Pine Island News

After 11 years of being confined, a federal judge will soon consider whether former UW-Stout student Luke Helder is mentally competent to stand trial.

A federal judge in Iowa says he'll order a new competency hearing to determine whether a former college student accused of planting bombs in rural Midwest mailboxes in 2002 is mentally fit enough to stand trial.

Marlow Gene Hjellming, 78, of Byron, Minnesota, died Thursday May 2, 2013, at Saint Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN, after complications with surgery on Tuesday, April 30th.

The Olmsted County planning department can get started testing the environmental soundness of a proposed route corridor along 125th Street in between Rochester and Pine Island city limits.

Written by Paul Wilson, Olmsted County Commissioner and National Association of Counties , Board of Directors - Large State Delegate You may not know it, but your county plays a big role in your everyday life! You already know you live in a city or town, but you may not realize that your hometown is also located within something called a "county," ... (more)

Now, Burnsville Police are trying to catch up with a man they say has written and passed thousands of dollars in stolen checks in more than a dozen communities.

The company said the crash took place shortly after takeoff on Monday at Bagram Air Force Base.

A 37-year-old former Pine Island, Minn., man was the pilot of a civilian cargo plane that crashed in Afghanistan on Monday, killing him and six other people on board, family members said.