Prosecutors have charged two individuals in connection with a string of retail thefts at Ulta Beauty stores in Apple Valley and Eagan, with investigators linking the pair to additional thefts across Minnesota and beyond.

As students returned to school this week, the Eagan Police Department launched a high-visibility traffic safety operation aimed at cracking down on distracted driving and other violations.

A theft investigation at the Twin Cities Premium Outlets in Eagan escalated Monday afternoon when one of the suspects approached officers with a knife, prompting a Taser deployment and two arrests.

The Eagan Police Department has proven the effectiveness of the new Grappler device in the field, after it safely ended a vehicle pursuit that began in Eagan and continued into the city of St. Paul, Minnesota.

A Minneapolis man has been convicted in Dakota County District Court for his role in an identity theft scheme that defrauded victims and a White Bear Lake car dealership out of tens of thousands of dollars.

Over the past several years, Corey Hayes has been tied to a series of armed robberies, burglaries, fraud schemes, and now domestic violence and stalking allegations that paint a portrait of escalating criminal conduct stretching nearly a decade.

Philip Jedidiah Wong, 27, of Little Canada, Minnesota, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the October 2023 murder of 53-year-old Jianqin Zhang, a woman from China, at an Eagan hotel.

A Minneapolis man already facing serious organized retail theft charges in Dakota County is now accused of committing another felony-level burglary after allegedly shoplifting from the Twin Cities Premium Outlets in Eagan, a store he had been legally barred from entering due to a prior trespass notice.

Authorities are investigating a serious multi-vehicle crash that occurred Friday afternoon, August 1, 2025, on northbound I-35E in Eagan, just north of Lone Oak Road.

Kwik Trip, Inc. has purchased a 3.53-acre commercial site from Hy-Vee, Inc. for $3.5 million, with plans to construct a new 24-hour convenience store, fuel station, and car wash at the corner of Diffley Road and Pilot Knob Road.

Officials are sounding the alarm as mosquitoes across all seven Twin Cities metro counties have tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV), according to a recent update from the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District (MMCD).

Two individuals are facing multiple felony charges, including third-degree murder and criminal vehicular homicide, for their roles in a high-speed street racing crash that killed two young adults last month in Eagan.

Eagan Police are investigating a dangerous act of arson that occurred early Friday morning in the Country Hollow neighborhood, after someone detonated a mortar-style firework inside a residential trash can.

A three-vehicle crash on northbound I-35E just south of Lone Oak Road resulted in one person being transported to the hospital with injuries on Tuesday evening, July 15, 2025.

Update about a fight that occurred during Fourth of July festivities at the Eagan Community Center on Friday night, July 4, 2025.

Communities across Dakota County are preparing for a weekend full of red, white, and blue as 4th of July celebrations kick off with family-friendly events, parades, and fireworks.

An 18-year-old St. Paul man is facing felony charges after allegedly stealing over $1,400 worth of merchandise from a Kwik Trip in Eagan just hours after being released from jail in a separate county.

A 76-year-old woman was transported to the hospital Sunday night following a single-vehicle rollover crash at the entrance to Lebanon Hills Regional Park in Eagan.

The Eagan Police Department is the first law enforcement agency in Minnesota and one of only a few agencies in the Midwest to have the Grappler device.

Emergency crews responded just before 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, to a minor train derailment on Nicols Road, just north of Silver Bell Road.