crime

A Hastings man is scheduled to be sentenced next month for causing the deaths of a mother and daughter by failing to properly secure the load on his landscaping truck.

A former employee of an area school district is scheduled to be sentenced in January for a child pornography conviction.

A federal judge has sentenced a registered nurse to 18 months in prison for stealing prescription pain medication from an elderly woman recovering from multiple surgeries.

A Rochester man with a history of DWI convictions has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for a drunk driving crash earlier this year that killed his girlfriend.

A Rochester man has admitted to a child pornography charge in federal court.

A former Rochester man has been acquitted of four felony charges stemming from a woman's claim that she was sexually assaulted as a teenager 25 years ago.

A man and woman from Rochester recently entered into plea agreements to settle charges stemming from what authorities described as the largest ever methamphetamine seizure in southeastern Minnesota.

Rochester police are reporting the arrest of an apparently homeless man who is accused of robbing a man at knifepoint slashing the tires on a woman's car Sunday afternoon.

Four Twin Cities women are facing federal charges connected to a scheme to allegedly defraud a non-profit organization that provides housing and other services to the homeless.

Rochester Police were called out early this morning to investigate a shooting.