The Blue Earth City Council held a special meeting almost exclusively in closed session on Monday. During the first closed session, the Council discussed a complaint associated with the Blue Earth Fire Department. When the Council reopened the meeting, City Attorney David Frundt reported the complaint concerned the department being a hostile work environment and…… read more »
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Vital Statistics for November Released By The Faribault County Recorder’s Office
The Faribault County Recorder’s Office has released the Vital Statistics Report for November of 2022. According to the report, there were 6 births in the county in November, 2 more than November of last year. There were 14 deaths in Faribault County in November, 3 less than the same month last year and four Marriage…… read more »
North Mankato Man Arrested Following Brief Low Speed Chase on Tuesday
Mankato police arrested a man after multiple driving complaints resulted in a short low speed pursuit. The complains came in around 11:30 Tuesday morning. Officers located the suspect vehicle, a white, four door SUV in the Sibley Park area. Police attempted to make a traffic stop, but the driver led officers on a pursuit for…… read more »
BEA Board Sets Tax Levy for Next School Year
The Blue Earth Area School Board held their regular School Board meeting on Monday evening. The board passed a resolution setting the property tax levy for the next school year at $3,304,533, up 5.42% from the current levy. The budget for the 22-23 school year is $16,361,788. Board members also heard a detailed report from…… read more »
BEA Superintendent Says Children on Free or Reduced Lunches Will Soon Get to Take Lunches Home on Weekends
During Tuesday’s Blue Earth Area School District update on KBEW, Superintendent Mandy Fletcher said that “Bucs Bag” program is in the process of returning to the schools. The Bucs Bag program offers children that meet the free or reduced lunch criteria to also receive bag lunches to take home over the weekend to ensure that…… read more »
Albert Lea Man Found Guilty of Selling Drugs
A man accused of selling drugs, some of which contained deadly fentanyl, is pleading guilty. Forty three year old Terrance Dotson Richard of Albert Lea, was arrested in December 2021 and charged with second degree sale of drugs. The South Central Drug Investigation Unit says Richard sold heroin to a confidential informant once in July…… read more »
Fire Crews Respond to Machine Shed Fire, East of Blue Earth, Sunday Morning
On Sunday, just after 6:30am, the Faribault County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call of a machine shed on fire east of Blue Earth. When fire crews arrived at the scene, they found the shed fully engulfed by fire. Within an hour, the fire was under control and fire crews remained on the scene for…… read more »
Faribault County Commissioners Pass Motion to Raise County Road 16 Speed Limit, West of Blue Earth, to 60 MPH
Drivers traveling between Blue Earth and Fairmont will soon be able to make their trip a little bit faster when utilizing County Road 16 in Faribault County and County Road 26 in Martin County following a decision by the Faribault County Commissioners at their meeting on Thursday. While the posted speed limit will be raised…… read more »
EAB Discovered in the City of Mankato
Emerald ash borer has been discovered in the city of Mankato for the first time during a routine tree survey done by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. EAB is a tree killing larva that tunnels under the bark of ash trees and feeds on the part of the tree that moves nutrients up and down…… read more »
Heath and Human Services Reporting Higher Illnesses Than Usual Locally and Statewide
A trio of illnesses is circulating around Martin County. Community Health and Human Services of Faribault and Martin Counties says it’s seeing high case rates of Influenza A, RSV and COVID-19. Public Health Sanitarian, Tim Langer, said that cases of those three are actually increasing throughout the country. He said that these illnesses, particularly influenza…… read more »