Rice County News

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.

For a decade and a half, the Northfield Area Foundation has built a sizable nest egg, annually giving a portion of its funds to improve life in this town of cows, colleges and contentment.

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.

The Northfield bookmobile is on indefinite hiatus after the departure of a key library employee.

Rice County District Court Judge William A. Johnson will resign from his post on Jan.

What does it mean to write a public radio station a check? That was the question before the Minnesota Court of Appeals on Tuesday.

Time to dump your bong water in case the police show up at your door. They might think you actually plan to drink it later.

An Owatonna man made his first appearance in Rice County District Court on Monday for his alleged involvement in robbing a man at gunpoint.

Submitted by Rob Hardy on Fri, 10/23/2009 - 7:11am. Misc I spent a couple of hours on Thursday afternoon meeting with Doug McGill's journalism class at Carleton.

Bong water can count as a controlled substance, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a decision that raises the threat of longer sentences for drug smokers who fail to dump the water out of their pipes.

The Minnesota Supreme Court says bong water can qualify as a controlled substance.

The Rice County Historical Society's 2009 Fall Banquet/Annual Meeting will be held Thursday, Oct.

The Rice County Public Health Nursing Service has cancelled its remaining public clinics for seasonal influenza immunizations, including a Tuesday clinic in Northfield.

Absences of students with flu-like symptoms at two Northfield schools this week categorizes the schools as having an influenza "outbreak." The state Department of Health requires Minnesota schools report when more than 5 percent of their student population or three or more elementary-schoolers in the same classroom are absent due to flu-like ...

Saturday, Aug. 22 a Mathew Paul Murphy, 26, was arrested on a Rice County warrant in the 500 block of South Division Street.

Rice County cops on Friday started the most intense period of seat belt enforcement since a new law in June allowed police to pull drivers over for not wearing them.

More than a dozen elementary students laughed and shouted as they milled about on Donna Gibbons' cul-de-sac, the boys tossing a football and the girls chattering under umbrellas.

Growing resentment in Scott County concerning its treatment at the hands of the Metropolitan Council is bursting into open flame.

One of two people injured when their SUV collided with a grain truck in Rice County has died, authorities said today.

David Hvistendahl will play Joseph Drake. It's one thing to visit a museum to learn about local historical figures.