A Tampere startup director is facing a suspended prison term after prosecutors say he applied for overlapping COVID-era grants totalling €17,000; the sum has been returned and the court will rule on 25 September.
A late-March system update erased Pirha access logs for March 27–30, leaving Pirkanmaa wellbeing services unable to trace who viewed client records during those days.
Vandals discharged fire extinguishers inside a vacant Kohmankaari shop in Länsi‑Tampere on Tuesday, but rescue crews found no active fire and left after a precautionary check.
An electric cold-smoking unit outside a detached home in Nokia is suspected to have sparked a late-Friday fire that destroyed the 240 m² house; four people escaped and one was hospitalised with serious injuries, police said.
A vacuum tanker overturned into a ditch on Vehkajärventie in Kangasala; the driver left the vehicle unaided and was checked by emergency services before being taken to a local health centre.
At least 21 rescue units responded to a dust-extraction fire at the Flinkenberg factory in Valkeakoski; crews extinguished the blaze, which caused only minor damage and no injuries.
A kitchen fire broke out at about 3 p.m. on Sunday in an apartment on Kaarikatu in Nokia, causing fire and smoke damage; emergency services extinguished the blaze and checked nearby residents.
Harassment, doxxing and threats against Pirha staff in Pirkanmaa have increased, prompting higher security on some wards and warnings from HR officials.
Five young people were arrested after a Saturday evening mass brawl at the corner of Näsijärvenkatu and Hämeenpuisto in Tampere; one injured person left the scene before police could question them and has not been reached.
A sauna caught fire Saturday evening in a single-family house in Kumpula, Tampere; firefighters extinguished the blaze and no one was injured.
Five people were detained on suspicion of assault after a large street fight on Näsijärvenkatu in Tampere at about 18:30, police say.
A roughly 240-square-metre detached house on Jordanintie in Nokia was destroyed by fire overnight; four people escaped and one was hospitalized.
A passerby found clothing on a jetty near Nokkatie beach in Lempäälä, prompting a rescue search that ended around 8:30 pm with no one found.
Tamperelainen reports seven drownings in Pirkanmaa this June–August, down from 12 the year before; nationwide the Finnish Swimming Teaching and Lifesaving Federation recorded 46 drownings this summer.
Prefabricated modular units delivering 180 temporary prison places will arrive next week for Kylmäkoski and Helsinki as part of efforts to ease overcrowding.
Police are searching for a 73-year-old man who disappeared in Nokia on the evening of 10 September; he was last seen leaving the 8baar and walking toward Pinsiöntie.
Tamperelainen reports that an intoxicated woman threatened about ten youths with a knife at Torikeskus shopping centre in Sastamala on Thursday; no one was injured.
Finland's health regulator LVV suspended healthcare services at the Helsinki premises of Plastic Surgery Center after an unannounced inspection on 9 September, following the death of influencer Olivia Oras during a local anaesthetic for liposuction.
A small fire broke out Thursday afternoon at the old chocolate factory building in Multisilta, Tampere, now housing Youth Centre Suklis; it was extinguished before spreading and nobody was injured.
Police plan to close or downsize stations in Saarijärvi, Kangasala and Virrat, with Kangasala's field unit due to move to Tampere from spring 2027.