crime

A Rochester man today entered into a plea agreement to settle a criminal case stemming from a shooting that occurred in Rochester in the fall of 2019.

The only person given the opportunity to avoid prison for their involvement in the murder of a Rochester man in 2018 has been granted his request to serve what had been a stayed 46-month prison term.

The charges say he also made threats against law enforcement and politicians in social media posts.

Reports from the Owatonna Police Department's "Just the Facts" newsletter.

His family told police the 41-year-old victim was working in his garage when he collapsed.

The case involved a shooting a year ago that police say stemmed from a "drug deal gone bad."

A man from southeastern Minnesota will be spending almost 2 years in federal prison for an explosives related conviction.

A Rochester man ended up at the hospital Monday night to be treated for stab wounds he apparently suffered during a reported melee.

A 56-year-old Rochester man is accused of holding a 20-year-old homeless woman captive and raping her over a period of three weeks in a shed.

A Stewartville man was arrested Thursday for a reported gun-related incident.