MnDOT Brings In Extra Crews Ahead Of Icy Monday Morning Commute
Saturday's snowfall made for dangerous driving on Minnesota's roads.
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Saturday's snowfall made for dangerous driving on Minnesota's roads.
The trooper had pulled off onto the shoulder of Highway 52 just north of Interstate 494, with their emergency lights on, when a driver struck their squad car.
Minnesota law enforcement agencies are taking extra steps to stop drunk drivers beginning Wednesday and through the end of the year.
It's a feeling you may have experienced, seeing those blue lights in your rearview mirror as the police pull you over. But lately, thousands of drivers are refusing to stop. Figures show that happening more than 3,100 times last year.
After the first notable snowfall of the year, the Minnesota State Patrol has been busy Saturday responding to multiple crashes, spinouts and jackknifed semis.
The Minnesota State Patrol is asking for the public's help to find a semi that hit a pedestrian on Thursday evening in Becker County.
A 70-year-old woman was arrested Saturday night after authorities say she threatened a state trooper and prompted a highway closure.
Four people were transported to local hospitals after a serious car crash took place in Brooklyn Center overnight.
Police say the man driving the vehicle was taken into custody for questioning.
Two people were killed in a crash involving a semi-truck early Tuesday evening in central Minnesota.
A construction crew employee was seriously injured in an accident at a site on Interstate 94 in the north metro Monday afternoon.
While all these troopers were wearing the same uniform during Friday's ceremony, they have very different back stories.
A semi truck rolled into a ditch, killing a 49-year-old man on Friday morning in Carlton County.
A 21-year-old driver who crashed into a school bus carrying a cross country team Tuesday night has died, according to the State Patrol.
The Minnesota State Patrol says a crash involving a school bus resulted in injuries Tuesday night southwest of the Twin Cities.
The Minnesota State Patrol says at least one person is dead after a crash Tuesday morning in Burnsville.
A 35-year-old Champlin woman was killed in a crash Tuesday morning near Spring Lake Park.
A motorcyclist suffered "significant injuries" in a crash involving a semi-truck Tuesday afternoon southeast of the Twin Cities.
The Minnesota State Patrol is issuing a reminder to motorists after more than 100 stop-arm violations were reported by school bus companies in the first 15 days of school.
The motorcyclist died at the scene. The Minnesota State Patrol said he was wearing a helmet.
An Illinois man is undergoing a mental health evaluation after Minnesota State Patrol troopers encountered him walking on a busy Twin Cities freeway during rush hour Wednesday evening while armed.
A Shoreview man was killed in a crash with a semi truck in eastern Minnesota Tuesday morning.
The agency said the crash occurred on eastbound Interstate 94 in Silver Creek Township.
MPD officer Brian Cummings was pursuing a carjacking suspect at high speed July 6 when his vehicle and Frazier's collided in the intersection of 41st and Lyndale avenues in north Minneapolis.
Attorneys for the Minnesota chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union say the purge of messages has made it nearly impossible to track the State Patrol's behavior, as investigators try to determine whether law enforcement used improper force on demonstrators.
