Beginning this February, citizens and business owners will be getting a first-hand view and hands on experience of how the Scott County Sheriff’s Office works during its annual Sheriff’s Community Academy — a free, interactive, seven-week series meant to give community members a working know…
One person was hospitalized in a three-car crash on the border of Prior Lake and Savage on Tuesday evening.
The Prior Lake Fire Department has been informed it has not been awarded the Staffing for Fire and Emergency Response grant that would fund fully fund the cost of hiring 12 full-time firefighters for their first three years.
A Carver man is facing eight charges after he allegedly barricaded himself inside a family’s home in an hours-long standoff with law enforcement in Prior Lake on Friday, Nov. 25.
When Scott County Sheriff Luke Hennen began his career in law enforcement 25 years ago, talking about mental health wasn’t something that happened regularly.
The Prior Lake Police Department responded to and provided summaries for the following incidents Oct. 4-11. The Prior Lake American doesn’t include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or other…
The Prior Lake Police Department responded to and provided summaries for the following incidents Sept. 6-27. The Prior Lake American doesn’t include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or othe…
The Scott County Sheriff’s Office responded to a fatal, single-vehicle crash at about 12:49 a.m. on 240th St. East, just west of Cedar Lake Drive in Cedar Lake Township, on Saturday, Sept. 10.
The Prior Lake Police Department responded to and provided summaries for the following incidents Aug. 30-Sept. 6. The Prior Lake American doesn’t include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or…
The Prior Lake Police Department responded to and provided summaries for the following incidents Aug. 23-29. The Prior Lake American doesn’t include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or othe…
The Prior Lake Police Department responded to and provided summaries for the following incidents Aug. 16-22. The Prior Lake American doesn’t include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or othe…
A man and a woman were charged Thursday, Aug. 18, with reckless discharge of a firearm within a municipality, a day after officers responded to several 911 calls about shots being fired in the 3600 block of Willow Beach Street Southwest.
The Prior Lake Police Department responded to and provided summaries for the following incidents Aug. 9-16. The Prior Lake American doesn’t include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or other…
The Prior Lake Police Department responded to and provided summaries for the following incidents Aug. 2-Aug. 9. The Prior Lake American doesn’t include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or o…
The Prior Lake Police Department responded to and provided summaries for the following incidents July 26-Aug. 2. The Prior Lake American doesn’t include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or …
The Prior Lake Police Department responded to and provided summaries for the following incidents July 19-26. The Prior Lake American doesn’t include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or othe…
The Prior Lake Police Department responded to and provided summaries for the following incidents July 12-19. The Prior Lake American doesn’t include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or othe…
The Prior Lake Police Department responded to and provided summaries for the following incidents July 5-12. The Prior Lake American doesn’t include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or other…
The Prior Lake Police Department responded to and provided summaries for the following incidents June 28 — July 5. The Prior Lake American doesn’t include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety o…
The Prior Lake Police Department responded to and provided summaries for the following incidents June 21 — June 28. The Prior Lake American doesn’t include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety …
The Scott County Sheriff’s Office encourages local neighborhoods to celebrate Night to Unite on Aug. 2.
A body was discovered floating in the Minnesota River at Shakopee by fishermen on Saturday, June 25.
The Prior Lake Police Department responded to and provided summaries for the following incidents June 14-21. The Prior Lake American doesn’t include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or othe…
A crash resulted in a fatality on Highway 13 in Savage on June 8.
A former Renaissance Festival manager was found not guilty on two counts of first-degree sexual assault charges in Scott County District Court Tuesday afternoon, according to Scott County Attorney Ron Hocevar.
At 1:19 p.m. Friday May 27, the Savage Police Department was contacted by the Redtail Ridge Elementary School that they observed a suspicious subject on the roof.
With temperatures on the rise, more farmers will be in their fields, which means slow-moving farm equipment will also be on Scott County roadways.
A rural Scott County woman and former police officer was sentenced to a 90-day stayed jail sentence April 27 for impersonating a man in a ‘bribe’ attempt of a district judge who was overseeing a child custody case.
The Prior Lake Police Department responded to and provided summaries for the following incidents March 15-22. The Prior Lake American doesn’t include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or oth…
Strangulation caused a New Market Township woman’s death in January, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled this month.
The Prior Lake Police Department responded to and provided summaries for the following incidents March 8-15. The Prior Lake American doesn’t include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or othe…
Chaska Police Department officers responded to the following calls. This is not a complete list of incidents.
The Prior Lake Police Department responded to and provided summaries for the following incidents Feb. 12-15. The Prior Lake American doesn’t include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or othe…
Those charged with lower level offenses in Scott and Carver counties now have the ability to schedule a meeting with a hearing officer without going to court.
The Prior Lake Police Department responded to and provided summaries for the following incidents Feb. 8-11. The Prior Lake American doesn’t include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or other…
With less than a month to remove ice shelters from the lakes in Scott County (deadline is March 7), the Scott County Sheriff’s Office is reminding people to remove not only the shelters, but everything else that was brought onto the lake.
Authorities have identified the 69-year-old woman who investigators say died after being attacked by her daughter at home near Lakeville earlier this month.
The Prior Lake Police Department responded to and provided summaries for the following incidents Jan 1-5. The Prior Lake American doesn’t include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or other f…
Savage Police are investigating a motor vehicle theft involving a semi-trailer truck.
Scott County Sheriff Luke Hennen announced the promotion of 911 dispatcher Ashlee Sames to the rank of dispatch supervisor this week.
A Prior Lake man is safe and unharmed after getting his snowmobile stuck in the mud on a designated snowmobile trail near downtown Prior Lake on Sunday, Dec. 12.
The Prior Lake Police Department responded to and provided summaries for the following incidents Dec. 4-14. The Prior Lake American doesn’t include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or other…
A woman and her adult son both pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges connected to a 2013 murder in Elko New Market.
At least one driver is in critical condition following a multi-vehicle crash that occurred Wednesday, Dec. 1, at the intersection of Texas Avenue (CR27) and Eagle Creek Avenue (CR21) in Credit River.
The Prior Lake Police Department responded to and provided summaries for the following incidents Nov. 9 — Nov. 23. The Prior Lake American doesn’t include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety o…
Three recent motor vehicle thefts in Savage are the latest in a rising trend.
Four people were transported to the hospital following a multi-vehicle crash Wednesday morning at the intersection of Texas Avenue (CR27) and Eagle Creek Avenue (CR21) in Credit River.
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work in law enforcement? The Scott County Sheriff’s Office invites Scott County community members and business owners to participate in the annual Sheriff’s Community Academy — an interactive, six-week series meant to give academy participants a worki…
The Prior Lake Police Department responded to and provided summaries for the following incidents Oct. 26-Nov. 2. The Prior Lake American doesn’t include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or …
The Prior Lake Police Department responded to and provided summaries for the following incidents Nov. 2-9. The Prior Lake American doesn’t include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or other …
