Departments across Minnesota are scrambling to recruit officers as applicant pools shrink; St. Cloud is testing youth mentoring and summer hires to build a pipeline.

A Plymouth child‑care aide is accused of being dangerously intoxicated on the job; surveillance and a criminal complaint say her BAC measured .356 and she fell on a child.

The owner of Star Distribution admitted to wire fraud after prosecutors say his company billed roughly $10 million to federal child-nutrition programs and funneled kickbacks to a family consultant. The plea follows related admissions by his sister and other relatives.

A Rochester woman tied to the Feeding Our Future scandal was sentenced to six months in federal prison and ordered to repay about $491,245, with assets forfeited.

An early-morning shooting in the Hawthorne neighborhood left one man dead; police say investigators have not announced any arrests.

Thirty complaints have been filed against Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara during his three-year term; 22 remain open and oversight officials are pressing for answers.

Fridley police are asking for tips and footage after two loose Staffordshire bull terrier mixes attacked and killed a pet Sunday evening; investigators have increased patrols and want help.

A 60-year-old Watertown man died after his pickup collided with an SUV at Highway 3 and 280th Street West in Castle Rock Township. A Farmington teen was hurt but not critically.

Crystal police are increasing patrols after mass brawls at Becker Park forced a temporary closure and several arrests.

A 2-year-old boy was critically injured after falling from a second-floor window in St. Paul's Dayton's Bluff neighborhood.

A Minneapolis man drew a 27‑year federal sentence after prosecutors say he posed as a teen and coerced a 12‑year‑old into producing explicit images. The case grew from an FBI probe and follows an earlier state conviction.

Authorities say a man fatally shot his 3‑year‑old son and then himself in a home north of Detroit Lakes; family members and investigators are responding.

Faith Community Church in Hudson was evacuated after staff found a written threat; police searched the site and later took a person into custody.