A storm system brought up to quarter sized hail and tornado warnings to the area Monday. The National Weather Service issued several tornado warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings in the area late yesterday afternoon and early evening. A confirmed tornado was reported around the ground near Ceylon in Martin County a...

Rains hampered planting progress across parts of Minnesota and most of Iowa last week, according to the USDA. Minnesota farmers averaged 4.1 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending April 27th. The average was much lower in the south, where rains hampered planting. Field activities included spring tillage, r...

Four people were injured in a two vehicle accident on Highway 30, near Lewisville on Friday afternoon. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, at approximately 3:49pm, a 2009 Kia Sportage driven by 54 year old Tammy Michelle Nix of Lewisville and a 2011 Honda Civic driven by 42 year old Jennifer Elyse Haugen of New Ul...

A Truman man was injured in a motorcycle accident west of Amboy on Wednesday evening. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, at approximately 7:09pm, a 2007 Harley Davidson Motorcycle, driven by 37 year old Brandon Lee Kubly of Truman was eastbound on Highway 30 when it went off the road around 499th Avenue in Pleasa...

Walmart is planning to remodel its Fairmont Store and 21 other stores across Minnesota this year, the company announced Wednesday. The remodeling efforts are part of a larger goal of remodeling more than 650 stores across the country. The remodeling will bring new signage and in store displays and will expand departmen...

Softball Jackson Co. Central at BEA (On 1560AM, 95.3 FM & kbew98country.com, 5:30pm) Bethlehem Academy at USC Maple River at Sibley East Windom at Fairmont Cleveland at Martin Co. West Baseball Jackson Co. Central at BEA USC at Goodhue Fairmont at St. James Cleveland at Martin Co. West Boys Tennis Waseca at Fairmon...

Boys Tennis Fairmont & Albert Lea at New Prague Golf Fairmont & BEA at Big South Meet at Minn-Iowa North Iowa & Eagle Grove at Garner-Hayfield/Ventura

Baseball Lyle-Pacelli 4, USC 3 Maple River 9, Belle Plaine 4 Softball Maple River 8, NRHEG 0 Maple River 14, Madelia 1 Boys Tennis Fairmont 4, BEA 3 Spirit Lake 5, BEA 2

Softball USC at Martin Co. West (On 1560AM, 95.3 FM & kbew98country.com, 4:30pm) BEA at Pipestone Fairmont at LCWM Maple River vs. Blooming Prairie at Caswell Park Baseball Windom at BEA (DH) Luverne at Fairmont GHEC/ML-Truman at Madelia Boys Tennis Pipestone at BEA Golf Windom at BEA Fairmont Girls at New Prague I...

Baseball St. James 11, BEA 1 LeSueur-Henderson 1, Maple River 0 Fairmont 13, Jackson Co. Central 4 GHEC/ML-Truman 4, Martin Co. West 2 GHEC/ML-Truamn 16, Martin Co. West 2 Softball USC 11, Cleveland 0 Maple River 12, St. Clair/Loyola 11 Maple River 12, St. Clair/Loyola 1 Fairmont 8, Pipestone 4 Fairmont 5, Pipestone 4 ...