Officials with Minnetrista Police made public earlier this month the department’s draft policy for the body-worn cameras that its officers wil…
The drug task force that covers Orono, Westonka and the surrounding area set a record last year for the amount of methamphetamine it recovered.
Since 1980, the Mound Fire Department has recognized one firefighter as the department Firefighter of the Year. The tradition continued in 202…
Mound Fire Department averaged a greater response rate to its service calls over the past 10 months of the pandemic than it has in the past fi…
“It makes a difference, especially when you wear it for 8 hours,” said Tanner Palm.
Minnetrista and Orono police departments will soon join other metro area departments in equipping their patrol officers with body-worn cameras…
The St. Bonifacius Fire Department joined a growing list of Minnesota fire departments becoming “MnFIRE Aware” of their occupational health ri…
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On Friday, Dec. 4, an Orono woman was driving home in Tonka Bay when she struck a utility pole and ended up in Lake Minnetonka, according to a…
Zero Gravity Skatepark in Mound has been getting a gradual facelift over the past year—resurfaced half-pipe, a water fountain and mister once …
Half a million dollars that Minnetrista received in federal coronavirus relief money will go toward paying a portion of its public safety payroll.
A former Holy Family tennis coach has been arrested on charges of predatory sexual conduct, according to the Carver County Sheriff’s Office.
A fish fry for 3,000-plus people might not be the best public health etiquette right now, but an open-air golf tournament fits pandemic protoc…
One of the largest questions around cities’ use of federal coronavirus relief funds has been in determining whether public safety payroll can …
Mound Fire Department received a large scale federal grant July 31 that will fund the replacement of all its SCBA gear.
The Long Lake Fire Department responded to a boat fire on Smith’s Bay on Lake Minnetonka on the evening of Sunday, Aug. 16.
Just because folks aren’t stuffing themselves to the gills at the Fish Fry this year doesn’t mean the Mound Fire Department has let fundraisin…
Maple Plain Mayor Julie Maas-Kusske was appointed to serve on the Hennepin County Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee (CJCC) by the Board …
Minnetrista Police Department received more applications for permits to purchase a firearm during the first six months of 2020 than it normall…
Minnetrista city council, staff and community would like to welcome Nikki Myhre to the Minnetrista Police Department. Nikki’s hiring was appro…
The commissioner of Minnesota’s Department of Public Safety, John Harrington, announced during a Friday morning press conference that a “unifi…
Governor Tim Walz signed an executive order May 28 at 4 p.m., activating the Minnesota National Guard to provide safety and protection to th…
“Starting with the very first patient, who was COVID-19 positive, all of our patients have had COVID-19.”
The West Metro Drug Task Force seized more pounds of methamphetamine last year than it did marijuana, marijuana wax and THC edibles combined. …
A boat fire on Lake Minnetonka’s Forest Lake Bay in Mound injured one man the evening of April 30.
The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office declared ice-out on Lake Minnetonka on Thursday, April 2, in partnership with Freshwater, a “nonprofit or…
One by one and top down, governments have declared states of emergency for COVID-19: President Donald Trump declared a public health emergency…
Thursday, April 16, is Tornado Drill Day in Minnesota, as part of Severe Weather Awareness Week. Mock tornado drills are scheduled for 1:45 an…
A three-alarm fire broke out just before 5 p.m. Saturday, April 11 at a condominium complex in Mound, injuring two and displacing 60-70 people…
