The American Legion Post 89 in Blue Earth is putting more than $20,000 back into the Faribault County Community. The Legion, Graham Redemption Cycles and the American Legion Riders recently presented a $20,500 check to Bean and Bear. The nonprofit will use the money to create de-escalation toolkits for Faribault County...

The Blue Earth Area School Board held its regular September meeting Monday night. Superintendent Mandy Fletcher received a positive overall evaluation, with goals set for the coming year including the district's strategic roadmap, school culture and climate and asset protection as bond and facility projects move forwar...

A Fairmont man was injured in a rollover crash Sunday afternoon on Interstate 90 in Freeborn County. The Minnesota State Patrol says a 2016 Jeep Cherokee was westbound on I-90, near mile marker 155 in Bancroft Township around 2:26pm when it lost control and rolled into the median. The passenger, 86 year old Norman Arth...

A Mapleton teen was involved in a two vehicle crash Saturday morning in Mankato. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, at approximately 11:38am, 18 year old Allie Marie Mersman was driving a Chevrolet Traverse southbound on Highway 22, when it collided with a Nissan Versa traveling eastbound on Highway 83. Mersman w...

The Blue Earth City Council is moving forward with a public hearing on proposed changes to the city's sign ordinance. The ordinance would allow larger and taller pylon signs in Highway, Business and Light Industrial, or HLBI, zoning districts. Under the proposed change, pylon signs could exceed the current limit of 35 ...

Minnesota Football Martin Co. West at Madelia Wabasso at GHEC/ML-Truman Iowa Football North Iowa at West Bend-Mallard Minnesota Volleyball Maple River at LeSueur-Henderson Fairmont at Waseca GHEC/ML-Truman at Cleveland Alden-Conger at Martin Co. West Girls Tennis River Valley at Fairmont Boys Soccer Fairmont at Tri-Cit...

Minnesota Volleyball Fairmont 3, BEA 0 Triton 3, USC 2 Sibley East 3, Maple River 0 Mankato Loyola 3, GHEC/ML-Truman 0 Iowa Volleyball North Iowa 3, West Hancock 0 North Union 3, Estherville 0 North Union 3, GTRA 0 Girls Tennis BEA 7, Luverne 0 LeSueur-Henderson 5, USC 2 Sibley East 5, Maple River 2 Fairmont 6, Redwood...

Minnesota Volleyball Fairmont at BEA (On 98.1 FM & kbew98country.com, 7:15pm) Triton at USC Maple River at Sibley East Mankato Loyola at GHEC/ML-Truman Iowa Volleyball West Hancock at North Iowa North Union & GTRA at Estherville Girls Tennis BEA at Luverne LeSueur-Henderson at USC Sibley East at Maple River Fai...

Volleyball USC at Maple River (On 98.1 FM & kbew98country.com, 7pm) Madelia at Fairmont Cedar Mountain at Martin Co. West Girls Tennis Worthington at BEA Girls Soccer Stewartville at Fairmont

Girls Tennis USC 4, Worthington 3 USC 6, Austin 1 Volleyball Sleepy Eye Tournament Buffalo Lake-Hector 2, GHEC/ML-Truman 0 SESM 2, GHEC/ML-Truman 0 Belmond-Klemme Tournament North Iowa went 0-3 with loses to Hampton-Dumont-Cal, GHV & Iowa Falls/Alden Boys Soccer Cannon Falls 7, Fairmont 3 Girls Soccer Fairmont 1, C...