Monthly Archives: February 2021

Sen. Klobuchar Continuing Work to Root Out Coronavirus Vaccine Misinformation

Minnesota U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar is continuing to work to root out misinformation about the coronavirus vaccine.   At a news conference Sunday at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Klobuchar urged the public to only follow medical advice from credible sources.   She says the misinformation is spreading on platforms like Facebook and Twitter and it’s…read more »

MDH Reports 561 New Coronavirus Cases and 1 Death on Monday

Minnesota Health Officials reported 561 new cases of the coronavirus and 1 more death.   According to the Minnesota Department of Health, 6,433 people have died because of the virus.  A total of 4,038 of those deaths have occurred in long term care facilities.   A total of 479,591 cases have been confirmed in the…read more »

Iowa Reports 187 Coronavirus Cases and 38 More Deaths on Monday

The latest numbers from Iowa Department of Public Health show 38 more Iowans have died from COVID-19 and 187 new cases have been reported.   The number of new positive tests reported brings the total number of individuals who have tested positive to 332,762.   There have been 5,374 total deaths from the coronavirus in…read more »

Local Sports Results from Saturday 2/20/21

Wrestling BEA 50, Pipestone 20 Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 36, Blue Earth Area 36 (KMS wins on criteria) Northfield 60, Maple River 18 Maple River 39, Mankato East 39 (East wins on criteria) Fairmont/MCW 45, Tri-City United 26     Gymnastics Martin Co. Area 135.375, St. Peter 133.25read more »

Local Sports Schedule — Friday 2/19/21

Girls Basketball Medford at USC (On 98.1 FM & kbew98country.com, 7:15pm) Fairmont at New Ulm Maple River at NRHEG   Boys Basketball BEA at St. Peter New Ulm at Fairmont NRHEG at Maple River GHEC/ML-Truman at Martin Co. West   Gymnastics BEA at New Ulm   Boys Hockey Windom at Farimont   Girls Hockey Fairmont…read more »

Local Sports Results from Thursday 2/18/21

Iowa Boys Basketball Class 1A – District 3 Playoffs Bishop Garrigan 74, North Iowa 38   Minnesota Girls Basketball St. Peter 57, BEA 37 St. Clair 62, GHEC/ML-Truman 57 Martin Co. West 57, J-W-P 20   Wrestling BEA 66, Waseca 8 Fairmont/MCW 54, Waseca 13 Fairmont/MCW 44. BEA 30   Gymnastics St. James at Martin…read more »