Local News
BEA Students in Grades 6-8 to Participate in the School's Service Day on Wednesday
Students at Blue Earth Area Middle School will spend Wednesday giving back to communities across Faribault County during the school's annual Service Day. Middle school students and eighth graders will travel to parks, towns and community site throughout the county to complete a variety of service projects. Morning Mee...
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Farmers in MN & Iowa Continue to Make Strong Planting Progress
Minnesota Farmers continued to make strong planting progress during the past week, according to the latest USDA Crop Progress report released Monday. Corn planting in Minnesota reached 68% complete as of Sunday, ahead of the five year average of 55%. Corn emergence was reported at 10%, slightly below the average pace ...
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Faribault County Sheriff Warning About Letter Scams Appearing to be from the IRS
The Faribault County Sheriff's Office is warning residents about scam letters that appear to come from the Internal Revenue Service. Authorities say the letter claim the recipient is owed a tax refund and request personal information. Officials stress these messages are fraudulent. The Sheriff's Office reminds residen...
May 07, 2026
Faribault County Board Approves Improvements at the Law Enforcement Center and Courthouse
The Fairmont County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday morning and approved a roughly $34,000 bid from Coxworth Water Conditioning to replace a water softener system at the Law Enforcement Center. The current system lasted about 15 years, wells beyond its expected lifespan. The board also approved about $74,000 in ...
May 07, 2026
Wells Exploring Options on Whether to Fix or Replace City Hall
The City of Wells is weighing whether to repair or replace its aging City Hall, as decades of wear begin to take a toll on the 65 year old building. City officials say the list of issues has been growing for some time. Among the concerns, a leaking roof and sewage system, frequent flooding in a former basement dance st...
May 07, 2026
Local Sports
Local Sports Results from Monday 5/11/26
Baseball USC 10, Mabel-Canton 3 Maple River 8, Tri-City United 7 Sleepy Eye St. Mary's 15, GHEC/ML-Truman 0 Softball Martin Co. West 1, USC 0 Belle Plaine 5, Maple River 2 Sleepy Eye St. Mary's 11, GHEC/ML-Truman 3 Girls Golf Big South Championship 1. Marshall 379, 2. Fairmont 378, 3. BEA 400 SCC Meet 1. St. Clair 380,...
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Local Sports Schedule -- Tuesday 5/12/26
Baseball St. James at BEA (On 1560AM, 95.3 FM & kbew98country.com, 5:30pm) Springfield at USC Fairmont at Jackson Co. Central GHEC/ML-Truman at Cleveland Martin Co. West at Sleepy Eye St. Mary's Softball USC at AC/GE Maple River at LCWM (DH) Jackson Co. Central at Fairmont G-F-W at GHEC/ML-Truman Martin Co. West at...
May 11, 2026
Local Sports Schedule -- Monday 5/11/26
Softball Martin Co. West at USC (On 1560AM, 95.3 FM & kbew98country.com, 4:30pm) Belle Plaine at Maple River GHEC/ML-Truman at Sleepy Eye St. Mary's Baseball USC vs. Mabel-Canton in Austin Tri-City United at Maple River Sleepy Eye St. Mary's at GHEC/ML-Truman Golf BEA & Fairmont Girls at Big South Conference Ch...
May 10, 2026
Local Sports Results from Saturday 5/9/26
Baseball Wood Bat Tourney in St. James in memory of Howard Schmidtke USC 11, Martin Co. West 1 St. James 7, USC 2 Fairmont 12, Redwood Valley 7 Fairmont 10, Redwood Valley 1 Softball Maple River 8, Blooming Prairie 2 Fairmont 12, Adrian/Ellsworth 1 Minneota/Canby 8, Fairmont 7 WWG Tourney Martin Co. West 19, MACCRAY 0 ...
May 10, 2026
Local Sports Results from Thursday 5/7/26
Baseball Redwood Valley 7, BEA 0 Redwood Valley 18, BEA 5 USC 8, Kenyon-Wanamingo 4 Martin Co. West 15, Nicollet 5 Softball USC 13, Kenyon-Wanamingo 0 Fairmont 8, Maple River 7 Boys Golf Gopher Conference Meet 1. Blooming Prairie 332, 3. USC 352 Redwood Valley Invite 1. New Ulm 307, 3. Fairmont 360 St. James/Madelia Me...
May 08, 2026
