight, where one person was killed in an ...

In June, a Hennepin County jury found Thompson guilty on all charges, including five counts of third-degree murder and 10 ...

Thompson will likely spend about 37 years in prison after being given a 58-year sentence by a Hennepin County judge.

Since the pandemic, demand for programs in Hennepin County has surged by nearly 40%. Now, county workers are alarmed at the number of applicants leaving county offices empty-handed — and angry.

Hennepin County, for example, pays half the operating costs of the Green and Blue lines and provides all non-federal funds for the ongoing Southwest Light Rail Transit construction as well as the ...