Hennepin County

Hennepin County commissioners have approved changing the name of Lake Calhoun, Minneapolis' largest lake, but more regulatory steps remain.

Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) - The woman caught driving drunk in Rochester last weekend with several young children in her car was caught doing the same thing earlier this year in the Twin Cities. The woman is also in the process of losing custody of her kids - all ten of them.

An eastern Minnesota county is receiving additional federal grant money to help residents remove lead paint in their homes.

MINNETONKA, Minn. (AP) — Hennepin County prosecutors say a man involved in a fatal shooting at a storage facility in a Minneapolis suburb last month won't face charges.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer charged with assault for kicking a man in the face during a domestic disturbance call has pleaded not guilty to charges.

St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News) - Minnesota health officials will have to wait a bit longer before declaring an end to the state’s worst measles outbreak in over 25 years.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Hennepin County medical examiner has attributed five additional overdose deaths to the powerful opioid carfentanil.

St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News) - Minnesota’s current measles outbreak, which has already been labeled the worst in at least 20 years, continues to grow.

St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News) - An ongoing measles outbreak in Minnesota has become worst to hit the state in at least two decades.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota health officials have confirmed five new cases of measles in young children in Hennepin County, bringing the total number of cases in the outbreak to eight.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman is vowing to seek "the stiffest possible sentence" for a Minnesota man convicted of shooting and wounding five protesters outside a Minneapolis police station.

Minneapolis, MN (Learfield)  --  The revenue from the ballpark sales tax has been healthier than expected, while Hennepin County has managed to lower the interest rate it is paying on the debt for Target Field. That's why the county is on pace to pay off the 675-million dollars it spent on the new home for the Minnesota Twins 10 years early...

GREENFIELD, Minn. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a Greenfield woman whose body was found under an overturned riding lawnmower.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a Minneapolis man who authorities say fatally struck a pregnant Arizona teenager as he was fleeing police.