City officials want to diversify Minneapolis’ workforce.   The City Council approved a new plan last week that would increase the diversity of city workers to include more women, young people...

Two months and three crime alerts after University of Minnesota campus administrators announced they would be more selective in describing suspects in crime alerts, questions are beginning to arise regarding...

Two people were robbed in Southeast Como early Wednesday morning, according to a crime alert sent from University of Minnesota police Chief Greg  Hestness.   One of the victims is a...

Two people were robbed in Southeast Como early Wednesday morning, according to a crime alert from University of Minnesota Police Chief Greg Hestness. One of the victims is a University student and the...

Plans for another luxury apartment complex near the University of Minnesota are making their way through the city’s approval process.   The City Planning Commission reviewed a proposal Monday for...

The search for the next University of Minnesota Police Chief has been narrowed to two candidates.   St. Paul Police Department Commander Colleen Luna and Minneapolis Assistant Chief of Police Matt...

Four finalists vying for the University of Minnesota police Department Chief position made their cases to the University community in hourlong presentations last week. The finalists — Cmdr. Colleen...

Police are asking for the public’s help in searching for a University of Minnesota student who has been missing since early Friday morning. Jennifer Houle, 22, was last seen at Blarney Pub and...

As the snow melts and University of Minnesota students spend more time outside, criminals will do the same, police say. The current crime rate is typical for the late winter, but as temperatures warm,...

Metro Transit Police Department Captain James Franklin was the third finalist for the University of Minnesota Police chief position to present to the University community in a public forum Wednesday. Franklin...

UMPD Deputy Chief Chuck Miner was the second finalist for the UMPD chief position to present his experience and concerns to the University community in a public forum on Tuesday.   Miner has 15 years...

The University of Minnesota and surrounding areas saw a surge in vehicle-related crimes over spring break. Two vehicles were broken into near the Como Student Community Cooperative between March 16 and...

A University of Minnesota student was sexually assaulted in a Marcy-Holmes parking lot early Monday morning. The victim was scraping snow from her car near the intersection of Eighth Street Southeast and...

St. Paul Police Department Commander Colleen Luna was the first of four UMPD police chief finalists to present to the University community in a public forum Monday.  Luna has 30 years of experience...

Four finalists will make their cases for becoming the next University of Minnesota Police Chief at public forums this week. The first candidate, Colleen Luna, is a senior commander in the St. Paul Police...

Crime over the weekend was relatively low, despite spring-like weather, which often raises the number of campus-area thefts. University of Minnesota police responded to two different trespassing reports...

Residents of the Southeast Como neighborhood were granted a class-action lawsuit against General Mills, attorneys announced on Wednesday, following their concerns of a potentially harmful vapor seeping...

Seven gang members were indicted for running a drug operation between Minneapolis, St. Cloud, Duluth, and Fargo, North Dakota, the Star Tribune reported Wednesday.   Federal and local authorities...

Crime on and around the University of Minnesota campus was sparse once again last weekend. A vehicle was stolen from the Oak Street Ramp on Saturday, according to a University of Minnesota Police Department...

Two members of a family responsible for a Twin Cities-based cellphone theft ring pleaded guilty to a federal charge on Monday. Talal Mustafa and Edwan Mustafa pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in...

University of Minnesota administrators announced Wednesday that the school will be more selective about its use of suspect descriptions in crime alerts. The school will now include suspect descriptions...

Aside from a sexual assault reported in Marcy-Holmes, crime in the University of Minnesota campus and surrounding neighborhoods was low over the weekend. A peeping tom incident was reported in Marcy-Holmes...

A University of Minnesota student was sexually assaulted early Saturday morning in Dinkytown. The student had left a friend’s apartment when she was either forced or willingly got into a vehicle...

A Minnesota delegation of law enforcement and Somali community leaders will continue their discussions at a White House summit in Washington D.C. today on combating the recruitment of terrorists in the...

A University of Minnesota-Rochester lecturer was charged Thursday with the possession and dissemination of child pornography, according to criminal complaint filed Friday in Olmsted County District Court. Chemistry...