A Blue Earth woman is facing multiple charges following the execution of a search warrant in the City on May 11th. According to a criminal complaint filed in Faribault County District Court, 53 year old Laura Esparza has been charged with contributing to the delinquency of a child, receiving stolen property, third degr...

Candidate Filing for County Offices closed Tuesday, setting the stage for several local races in the November Election. For Faribault County Commissioner District 2, Greg Young is the lone candidate to file. A four way race has developed for the District 4 County Commissioner seat, with Dana James Gates, Aaron Kalis, J...

Faribault County FSA Executive Director Nicki Miranowski says a new federal base and yield update process is now underway under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed in 2025. Miranowski says the update could allow farms to receive additional base acres used for Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage payments...

The City of Blue Earth is reminding property owners to keep lawns mowed and weeds under control as the growing season gets underway. Under city code, grass and weeds are not allowed to exceed five inches in height. Any vegetation taller than that is considered a public nuisance. If a violation is found, the city will ...

After some much needed rainfall, the recent weather has much of Minnesota and Iowa slipping back into dry conditions. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday shows nearly 61% of Minnesota is now considered abnormally dry, a sharp increase from about 42% just one week earlier. Moderate drought conditions also...

Minnesota Baseball Section 3AA Finals in Marshall Fairmont vs. Windom (5pm, game 2 if necessary) Iowa Baseball North Union at Manson-NW Webster Track & Field State Meet at St. Michael-Albertville Minnesota Legion Baseball USC at Springfield Loyola at Minnesota Lake Minnesota Jr. Legion Baseball USC at Springfield

Minnesota Softball State Class A Tournament USC 5, BOLD 3 Iowa Baseball West Hancock 12, North Iowa 2 North Union 8, Belmond-Klemme 4 Iowa Softball West Hancock 16, North Iowa 2 North Union 9, Belmond-Klemme 2 Amateur Baseball Minnesota Lake 3, Janesville 0

Minnesota Softball Class A State Tournament USC vs. BOLD (On 1560AM, 95.3 FM & kbew98country.com, 4:30pm) Iowa Baseball North Iowa at West Hancock (On 98.1 FM & kbew98country.com, 7:30pm) North Union at Belmond-Klemme Iowa Softball North Iowa at West Hancock North Union at Belmond-Klemme Amateur Baseball Janesv...

Minnesota Softball Class A State Tournament USC 10, Sebeka 0 Minnesota Baseball Section 3AA Playoffs Fairmont 10, New London-Spicer 5 Iowa Baseball North Union 11, GTRA 8 Iowa Softball North Union 8, GTRA 4 Golf Section 2AA Meet Two area golfers qualified for state: Rebecca Walters of Maple River finishing 3rd with 162...

Minnesota Baseball Section 3AA Playoffs Windom 10, Fairmont 6 Iowa Baseball Forest City 10, North Iowa 0 Iowa Softball Forest City 13, North Iowa 0 Boys Golf Section 2A Finals 1. Sleepy Eye United 636, 2. USC 678 Qualifying for state from USC were: Brennan Olson in 3rd and Kolt Bullerman in 7th.