The Hopkins Legion Post 320 baseball team rattled off eight unanswered runs and earned a win over Owatonna in the opening round of the Minnesota American Legion State Tournament.

According to Chief Garett Flesland, violent crime in Brooklyn Center is down nearly 23 percent compared to this time last year.

Life Time is planning a 120,000-square-foot, 2-story building that’s nearly twice the space of the existing Maple Grove location.

A Brooklyn Center boy accidentally drowned after swimming at Baker Park Reserve in western Hennepin County, authorities said.

Bilal Mamdani of Maple Grove recently launched Crème, which specializes in creamy, Basque-style cheesecake that is sold online.

Update to the community from the Mayor with information from multiple departments within the city.

The Osseo Post 172 American Legion baseball team is set for the state tournament after winning some tight contests in Sub-State 10.

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That appears to be the direction the city of Brooklyn Park will take as it seeks ways to pay for a proposed expansion of the city’s Community Activity ...

Monte Brown, a teacher in the Robbinsdale Area School District, created a page on AdoptAClassroom.org to help buy classroom supplies.

Hennepin County Commissioner Kevin Anderson talks about recent events and balancing the county’s budget.

Rachel Braaten leads Crystal's Volunteer Habitat Restoration Program, which removes buckthorn from Hagemeister Pond Natural Area.

East Medicine Lake Park in Plymouth is among a dozen swim beaches closed in Hennepin County due to unacceptable bacteria levels.