Winnebago Industries is planning on laying off workers at its Forest City facility, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed with Iowa Workforce Development. The filing said Winnebago plans on laying off 51 workers from the facility at 605 W. Crystal Lake Road. The notice was filed on October...

Blue Earth County is hosting two open houses about the future of data centers in the community. The county will be hosting open houses at the Mapleton Community Center on October 20th and the Lake Crystal City Hall on October 26th, both from 4-6pm and has put out an online survey. The survey is seeking input on all fac...

Blue Earth Area School Board member Lindsay Mensing has resigned from her position after accepting a new job as the district's business manager. Superintendent Mandy Fletcher says Mensing's new position creates a conflict, prompting her resignation from the school board and her role as board treasurer. The board discus...

The Minnesota Department of Transportation is planning a temporary closure of Highway 22 at the Highway 109 intersection in Wells beginning Friday. Weather permitting, Highway 22 will be closed from Friday, October 16th through Tuesday, October 20th, to allow construction crews to complete sanitary sewer, water main an...

An Amboy man is dead following a rollover crash early Monday morning in Blue Earth County. The Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office say 28 year old James Andrew Harris was killed in the crash reported at 4:47am on Monday on County Road 10, just west of County Road 32 in Ceresco Township. Investigators say a westbound Mit...

Iowa Football North Union at Northwood-Kensett (On 98.1 FM & kbew98country.com, 7pm) Remsen St. Mary's at North Iowa

Football Maple River 36, BEA 12 Martin Co. West 56, USC 0 Tri-City United 26, Fairmont 25 Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 37, GHEC/ML-Truman 8 Girls Tennis Section 2A Individual Tournament Singles Liz Shores of St. James finished 1st & Tabitha Barkosky of Maple River finished 2nd. Both advance to state. Doubles Alison Sla...

Minnesota Volleyball USC 3, J-W-P 1 St. James 3, BEA 1 Fairmont 3, Luverne 1 Martin Co. West 3, Sleepy Eye 0 Iowa Volleyball Central Springs 3, North Iowa 0 Osage 3, North Union 0 Boys Soccer Section 2A Playoffs Albert Lea 7, Fairmont 1 Cross Country BEA Plocker Invite Boys: 1. Mt. Lake/Comfrey, 5. BEA Girls: 1. Mt. La...

Football BEA at Maple River (On 98.1 FM & kbew98country.com, 7pm) Martin Co. West at USC Tri-City United at Fairmont Heron Lake/Okabena-Fulda at GHEC/ML-Truman Girls Tennis Section 2A Individual Tournament at Owatonna

Girls Tennis Section 2A Individual Tournament Singles Elaena Schiltz of BEA won her first match then lost in the quarterfinals Jessi James of BEA beat Carly Gustafson of Fairmont in the first round then lost to Tabitha Barkosky of Maple River in the quarterfinals. Kennedi Oliver of Maple River lost to Ada Edmundson of ...