Olmsted County

A Rochester man who was accused of sexually abusing a young girl has been sentenced to a lengthy prison term.

The Olmsted County Board has approved a 5-year capital improvement program that includes funding for a new nature center at Oxbow Park.

An alert Minnesota State Patrol trooper made a big drug bust in rural Olmsted County last Saturday.

The Rochester area is approaching the first anniversary of its beginnings of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The rash of catalytic converter thefts in the Rochester area continues.

Reports of catalytic converter thefts in Rochester continue to pile up and the latest losses are in the thousands of dollars.

Four teenagers were arrested in Rochester early Tuesday after leading officers on a chase that began in the Country Club Manor neighborhood.

In January, the Olmsted County Board of Commissioners announced it allocated a total of $3,388,968 in economic relief funds to small businesses and non-profits affected by COVID-19

Olmsted County was awarded a $154,679 grant from the Minnesota Department of Health to aid in the rapid administration of COVID-19 vaccinations in the area.

A man who left his vehicle running and unlocked while he was inside a Byron convenience store Tuesday came out to find it was no longer there.

A complaint about an “illegal burn” in rural Olmsted County led to the recovery of a stolen pickup truck.

A Rochester woman who is accused of assaulting an ambulance employee after being involved in a traffic crash may be facing a felony assault charge.

A rural Rochester man was nearly scammed out of thousands of dollars in a very unusual case and he may not be out of the woods yet.

Olmsted County residents are being asked to take part in a local survey as officials are trying to assess the impact the Covid pandemic has had on the community.