Category Archives: Local News

Minnesota’s Unemployment Rate Now at 2%, a New Record Low

Minnesota’s unemployment rate has dropped to a new record low. May’s unemployment rate now sits at 2% according to new data released Friday by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. That is the lowest since tracking began in 1976. DEED says the decline in the unemployment rate is entirely due to people moving…read more »

Gas Prices in MN & Iowa Up Slightly This Week

Heading into the third weekend in June, AAA reports that gas prices in Minnesota and Iowa are up slightly from last week. The average price in Minnesota is $4.75 per gallon, up a penny from last week and in Iowa, the average price per gallon is $4.74, up 2 cents from a week ago. Georgia…read more »

Blue Earth Man Accused of Sexual Misconduct With a 15 Year Old Girl

A Blue Earth man is accused of sexual misconduct with a minor. Thirty year old Andrew Allen Iverson was charged with felony 3rd degree criminal sexual conduct in Faribault County District Court. A criminal complaint says Iverson’s wife discovered his old cellphone and found messages from November 2021 between Iverson and a 15 year old…read more »

Swea City Man Sufferes Possible Life Threatening Injuries in Motorcycle Accident

A Swea City man had to be transported by Air Ambulance following a motorcycle accident early Tuesday Morning. According to the Kossuth County Sheriff’s Office, Deputies received a 911 call reporting a motorcycle accident, with one person involved, just before 3am Tuesday.  Swea City Ambulance and Fire were dispatched to the scene, near the intersection…read more »

Sen Klobuchar’s Ocean Shipping Reform Act Passes Senate, Supporters Hoping for Presidential Signature Yet This Week

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar is leading efforts to help fix supply chains and ease shipping backlogs with the Ocean Shipping Reform Act. Klobuchar believes Minnesotans and all Americans are paying too much for goods.  She says part of the problem is international shipping companies are charging too much.  These high shipping costs lead businesses to…read more »

Alcohol A Factor in Tuesday Afternoon Crash on I-90

The State Patrol says alcohol was detected in a driver who crashed his car in Faribault County on Tuesday Afternoon. Twenty year old Lwee Htoo Day was transported to United Hospital District following the crash, which happened about 2:21pm on Interstate 90.  Day wasn’t injured in the crash. The report says Day was eastbound on…read more »