ST. PAUL, Minn. – A man suspected of being a major drug trafficker in the Albert Lea area has been arrested. Adonis Adolph Dorman is accused of selling about 471 grams of meth to a confidential informant in January, in Albert Lea, according to the South Central Drug Investigation Unit. Dorman is facing a federal … Read more
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – The Albert Lea Bus Company is planning to add stop arm cameras to its school buses by the 2023 fall term. The move is aimed at increasing student safety and reducing traffic violations, and the project is part of a larger $1.4 million MN Department of Public Safety Stop Arm Camera … Read more
NORTHWOOD, Iowa – A Mason City teen is pleading not guilty to stealing two guns in Worth County. Jesup John Allan Ward, 18, is now scheduled to stand trial beginning April 12. He is accused of breaking into a home Jan. 2 in the 100 block of South Broadway Street in Manly where police say … Read more
FOREST CITY, Iowa – A Mason City woman convicted in connection to a Lake Mills burglary spree is going to jail for a long time. Jennifer Lynn Lindquist was charged with six felonies for break-ins between January 9 and March 1, in which she stole two microphones from Asbury United Methodist Church, was caught burglarizing … Read more
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) – An Austin man has escaped jail time in connection to a high-profile Rochester embezzlement case. 57-year-old Thomas Wiechmann was sentenced Tuesday afternoon to 3 years probation on a charge of theft by swindle. The former CFO for Rochester’s Reichel Foods is accused of stealing more than $600,000 from the company … Read more
MANKATO, Minn. – An Austin teen was involved in a four-vehicle accident in Blue Earth County. The Minnesota State Patrol says it happened just after 6 pm Monday, when all four drivers traveling northbound on Highway 22 collided just south of the eastbound U.S. 15 interchange. The crash report says three drivers, including a 19 … Read more
AUSTIN, Minn. – A Rochester man has accepted a plea deal in connection to a 2021 undercover investigation of a known drug house in Austin. The Austin Police Department says Melvin Tyrone Bush, 59 of Rochester was arrested after he sold several grams of heroin to a confidential informant at the residence on 2nd Avenue … Read more
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A former Albert Lea restaurant owner has lost in court again in her battle over the Governor’s COVID shutdown order. The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled against Melissa Lynn Hanson, former owner of the Interchange Wine & Coffee Bistro. Hanson was charged and convicted of six misdemeanors for keeping the … Read more
(ABC 6 News) – An 18-year-old Albert Lea woman was charged Monday with allegedly hitting a man’s head with a golf club hard enough to cause a skull fracture. Alexis Mae Truesdell faces charges of 2nd-degree assault-substantial bodily harm and 2nd-degree riot-armed with a dangerous weapon after a multi-person altercation at the Albert Lea “North … Read more
A repeat Faribault drug dealer is in prison until at least late 2027. Tracy Allen Neudecker was sentenced Friday on two felony counts of first-degree drug sales, after he pleaded guilty to selling methamphetamine twice to an undercover agent, according to charging documents. The 48 year old already is in prison. He was sentenced to … Read more