Cyberattack Gains Access To Hennepin County Email System
Hennepin County officials say an email cyberattack compromised the accounts of about 20 employees, and the hackers used the accounts to send malicious emails.
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Hennepin County officials say an email cyberattack compromised the accounts of about 20 employees, and the hackers used the accounts to send malicious emails.
Statewide, 195,162 absentee ballots have been sent out, a 90 percent increase from the 2016 election.
The Secretary of State says there is a 150 percent jump in absentee voting so far compared to the 2016 election.
Starry stonewort is an alga that looks similar to other native plants and can form dense mats, which can interfere with use of a lake and compete with native plants.
Hennepin County officials say that as of Thursday morning, they had accepted 12,500 absentee ballots countywide.
Minnesota election officials say they are seeing unusually high interest in the August primary.
According to a petition to terminate the parental rights of the Dirks' four other children, police were called to the couple's Brooklyn Park home on Nov. 6 because the 3-year-old was not breathing.
The project has faced issues along the way, including reaching agreements to share rail corridors with three different freight rail companies.
The victim, who is now 15, told her mother about the abuse last year. Officials say the child was told to forget about what happened and forgive Torgerson, because that's what good Christians do.
The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office recently conducted a one-day snap-shot study on opioid abuse.
WCCO's Jennifer Mayerle and photojournalist Grant Verdon spent a full shift with Hennepin EMS paramedics, who respond to overdoses on a regular basis.
A Minneapolis freedom-of-information activist has claimed victory in his long-running legal battle to see emails from the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office pertaining to biometric technologies.
Local criminal defense attorney Mike Bryant thinks Mike Freeman chose to charge Noor with both manslaughter and murder because he wants to give potential jurors more options.
Opioid-related deaths continue to climb in Minnesota's most populous county.
A year-end crush of customers are prepaying some taxes in Minnesota's largest county.
Hennepin County is extending its hours for people to prepay their 2018 property taxes in light of the new tax reform bill from Washington.
A 28-year-old Golden Valley woman faces a murder charge after she allegedly provided drugs that lead to a man's death over the summer.
A man who was shot by officers after he tried to take his own life inside Minneapolis City Hall will make his first court appearance Friday afternoon.
Starting Tuesday, voters in Hennepin County can place ballots directly into counting machines as well.
The rate of teen births in Minnesota's most populous county is continuing to drop.
The woman who died after being stabbed in a parking ramp in downtown Minneapolis last week has been identified.
Fishing is an iconic part of life in Minnesota and the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office is hoping to catch kids on the sport while teaching them some life lessons.
The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a child died in Osseo Tuesday evening.
Two Minnesotans have been charged in a sex trafficking operation that spanned several counties and states.
The county held a "fix-it clinic" Saturday to teach valuable repair skills, and restore broken household items we would otherwise throw away.
