Anoka County officials have pushed to build a new jail for several years, one that would house a dedicated mental health unit and increase capacity from 240 to 540 beds.

ANOKA, Minn. --Authorities are investigating the death of an inmate at Anoka County Jail that occurred last week. On July 21, a male inmate allegedly became unresponsive while being attended to by ...

Anoka County will spend $2.75 million to settle a lawsuit with a former inmate, according to the law firm that brought the case. Deyonta Green was 25 years old when he was booked into the Anoka ...

ANOKA COUNTY, MN — Authorities are investigating after an inmate at the Anoka County Jail died on Saturday. On Dec. 9 just after 11:30 a.m., detention deputy at the jail was conducting inmate ...

After a month-long search following the retirement of former administrator Rhonda Sivarajah, the Anoka County Board of Commissioners selected Jim Dickinson as the county’s new administrator on ...

Anoka County is one of the few counties that could decide who wins Minnesota in the 2024 presidential election.

County Board officials rejected design plans for a new jail that would have been built near the Anoka County Government Center.

Anoka County officials are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing teenager. According to the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office, the last known contact with Ashya Rose Robertson, 17, was ...

Local News Anoka County searching for woman last seen nearly 1 year ago Marina Dougall, 36, was last seen in Minneapolis in September of last year but wasn't reported missing until May 2024.

Palumbo, who joined the Anoka County Attorney’s office in 1977, was first elected county attorney in 2010. He was re-elected in 2014 and 2018.

A Fridley tobacco wholesaler has been charged with skirting more than $1.3 million in taxes, according to felony charges filed in Anoka County District Court. Fady Bshara Daw, of North Oaks, the ...

A for-profit medical company routinely failed to staff MN jails the way its contracts require. It took a death for Anoka County to act.