The Blue Earth City Council on Monday approved a conditional use permit for a new child care center that will operate in the former Little Luke's building near St. Luke's. The permit allows Tri-Valley Head Start to use the facility during the summer months to provide child care services for children of migrant workers ...

Blue Earth Police Chief Tom Fletcher has released the incident analysis report for May. The report indicated that the police department responded to a total of 277 calls last month, with 23 of those being ordinance violations. During the month, the department also received 14 animal complaints, investigated 6 motor veh...

Construction activity is expected to begin soon on two major development projects in Blue Earth. During Monday's Blue Earth City Council meeting, City Engineer Ben Rosol provided updates on both the Riverside Heights development and the Linton Street Reconstruction Project. Rosol said Holtmeier Construction is preparin...

Corn and soybean crops across Minnesota and Iowa remain in good shape as the growing season moves into mid-June, according to the latest Crop Progress and Condition Report released Monday by the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. In Minnesota, corn emergence reached 97%, matching last year's pace and runn...

Two men are facing multiple felony charges after authorities say they burglarized a vacant rural Elmore residence twice in the same day. Faribault County Deputies first responded to a tripped alarm just before 4am on June 9th and found signs of forced entry. When a second alarm sounded shortly before midnight, deputie...

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Madelia's Tate Becker, who controlled the mound the majority of the game, scored the winning run in the 6th inning as the Blackhawks beat Red Lake County 11-1 to claim the State Class A Baseball Championship. The senior beat the throw home on Dalton Tatro's hit to the outfield. In the game played at Target Field in Min...