Faribault News

The new Hospice House in Fergus Falls will serve people from a wide area, as witnessed by the many Lions Clubs throughout District 5M9 who raised money for the new facility the past two years.

A Faribault man being held on charges of raping a 15-year-old member of the Girl Scout troop he helped supervise is now facing federal pornography charges stemming from involvement with the girl and her sister.

Charles Lindbergh was a hero to Russ Paschke of Winsted from the time he was old enough to learn about Lindbergh's famous flight across the Atlantic.

This column is dedicated to the late, great Don Boxmeyer. Funny how life works out sometimes.

A St. Augusta-based hotel chain opened a hotel this month that became the first in the country to install strobe lights for deaf and hearing impaired in all its rooms.

Law enforcement officials will hold a public information meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.

An Owatonna man made his first appearance in Rice County District Court on Monday for his alleged involvement in robbing a man at gunpoint.

People in Faribault are furious after news a local cemetery for infants is the target of vandals.

Neck-deep in the day-to-day operations of her own small business, Penny Roy doesn't get many opportunities to meet with other businesses or professionals in Northfield.

That bong with the leftover water in it? It can get you in big trouble. The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled 4-3 on Thursday that bong water with traces of methamphetamine was a "mixture" with a controlled substance - and not just "drug paraphernalia" - sending the case of a Rice County mother back to district court for retrial.

Months of planning culminated Wednesday in the last move from the old Faribault County jail to the new facility.

Four area men were injured Friday morning near Kenyon when the pickup they were in slid on icy bridge pavement and rolled.

The Rice County Public Health Nursing Service has cancelled its remaining public clinics for seasonal influenza immunizations, including a Tuesday clinic in Northfield.

The stay-at-home mother of three had suffered at the hands of her abusive, controlling husband for years.

According to a Minnesota Department of Public Safety study, Freeborn County motorists do a poor job of wearing their seat belts.

A nurse who authorities say got his kicks by visiting Internet suicide chat rooms and encouraging depressed people to kill themselves is under investigation in at least two deaths and could face criminal charges that could test the limits of the First Amendment.

22, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety announced the Minnesota counties with the highest percentage of unbelted traffic deaths based on total number of vehicle occupant deaths.

The Faribault nurse accused of encouraging people in suicide chat rooms to commit suicide has admitted to police he helped as many as five people kill themselves .

A Faribault nurse is being investigated for encouraging people to commit suicide.

A 47 year old nurse from Faribault is accused of using the Internet to encourage suicide.That according to a Minnesota Board of Nursing license revocation...The board's order says William Melchert - Dinkel aided suicide ``by encouraging and advising individuals to commit suicide'' in violation of state law.The board revoked his practical nurse ...