Minnesota Department of Public Safety

Service was restored Wednesday after a statewide 911 outage prevented Minnesotans from making emergency calls.

St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News) - The Minnesota Department of Public Safety is giving advance notice of a crackdown on distracted driving.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Pedestrian deaths spiked to a 25-year high in Minnesota in 2016, illustrating what's been a grim upward trend across the country in recent years.

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say the man killed outside a suburban Twin Cities apartment complex exchanged gunfire with police before he died.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — State officials say more than 7,200 tickets were issued to motorists during a special campaign on seat belt use.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — State public safety officials say 57 people died in fires last year in Minnesota — the highest number of fatalities in 13 years.

St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News) - Minnesota is experiencing an increase in traffic fatalities this year.

Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) - The Minnesota Department of Public Safety is reporting a significant decline in the number of traffic citations issued for seat belt violations during the Click-it-or-Ticket campaign was conducted last month.

St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News) - The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says five people were killed in alcohol-related crashes in the state while the State Patrol and several hundred local law enforcement agencies were conducting a two-week long crackdown on drunk drivers.

St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News) - -The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says a fatal motorcycle crash over the weekend in Cottage Grove raised this year’s deathtoll from motorcycle crashes in the state to 47

St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News) - The Minnesota Department of Public Safety is spreading the word about a new law that takes effect on Saturday.

St. Paul, MN (KROC AM News)  - The head of the Minnesota Public Safety Department held a news conference Thursday to issue an urgent call for Minnesotans to take responsibility and make a commitment to safe driving. The 2014 Minnesota Motor Vehicle Crash Facts report shows the number of traffic deaths in the state last year was the lowest since World War II, but situation on state roads this year

St. Paul, MN  (KROC-AM News) - There have already been 11 motorcycle-related traffic fatalities in Minnesota this year.

St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News) - The Minnesota Department of Public Safety is reporting that 909 motorists were ticketed for distracted driving during a statewide enforcement campaign last week.