The Scott County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal car crash that took place 8 a.m. Tuesday, March 2.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls Feb. 16-22. 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.
Last Tuesday brought two fires to the area, one destroying a machine shop and the other displacing at least one apartment tenant.
Plans for two construction projects, a roundabout and a parking lot, were approved at the Feb. 1 Jordan City Council meeting.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls Jan. 27-Feb. 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 Scott County Sheriff’s Office recently renewed its partnership with Crime Stoppers of Minnesota, a tip line that allows people to anonymously provide crime information to law enforcement, according to a news release from the office.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls Jan. 20-26. 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 Jan. 1-11. 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.
Staff from the Southern Valley Alliance, an area nonprofit organization dedicated to providing the victims of domestic violence and their family members with support and resources, dropped off a special delivery to the Jordan Police Department this month.
Eight-year-old Elissa Westing of New Prague was named the winner of the Scott County Sheriff’s Office fourth annual Season’s Greetings Card Contest.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls Nov. 24-Dec. 1. 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 Nov. 3-12. 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 Oct. 28-Nov. 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.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls Oct. 20-27. 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 Oct. 9-19. 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.
Motorists should prepare for snow-covered road conditions, the Minnesota Department of Transportation said in a press release Tuesday, as a winter storm brought heavy snow to the region, making travel difficult.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls Sept. 30-Oct. 9. 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 Sept. 24-30. 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 Sept. 3-9. 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 Aug. 26-Sept. 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 Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls Aug. 19-26. 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 Aug. 11-17. 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.
It’s been about two weeks since Minnesota’s Tobacco 21 law went into effect on Aug. 1. So far, things are going as planned, according to county health officials and sheriffs.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls July 24-28. 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 is investigating a series of property damage incidents that occurred in the Timberline neighborhood last week.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls July 17-21. 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 will take an educational approach to “enforcing” Gov. Tim Walz’s statewide mask mandate, Chief Brett Empey said this week.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls July 2-13. 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.
A Richfield man who was shot and killed by Carver County deputy after holding a woman at gunpoint on the Mendota Heights bridge has been identified.
A man was shot and killed by a Carver County Sheriff’s Office deputy on Monday following an apparent kidnapping and car chase.Officers were called to Yellow Brick Circle in Chaska at 12:45 a.m., Monday, July 13, where the 29-year-old man with a handgun threatened to shoot the woman inside, a…
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls June 24-28. 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.
During an emergency evacuation, individuals may find themselves scrambling to make sure loved ones and prized possessions are accounted for, but Scott County Emergency Management Director Scott Haas wants to make sure pets are not one of those things.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls June 17-19. 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.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls June 11-16. 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 District Court joins five other Minnesota courts in resuming criminal jury trials this month, the Minnesota Judicial Branch announced Monday.
The Jordan Police Department responded to the following calls June 3-8. 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
Four Scott County congregate care facilities and three Carver County facilities have confirmed cases of coronavirus among their residents and staff, including two deaths at McKenna Crossing in Prior Lake, according to data released by the Minnesota Department of Health earlier this month.
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.
