Washington County

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office has recovered the bodies of two men thrown from a boat on Big Marine Lake in Scandia on Friday.

Officers involved in the shooting death of an armed Forest Lake man last November will not be charged, according to an announcement from the Washington County Attorney’s Office.

Seven Minnesota high schools are ranked among the best in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report. 

The man claimed to have hostages and a gun.

Newport Elementary School is set to close and be converted in an early education center after a vote by the school board on Thursday evening.

The Minnesota Department of Corrections is looking to hire a tattoo supervisor who will head up an innovative new project in Minnesota prisons. 

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a garage fire in Hugo Saturday left one person dead.

Longtime Washington County Attorney Pete Orput passed away Sunday, less than two weeks after learning he had stomach cancer.   Orput planned to retire when his current term expired later this year.  His sudden death has his office stunned.

Ryan Lee and his fiancé, Angelica Sofronio, didn’t spend their two-year anniversary together in-person. Instead, they were forced to celebrate over their cell phones, with Ryan in Stillwater and Angelica in the Philippines. 

Hoping to increase access to daily foods that include fresh vegetables and fruits, a new ‘free food market’ has opened in Oakdale.

After spending nearly two months in recovery at Children’s Minnesota, Ben Menier's progress after a traumatic brain injury is nothing short of a miracle.

When you're talking wine pairing, the sport of hockey probably doesn't come to mind. But for a certain winery in Dellwood, Minnesota, it's a logical duo fitting perfectly like a hand in a hockey glove. 

After months of snow and ice, opening weekend at the driving range at River Oaks Golf Course in Cottage Grove couldn't come soon enough for some golfers.

Saturday was anything but spring-like, but that didn't stop dozens of people in White Bear Lake from enjoying a cool treat at Cup and Cone on their first weekend of the season.