An 85-year-old homeowner survived a late‑night explosion that destroyed a Wright County house; video shows the wreckage and officials have not yet identified a cause.

State Rep. Elliott Engen was arrested early Friday in White Bear Lake on suspicion of DWI; a preliminary breath test reportedly read .13 and he was booked into Ramsey County custody.

A shooting at the Chicago and Franklin intersection left one person dead and two wounded Friday as Minneapolis police opened a homicide investigation.

Minnetonka police responded to reports of a shooting at an apartment building Thursday; investigators were on scene and a probe is underway.

A 27-year-old is accused of a brutal early-morning attack outside a portable restroom at the Stearns History Museum; the victim remains hospitalized with serious head injuries.

Ramsey County medical examiners released details to help identify a man pulled from the Mississippi River near Harriet Island; tips requested.

A Shattuck‑St. Mary's teacher was arrested after a 14‑year‑old reported being sexually assaulted at the teacher’s campus apartment. The school says it fired and barred him.

A man ran to the intersection of East Franklin and South Second after being shot Wednesday night; police say he suffered a potentially life‑threatening wound and no arrests have been made.

Valesha Parker pleaded guilty to one count of aiding an offender after the 2022 killing of Zaria McKeever. A May 1 hearing will decide whether a judge accepts the plea and its proposed 364‑day jail term.

After a three-week trial, a St. Paul man was convicted in the December 2023 staged robbery that left a man dead at a Spencer Brook Township ranch. Co-defendants have already drawn decades-long terms.

A retired Bayport funeral director pleaded guilty after forensic genealogy tied a skull found in 2002 to a Stillwater woman; sentencing is set for June 2.

A St. Cloud State student was arrested after police say they threatened to shoot other students on campus; officers recovered a handgun and replica firearms.

St. Paul will pay $9.5 million to the family of JuVaughn Turner after a 2023 rec-center shooting that left him with a traumatic brain injury. The settlement resolves the family's lawsuit and follows criminal proceedings.