Faribault News

Leonard Muya, 37, became homeless after he lost his job in 2006. Since then, he's lived on and off in Rice County homeless camps and most recently in a Northfield shelter.

ROCHESTER -- Bertha Marie Cole passed away Nov. 17, 2009, at Saint Marys Hospital, at the age of 92.

Faribault County's Economic Development Authority no longer will receive county funding; instead Go Minnesota will be given a chance.

Virginia Tech, Northern Illinois University, Fort Hood: three places that have had shootings and lost lives.

Southern Minnesota is full of ghost stories, and on this Friday the 13th, we'd like to introduce you to another one, the story of Walcott Mills.

From Christmas presents to automobiles, the Austin Area Chamber of Commerce and local merchants are urging residents to keep more of their big and small scale purchases in Mower County.

Faribault County commissioners are going forward with plans to buy 800 MHz radios.

When Murtaza Rajabali first heard about a new Latino Center coming to Minnesota State University's Centennial Student Union, he was, to put it mildly, surprised.

Leonard Thomas Horejsi, age 84, of Northfield, died Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, at Reflections~Care Suites on the Three Links Care Center Campus in Northfield.

"Music is like a bad cold. Once you've got it you can't get rid of it," said trombonist Glenn Monson.

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.