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A PLPD vehicle. Jill Kufrin / PL News Compass

Police log: May 28-June 3

Staff report
June 11, 2025

This report is based on information submitted by the Prior Lake Police Department for responses between May 28-June 3. All calls for service may not be included; all subjects arrested and named are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. May...

A PLPD vehicle. Jill Kufrin / PL News Compass

Police log: May 20-27

Staff report
June 4, 2025

This report is based on information submitted by the Prior Lake Police Department for responses between May 20-27. All calls for service may not be included; all subjects arrested and named are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. May 20 Drugs:...

Scott County Deputy Pat McCabe with K-9 Olin. Courtesy photo / Scott County Sheriff's Department

Meet Scott County’s new K-9, Olin

Staff report
June 4, 2025

The Scott County Sheriff’s Office has a new K-9 team. Deputy Pat McCabe and his partner, K-9 Olin officially graduated on May 22 from the 16-week Saint Paul Police Department Canine Basic Handlers School. K-9 Olin, a one-year-old Belgian Malinois...

A PLPD vehicle. Jill Kufrin / PL News Compass

Police log: May 14-20

Staff report
May 27, 2025

This report is based on information submitted by the Prior Lake Police Department for responses between May 14-20. All calls for service may not be included; all subjects arrested and named are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. May 14 Property...

A PLPD vehicle. Jill Kufrin / PL News Compass

Police log: May 7-13

Staff report
May 22, 2025

This report is based on information submitted by the Prior Lake Police Department for responses between May 7-13. All calls for service may not be included; all subjects arrested and named are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. May 7 Suspicious...

A PLPD vehicle. Jill Kufrin / PL News Compass

Police log: April 29-May 6

Staff report
May 14, 2025

This report is based on information submitted by the Prior Lake Police Department for responses between April 29-May 6. All calls for service may not be included; all subjects arrested and named are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. April...

A PLPD vehicle. Jill Kufrin / PL News Compass

Police log: April 23-29

Staff report
May 7, 2025

This report is based on information submitted by the Prior Lake Police Department for responses between April 23-29. All calls for service may not be included; all subjects arrested and named are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. April...

Prior Lake firefighters honored by the Scott County Board for their efforts in savings two lives included, from left to right, Jim Hosinski, Nick Haugen, Mike Pientka, Jim Ruzicka, Darrel Jelle, Thomas Joachim and Sam Sampey. Submitted photo

Local firefighters honored by Scott County Board for helping to save 2

Staff report
May 6, 2025

Seven members of the Prior Lake Fire Department, along with several deputies from the Scott County Sheriff's Office and a private citizen, were recognized by the Scott County Board on May 6 for their swift actions that saved two people in a life-threatening...

A PLPD vehicle. Jill Kufrin / PL News Compass

Police log: April 15-22

Staff report
April 30, 2025

This report is based on information submitted by the Prior Lake Police Department for responses between April 15-22. All calls for service may not be included; all subjects arrested and named are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. April...

A PLPD vehicle. Jill Kufrin / PL News Compass

Charges: Son killed mother in PL home, then assaulted woman in Burnsville

Robb Jeffries
April 30, 2025

A man accused of killing his mother in their Prior Lake home last week is being held for allegedly breaking into a Burnsville home and groping a woman a day later, according to court documents. Diana L. Kaiser, 67, was found dead by Prior Lake Police...

The Scott County Sheriff's Department assisted in recovering a body from the Minnesota River in Savage on April 28. / Scott County Sheriff's Office

Body pulled from Minnesota River in Savage

Staff report
April 29, 2025

The Scott County Sheriff's Office received a report of a body in the Minnesota River near the entrance to the port located on Yosemite Avenue in Savage at approximately 10:25 a.m. on Sunday, April 28. First responders located the body of an unidentified...

Police Log: April 9-14

April 23, 2025

This report is based on information submitted by the Prior Lake Police Department for responses between April 9-14. All calls for service may not be included; all subjects arrested and named are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. April...

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