Community members and law enforcement broke bread at Quarryview Education Center Friday morning to help grow the trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve.
The state says a record number of Minnesotans applied for a permit to carry a gun last year. The annual report from the Department of Public Safety says 73,880 permits were applied for statewide, and county sheriffs offices issued 71,156 in 2016.
A picture of a custom license plate with an anti-Muslim message caused a stir on social media this weekend, leading the state to apologize and revoke the plates today (Monday).
Traffic deaths in Minnesota in 2015 have surpassed last year's totals. With a month left to go in the year, preliminary numbers from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety's Office of Traffic Safety show 365 people have died so far on the state's roads this year. That compares with 361 for all of last year.
Railroad documents released by the state Department of Public Safety show about 50 trains carrying crude oil from North Dakota are passing through Minnesota each week.
The year so far has been a deadly one for motorcycle riders in Minnesota. The state Department of Public Safety says 26 motorcyclists have been killed on Minnesota roadways this year. Last year at this time, 18 riders were killed.
This has been an especially deadly week on Minnesota roads. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says nine people have died in the last seven days.
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says 675 motorists have been arrested for drunken driving in the first half of December. The arrests are part of a month-long enforcement campaign that's going on statewide.