Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Goodhue County, Minnesota, has about 48,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Goodhue County Sheriff's Office and four city agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the County Attorney files charges, a case in the Goodhue County District Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Goodhue County public records, Minnesota arrest records, Minnesota inmate search and Minnesota criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Goodhue County
The Goodhue County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Goodhue County. It reported 349 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside four of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Red Wing, 16,788 residents: 735 arrests reported for 2025.
- Cannon Falls, 4,201 residents: 111 arrests reported for 2025.
- Zumbrota, 4,013 residents: 15 arrests reported for 2025.
- Kenyon, 1,872 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The Lake City Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Goodhue County, so its arrests are not broken out for Goodhue County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Goodhue County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Red Wing: 735 for 2025, 651 for 2024, 663 for 2023, 662 for 2022, 632 for 2021 and 608 for 2020.
- Goodhue County Sheriff's Office: 349 for 2025, 301 for 2024, 271 for 2023, 315 for 2022, 203 for 2021 and 229 for 2020.
- Cannon Falls: 111 for 2025, 80 for 2024, 96 for 2023, 101 for 2022, 104 for 2021 and 123 for 2020.
- Zumbrota: 15 for 2025, 21 for 2024, 43 for 2023, 32 for 2022, 33 for 2021 and 60 for 2020.
- Kenyon: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 1 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 0 for 2021 and 3 for 2020.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,210 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,210 in 2025 against 1,053 in 2024, up 15 percent.
Through July 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 674 arrests, against 689 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Goodhue County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Goodhue County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 49 people, down from about 100 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 170 beds, and it ran at 62 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Goodhue County Sheriff's Office at goodhuecountymn.gov/sheriff/adult_detention_center/jail_roster (page title: Jail Roster | Goodhue County, Minnesota), 509 W. 5th St. Red Wing, MN 55066, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Goodhue County
An arrest in Goodhue County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Goodhue County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; Minnesota Court Records Online, the Minnesota Judicial Branch's free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed; the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at goodhuecountymn.gov/county_attorney, phone 651-267-4950).
Minnesota is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the public criminal history search online is free and shows 15 years of convictions, through the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Goodhue County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act the agency must answer promptly, within a reasonable time, and it may charge copying, and staff time for requests over 100 pages.
- An arrest by the Goodhue County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Red Wing, Cannon Falls, Zumbrota or Kenyon: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 651-267-4950, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Cities in Goodhue County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the nine cities in Goodhue County: Red Wing, Cannon Falls, Zumbrota and Kenyon. Pine Island, Goodhue, Wanamingo, Dennison and Bellechester have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Goodhue County District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Goodhue County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Red Wing (16,788)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Goodhue County each year?
Red Wing reported 735 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,210 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Goodhue County?
Look on the custody page of the Goodhue County Sheriff's Office at goodhuecountymn.gov. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Goodhue County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Goodhue County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Goodhue County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension: the public criminal history search online is free and shows 15 years of convictions. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Goodhue County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Goodhue County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act the answer is due promptly, within a reasonable time.
Is this the official Goodhue County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.