Carver County

CHASKA, Minn. -- Two men now face first-degree murder charges in the death of a 90-year-old man from rural Carver County. Reinol Godines Vergara, 35, and Edson Celin-Dominguez Benitez, 30, were indicted by a Carver County grand jury Wednesday in the death of Earl Olander of San Francisco...

By Raya Zimmerman St. Paul Pioneer Press MINNEAPOLIS -- The two people killed after a 20-mile hit-and-run police pursuit Friday morning on U.S. 212 were identified Saturday afternoon by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office. Dawn Marie Pfister, 34, and Matthew...

BELLE PLAINE, Minn. (AP) — About 100 calves were killed in a fire at a Carver County dairy farm. Belle Plaine Fire Chief Todd Otto says the fire was discovered early Tuesday as farm workers went to milk the cows. The Halquist Farms dairy operation has 400 to 500 cows. The Star Tribune...