ALBERT LEA, Minn. – The city of Albert Lea will soon begin marking trees for removal due to the emerald ash borer. The emerald ash borer is an invasive insect species that feeds on ash trees rendering them dried out, brittle and hazardous due to the risk of toppling over. The Albert Lea Emerald Ash … Read more
MASON CITY – A plea change hearing has been set for a Northwood man charged in a DUI head on collision that left two people hospitalized. A criminal complaint accused 29-year-old Tyler Litwiler of crashing into another vehicle near the intersection of US Highway 65 and 330th Street north of Mason City on January 3rd, … Read more
UPDATE – (ABC 6 News) – A resident of Charles City, just SE of Northwood, reported missing on Dec. 3, was found dead on Monday. Police said in a Wednesday update that, Angela Fogarty, 46, went missing from the area of the Casa (Clarkview) Apartments on Saturday, and that she passed away from the incident. … Read more
Following a welfare check a 58 year old man was found dead of an apparent drug overdose on Tuesday, at the same Rochester residence where two other people died last week. Police said the landlord was asked by a social worker to contact the resident and he was found inside the apartment at 1100 3rd … Read more
(ABC 6 News) – An Austin man and a KY man each face a charge of 2nd-degree assault after an alleged confrontation the day before Thanksgiving. Brian Keith Ketchum, 37, allegedly threatened to shoot, Htay Reh, 21, on Nov. 23 as the two men argued about a parking space, and Ketchum got a knife to … Read more
A third suspect involved in the beating death of an elderly Austin man last year has pleaded guilty in Mower County District Court. 19-year old Francisco Javier Lagunes Silva of Austin was convicted Friday in connection to the murder in which Lagunes Silva, along with two other teens and a 12-year old boy, went to … Read more
ABC 6 News) – Rochester police shared surveillance photos of a catalytic converter theft that took place Thursday morning and is asking for the public’s help in solving the crime. Officers responded to the 600 block of 6th Avenue SE after a 24-year-old woman reported the theft, and surveillance video shows two men stealing the … Read more
(ABC 6 News) – More than sixty other charges will be dismissed after a former Albert Lea car dealer accused of selling cars illegally accepted a plea deal in the case. According to court documents, Timothy Brian Mann, the former owner of Albert Lea dealership Mann Motors, pleaded guilty to selling vehicles without a dealership … Read more
This story could be part of America’s funniest criminals, after a lengthy police chase through southeast Rochester ended with a woman trapped in a fence on Sunday night. It began when a deputy attempted to pull over a vehicle in Marion Township and the driver sped off, running red lights and stop signs, and jumping … Read more
(ABC 6 News) – A Rochester man appeared in Olmsted County Court Monday [Dec. 5], on two charges of felony threats of violence at St. Marys Hospital. According to court documents, 31-year-old Jereme James Hettwer, who was a patient, shouted racial slurs, started a fight that put the department on lockdown, and said he was … Read more