dakota county

The federal government has denied Minnesota's request to add Dakota County to a disaster declaration for recent severe storms and flooding.

Prosecutors in Dakota County have charged two people in the death of a University of Minnesota student who went missing last fall.

Authorities are weighing possible charges against a couple who left their baby in a running car while they went into a bar in Dakota County.

An Apple Valley man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for the stabbing death of a cab driver.