Blooming Prairie

A Rochester area woman accused of killing her husband and later murdering a woman in Florida made a brief court appearance this week.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Cash bond is set at $1 million for a 34-year-old man accused of killing a missing girl's mother in Milwaukee. Dariaz Higgins appeared in court Sunday on charges including first-degree intentional homicide. Higgins is accused of fatally shooting 24-year-old Sierra Robinson and wounding another woman last week...

A Milwaukee TV station is reporting the search has ended for a missing 2-year-old girl and that her body was found in Minnesota.

Dodge County officials have turned over the investigative reports on the murder of Lois Riess' husband to state prosecutors for charging.

Rochester-based Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency is crediting its members with helping meet the huge demand for electricity during this week’s frigid weather.

A Blooming Prairie woman who faces a possible death sentence in Florida made a brief appearance today before a judge in Lee County

The Florida State Attorney’s Office 20th judicial Circuit announced today that they have filed a Notice of Intent to Seek the Death Penalty in the case against Lois Riess.

Dodge County Authorities are getting closer to filing charges against Lois Riess for the shooting death of her husband.

Florida prosecutors have made public over 2600 pages of documents gathered during the investigation of a murder allegedly committed by the Minnesota woman.

The Lee County Grand Jury has returned a first-degree murder indictment against Lois Riess.

Lois Riess was the subject of a brief court appearance today in Lee County Florida

Court documents filed by prosecutors in southern Florida have revealed some more details concerning the charges filed against the 56-year-old Blooming Prairie woman who was the subject of a nationwide manhunt earlier this month.

Suspected Blooming Prairie killer Lois Riess is now sitting in a Florida jail. The 56-year-old former Rochester woman was extradited from Texas and booked into the Lee County jail Saturday evening.

The grandmother from Blooming Prairie Minnesota who sparked a nationwide manhunt waived her right to an extradition hearing during a brief appearance before a judge in Texas today.