A Rochester man has been charged in connection with the drug overdose death of a Dodge Center man in early December.
Donte D’Andre Wilkins, 19, faces two counts of second-degree and third-degree murder in the death of Tyler Reed Gray. Wilkins appeared in Dodge County District Court Friday morning where the judge set bail at $250,000 unconditional or $125,000 with conditions.

 
The State Patrol has identified the victim of Saturday’s fatal car crash west of Kasson as Stephanie Dawn Sholtz, 42, of Rochester. 
She was alone in the vehicle when it rolled over on U.S. Highway 14 near County Road 9. The patrol reports Sholtz was wearing her seat belt and no alcohol was involved. The roads were icy at the time of the crash, according to the patrol. 
 
 

A 42-year-old woman from Rochester has died in a one vehicle rollover on U.S. Highway 14 west of Kasson. 
The State Patrol has not released the name of the woman pending notification of family. 
The rollover happened around 10 a.m. on Highway 14 just west of County Road 9. It appears the vehicle was traveling westbound, went off the road into the median and ended up flipped over on the eastbound side.

An explosion rocked the McNeilus Truck Manufacturing facility in Dodge Center, Minn., Wednesday morning, resulting in four confirmed hospitalized individuals.
Emergency response units from around Dodge County were dispatched to the scene, in addition to two Mayo One air transports.

At 10:20 a.m. there was an explosion at McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing facility. Fire crews from nearby towns were called in and Minnesota Energy is on the scene. It appears that people rushed out of the area and someone being carried out on a stretcher. At least four people were injured. Two were transported by helicopter and two transported by ground ambulance.

There was a one car rollover involving a Ford Mustang, off Hwy. 14 near Kasson at about 11:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 16. No injuries were reported. Icy road conditions are a major concern going into the weekend.