Anoka County updates its Hazard Mitigation Plan, inviting public feedback via its Facebook page until December's final Friday ...

A 39-year-old Anoka man is facing serious charges following a tense 17-hour standoff with law enforcement last week.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities in Anoka County say there were an "alarming" number of heroin overdoses in the area Saturday. Saturday afternoon the Anoka County Sheriff's Office said five heroin ...

Anoka County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a 39-year-old man following an hours-long standoff that began the evening of ...

A standoff in Nowthen, located in Anoka County, has lasted overnight as authorities work to negotiate with an armed person barricaded inside a home.

A shelter-in-place order has been lifted and a person is in custody after an incident in Nowthen, Minnesota, the Anoka County Sheriff's Office said Friday afternoon.

ANOKA COUNTY, Minn. - The Anoka County Sheriff's Office calls it an "alarming anomaly." Six people overdosed on heroin on Saturday. Two of them died, three others survived and one other is in critical ...

The standoff ended after a fire broke out at the home in Nowthen, where the suspect was barricaded for more than 12 hours.

Anoka County has paid nearly $2.6 million to settle a federal lawsuit brought by Deyonta Green, a former inmate who was found unconscious and seriously injured in his cell after jail staff denied him ...

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Anoka County invites public feedback on its updated Hazard Mitigation Plan until December 26 to enhance community disaster preparedness.