News Staff (ABC 6 News) – The officers involved in a shooting incident in Albert Lea in November 2020 will not face charges. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension completed its investigation looking at law enforcement’s use of force in the shooting. The Freeborn County Attorney’s Office said after reviewing information from the incident, the attorney concluded … Read more
The food vendors are returning this year and the beer garden will be open when Rochester’s annual community celebration kicks off later this month. The RochesterFest festivities get underway on June 19th. The Rochesterfest parade is also coming back and will happen on Saturday, June 26th. -0-
The lawyer for the Albert Lea teen charged in a fatal August 2020 crash that killed his friend and injured three others asked a judge Wednesday to have the underage drinking and driving after revocation charges tried separately. Dominik Nikko Boots-Ringoen, 19, faces eight counts tied to the incident in which 17-year-old passenger James Joseph … Read more
MOWER COUNTY, Minn. – An Albert Lea man was hospitalized Wednesday night after a car rollover crash on Interstate-90. The Minnesota State Patrol said 58-year-old Jesse Chandler apparently lost control of his 2004 Chevy Silverado in the westbound lane at mile post 199 and overturned. He was treated at St. Marys Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. … Read more
A Forest City man pleaded guilty to drug charges stemming from a routine traffic stop. Dustin Johnson was charged with third offense drug possession, after the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office found pot in his car when they pulled him over on March 25, 2021. Johnson was sentenced to serve 10 days in the Winnebago County … Read more
A Winnebago man facing felony criminal mischief and vehicle theft charges will not serve any jail time. Nolan Johnson was placed on probation to the Department of Corrections on the charges of Count 1 “Criminal Mischief in the Second Degree,” a class D felony and Count 2 “Operating without Owner’s Consent,” an aggravated misdemeanor, stemming … Read more
A Winnebago county native and NIACC wrestler who was involved in a serious head-on collision is out of the intensive care unity and is continuing to recover. Kristian Gunderson, of Forest City, was injured last week in a wrong-way, head-on crash near Clear Lake, according to an update posted on Wednesday by the NIACC wrestling … Read more
Thousands of Minnesota employees could lose their jobs just ahead of summer. State of Minnesota employees are being told to prepare for the possibility of mass layoffs should a government shutdown become a reality. The Minnesota Legislature wrapped up this year’s legislative session without passing a two-year budget. And while Gov. Tim Walz and leading … Read more
A 19-year-old man was picked up on a warrant Monday in connection to an alleged baseball bat assault. Kendrick Dyslin, of Forest City, is facing charges of willful injury and going armed with intent. According to court documents, Dyslin and another man jumped out of a car while holding baseball bats on May 10, as … Read more
An Austin man busted in an undercover drug sting made his first appearance on Friday in Mower County District Court. Tristan Douglas Deters, 48, who allegedly sold narcotics to a police informant on three separate occasions, has been charged with three counts of felony third-degree drugs – sale of a narcotic. He received additional charges … Read more