Two lawmakers are asking officials to consider reopening the Prairie Correctional Facility “as a permanent part of our ...

Before Scott Cutcher passed the bar and took up the noble cause of defending your indigent neighbors charged with crimes, he ...

The 36 trees planted last week at Boutwells Landing senior living community in Oak Park Heights have a big job: To help revitalize the state’s elm population. The American elm trees, each about 2 ...

Unions representing correction officers and staff at Stillwater have called for a halt to the plan, calling the budget agreement that includes the closure “shortsighted, downright dangerous, ...

A woman convicted of wire fraud and money laundering for her role in a $250 million pandemic fraud scheme has been sentenced to prison and ... for the District of Minnesota. As the owner and ...

The new Brooklyn Park center is set to support nearly 200 Walgreens stores across the Midwest—145 of them in Minnesota—and is expected to fill around 13 million prescriptions annually.

The Minnesota Senate on Sunday night, in a 34-33 vote, passed a public safety bill that includes the closure of the 111-year-old state prison in Stillwater. It’s a key part of the budget deal ...

Legislation that sets in motion the closure of Minnesota's second largest prison over the next four years is on its way to Gov. Tim Walz's desk for signature. Closing the Stillwater Correctional ...

Dan Gorman, a corrections officer who said he ... Jeff Vars, correctional officer at Minnesota Correctional Facility in Oak Park Heights, said Friday that the closure of Stillwater is “sending ...

Corbin Allen, a 6-foot-6, 175-pound senior combo guard from Oak Park High School, will be playing college basketball at Kansas, he announced Friday on social media site X. “Blessed to announce ...

Minnesota's Stillwater correctional facility is set to close by 2029, as part of a budget agreement struck by the Legislature. The facility houses between 1,100 and 1,200 inmates and employs ...

Susan Buchanan, a leading advocate of climate action and sustainability, has resigned from the Oak Park Village Board, leaving the board with a vacancy until a replacement is appointed.