A household cat is infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans, according to the Minnesota Department of Animal Health.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls May 12-17. The Independent does not include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or other factors.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls May 6-8. The Independent does not include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or other factors.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls April 21-May 5. The Independent does not include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or other factors.
Jordan Police Officer Jeffrey Strack has left the department after 10 years of service. The Jordan City Council approved Strack’s resignation on Monday, April 20. During his tenure with the department, Strack served as a student resource officer taught Drug Abuse Resistance Education in Jord…
A number of Minnesota law enforcement agencies have been skipping important fit-testing procedures for N95 protective masks, Kare 11 reported April 15, but the Scott County Sheriff’s Office is not one of them. Scott County Sheriff Luke Hennen said jail staff and sheriff’s deputies have been …
Plenty of Jordan residents reported hearing a loud explosion the evening of Monday, April 13, but the exact source of the noise still eludes authorities.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls April 6-7. The Independent does not include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or other factors.
Jordan’s long-awaited local ambulance began offering emergency medical service at 6 a.m. Monday, April 13, potentially shaving seven to eight minutes off the average response time.
A 52-year-old Jordan man has been charged in Scott County District Court for a first-degree aggravated controlled substance crime, first-degree possession of a controlled substance and for violating a no contact order after police say he purchased 1.2 kilograms of methamphetamine from Mexico.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls April 2-5. The Independent does not include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or other factors.
Jason Robert Betlach, a 32-year-old Jordan man, was sentenced in Scott County District Court Tuesday to 20 years in prison. He pleaded guilty in February to murdering his 18-month old foster child on Aug. 26, 2018.
The Jordan Police Department located a missing 15-year-old Monday afternoon, hours after asking the public for assistance.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls March 11-24. The Independent does not include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or other factors.
An Eagan man and Prior Lake boy died in the April 1 crash on Scott County Highway 21, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner announced Friday.
Two people died and a juvenile was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon near the intersection of County Highway 21 and Natchez Avenue in Credit River Township, according to the Scott County Sheriff’s Office.
Local law enforcement is fielding a large number of calls about Minnesota’s stay-at-home order, but most questions and concerns are better directed to the state, several law enforcement agencies said this week.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls March 11-19. The Independent does not include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or other factors.
A Jordan man accused of murdering his 18-month-old foster child is asking a judge to reconsider his guilty plea, stating he was "badly misrepresented" by his attorneys.
It’s only been one week since state officials started asking Minnesotans to stay at home, but cabin fever may already be setting in.
New measures aim to limit law enforcement’s exposure to COVID-19, but responses to life-and-death emergencies won’t be affected, local first responders said this week.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls March 4-10. The Independent does not include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or other factors.
Scott County officials in recent days said they're meeting bi-weekly to plan for the coronavirus and what they'll do in case of a local outbreak.
Nearly 500 pieces of THC edibles were seized during a drug search in Jordan last month, the Scott County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday. The search was carried out by the Southwest Metro Drug Task Force and Jordan Police Department.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls Feb. 21-March 2. The Independent does not include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or other factors.
The novel coronavirus spreading around the world is in the same family of viruses as your typical cold. Its symptoms could often be mistaken for the seasonal flu.
A drug sale led to the killing of a Burnsville teen in Savage last week, police said Thursday.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls Feb. 14-19. The Independent does not include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or other factors.
A Belle Plaine man faces a felony charge of third-degree criminal sexual conduct after investigators said he assaulted a 15-year-old Shakopee girl in Prior Lake last year.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls Feb. 5-13. The Independent does not include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or other factors.
The Le Sueur County Sheriff’s Office responded Tuesday, Feb. 18 to a fatal single-vehicle crash on County Road 28 in Lanesburgh Township, south of New Prague, that resulted in the death of a 17-year-old driver.
A Wayzata woman was charged with felony deprivation of parental rights after three children were found in Wisconsin a day after they were reported missing from their Savage home.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls Jan. 21-Feb. 3. The Independent does not include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or other factors.
Four members of local law enforcement have received the Morris A. Miller Health Hero Award for their actions saving a man’s life in Credit River Township this summer.
The Jordan Police Department put out a statewide alert for a stolen vehicle last week after a black 2011 Kia Sportage was reported stolen from outside the Holiday gas station on Triangle Lane in Jordan.
There were eight fatal crashes in Scott County last year, according to preliminary data from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety — down two fatalities from 2018, which recorded a total of 10 fatal crashes.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls Dec. 28-Jan. 6. The Independent does not include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or other factors.
The Jordan City Council approved the purchase of two police squad cars Monday night after a high-speed chase down Highway 169 last month left the Jordan Police Department with two totaled squads and a $57,000 bill.
Sent on Friday and received at the start of the week, a special letter made its way to the Carver County Sheriff’s Office.
The man whose Scott County rape charges were dropped in November is in prison this month for violating probation in Carver County case by failing to meet his predatory offender registration requirements.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls Dec. 4-17. The Independent does not include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or other factors.
A strong response for volunteer emergency medical technicians means Jordan’s local ambulance service could be up and running as early as February.
Two Scott County deputies, five EMS professionals and a local resident were honored last month with Scott County’s Morris A. Miller Health Hero Award in recognition for their life-saving response to a car crash in Spring Lake Township late this summer.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls Nov. 25-Dec. 2. The Independent does not include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or other factors.
One driver has non-life threatening injuries after a crash involving a truck Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Highway 169 and Highway 41 in Jackson Township, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
Scott County public safety officials this month said they don’t believe there’s a threat to public safety after charges were dropped against the 27-year-old man previously accused of attacking and raping a 20-year-old woman in Jordan last year.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls Nov. 19-25. The Independent does not include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or other factors.
Multiple vehicles were struck and forced off Highway 169 Thursday, Dec. 5, as Jordan and Belle Plaine police squad cars pursued a 28-year-old Shakopee man at speeds around 100 mph.
The Scott County Attorney’s Office has dropped all charges against a 27-year-old Excelsior man accused of raping a 20-year-old woman near the SCALE facility in Jordan in August 2018 after DNA retesting found samples had been mixed up.
A two-vehicle crash involving a bus in Jackson Township resulted in a towed car and no injuries Wednesday morning, according to the State Patrol.
