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Federal authorities say a Twin Cities woman stole more than $650,000 from Vermillion Township in Dakota County while serving as its elected clerk.

The Dakota County Sheriff's Office says it was involved in a shooting in Lakeville.

The caregiver of a 19-year-old man with muscular dystrophy has been charged in Dakota County with neglect after taking him to a party where he consumed alcohol and died.

President Donald Trump has formally nominated a Minnesota judge to be the state's next U.S. Attorney.

Authorities say Dakota County Technical and Community College in the eastern Twin Cities was placed on lockdown after a report of a man with what appeared to be a firearm on campus.

Prosecutors in Minnesota have charged a San Diego priest with having sexual contact with a woman while he was providing spiritual guidance.

A former Dakota County employee has pleaded guilty to violating Minnesota's data privacy laws.

Five people have been charged in Dakota County in a suspected identity theft ring that authorities believe impacted more than 150 victims.

A Hennepin County sheriff's deputy is accused of continuing to send messages to an Apple Valley woman who broke up with him. Thirty-one-year-old Brian Rhett Johnson of Blaine is charged in Dakota County with stalking, a gross misdemeanor.

A man who spent time in prison for a drunken driving crash that killed three brothers in Dakota County has been arrested again on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Boe Barlage, of Farmington, was sentenced to eight years behind bars for the crash that killed 20-year-old Matthew Backstrom, 17-year-old Jacob Backstrom, and 16-year-old Justin Backstrom in 2005.