DAKOTA COUNTY
'I shouldn't be in this jail,' says sex-case suspect 
In jail, Samuel Josiah Benda said he's being treated like he's a 19-year-old sex offender. But Benda, who was adopted from Sierra Leone, said he's really 17 and is being unjustly charged as an adult for having consensual sex with his underage ex-girlfriend and having nude photos on his phone of another minor teenage girl -- one he had taken to senior prom.
By Maricella Miranda , September 17, 2011
Baby found floating in Mississippi River
Minnesota law enforcement officials are investigating the death of a baby found floating in the Mississippi River.
By Associated Press , September 06, 2011
$112 million suburban Twin C/ities busway built, but no money for buses
The Metropolitan Council recently told Dakota County that funding to operate the buses was a casualty of the state budget deal. With construction well underway and new transit stations already dotting the corridor, officials are now scrambling to find a source of about $1 million annually to operate the transit line, hailed as a cheaper alternative to light rail.
By Katie Humphrey , September 02, 2011
Mom of abandoned boy wants part in custody talks
The mother of an 11-year-old boy whose father abandoned him in Minnesota in July has come forward saying she wants to be part of the discussions about her child's future.
By Associated Press , September 01, 2011
Search continues for Lakeville, Minn., dad who abandoned son
A 60-year-old father abandoned his 11-year-old son last month, telling him in a letter to move in with neighbors because their Lakeville, Minn., home was in foreclosure, according to a warrant complaint seeking his arrest.
By Associated Press , August 26, 2011
Powerball winners look to retire, help family
Just this week, Thomas and Kathleen Morris were meeting with a financial adviser to discuss their retirement prospects. With the stock market taking a beating, things weren't looking so good. But by Friday, the Burnsville couple were Minnesota's newest multimillionaires, having come forward as the winner of a Powerball jackpot worth nearly $229 million.
By Patrick Condon , August 12, 2011
Sentence for 'cyberstalker' woman who followed Minnesota family: 1 year in jail, 40 years probation
That's the longest probation that Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom said he's ever seen. For Judge Richard Spicer, it was a creative approach for a new breed of criminal: a cyberstalker.
By Joy Powell , August 12, 2011
Winner of $229M Powerball ticket sold Minnesota still a mystery
Someone won a $228.9 million jackpot Wednesday from a Powerball lottery ticket bought at a Dakota County store. When the Minnesota State Lottery office closed Thursday, the winner had yet to claim the prize.
By Maricella Miranda , August 12, 2011
Pelican Rapids, Minn. trucker held in drunken-driving case
Lakeville, Minn., police on Thursday arrested a semitrailer truck driver on suspicion of driving with more than five times the legal blood-alcohol limit for commercial operators.
By Joy Powell , July 30, 2011
Dispute over Facebook photo focus of Dakota County homicide
James Edward Koenig posed shirtless Sunday while a 13-year-old boy snapped photos of him for Facebook. The teen's father found the pictures, leading to the confrontation in which Koenig was killed, prosecutors say.
By Maricella Miranda , January 26, 2011
At least 40 treated after ammonia spill near southeast Minnesota town
UPDATED 1:05 P.M.Cannon Falls Medical Center says most of the 19 people treated there will be released today. Twenty-one patients were treated at Northfield Hospital. It says five were admitted and one required decontamination.
By Associated Press , December 08, 2010
Rosemount, Minn., shooting victim intervened in dispute
Police and family members say a shooting victim was trying to intervene in a dispute between a friend and the gunman when he was killed at a Rosemount, Minn., car wash.
By Associated Press , July 14, 2010
African forest exhibit to open at Minnesota Zoo
The exhibit, "Faces of the African Forest," opens Saturday at the zoo in Apple Valley. The new exhibit will be part of the zoo's Indoors Tropics Trail.
By Associated Press , May 26, 2010
Three killed today in Dakota County collision
The Dakota County Sheriff's Office is investigating a two-vehicle collision this afternoon in Vermillion Township. Three people were killed.
By Jane Lightbourn , April 26, 2010
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