A Rochester man is scheduled to be sentenced next month for stabbing an employee of a Stewartville business during an attempted shoplifting incident last fall.
Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom has concluded that a Hastings Police Officer was justified when he shot and killed a Rochester man with a history of mental health issues.
A Rochester man’s mental state has apparently improved enough that a judge in Steele County has ruled he is now competent to stand trial on charges stemming from a near-fatal attack on his ex-girlfriend in Owatonna.