The Hennepin County Attorney's Office says it will challenge a ruling that deemed a south Minneapolis man, who allegedly shot his neighbor in the neck​ following months of harassment, incompetent to stand trial.

Twin babies in a northeast Minneapolis home survived after being exposed to fentanyl and having difficulty breathing, according to Minneapolis Police. Paramedics used Naloxone and CPR to stabilize the 2-month-old twin infants and transported them to the Hennepin County Medical Center.

The county hopes to cut in half the 95,200 tons of edible food residents throw away annually. Jenny Kedward has tips.

While a bill to make Minnesota a Sanctuary State failed in 2024, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) considers Anoka, Hennepin, Dakota and Ramsey County as "sanctuary counties."

There are more than 800 emergency shelter beds available for single adults throughout the county, but when homeless people call the hotline, they’re often greeted with “all beds are full.”

Hennepin County District Court took the lead in offering weddings for free beginning in 2013, and last year Ramsey and St. Louis County district courts joined the effort. This year Carlton, Chisago, Cook, Lake, Pine and Washington counties are joining the family.

The Camp Nenookaasi encampment shown in Minneapolis. January is historically a busy time for shelters in Minnesota, as temperatures dip well below zero and folks search for refuge from the cold.

Two election judges from different parts of the state now face criminal charges for their conduct on Election Day, adding to a list of concerning incidents that occurred when voters went to the polls in Minnesota.

After a stalled 2024 organizational meeting resulted in the creation of a co-chair model on the Anoka-Hennepin School Board, the board cruised through its 2025 organizational items in nine minutes’

A new program in Hennepin County is making it easier for people convicted of crimes as kids to seal their records.

The second-degree manslaughter charge was filed in Hennepin County Court last September against 30-year-old Salleban Abdullahi Duale. It alleged the death of his three-year-old son was due to child neglect or endangerment.

Jenny Kedward likes to joke she’s “Hennepin County’s mom” because she’s on a mission to get residents to clean their plates. For Kedward, the county’s food waste prevention specialist, it comes down to a simple mantra: “Buy the food you will eat and eat the food you buy.