United Hospital District CEO Rick Ash is retiring after nearly 11 years leading the organization and more than 35 years in rural healthcare leadership. The UHD Board of Directors announced Ash's retirement Friday, crediting him with helping strengthen and grow healthcare services across the region. During his tenure, ...

Absentee ballots are now available at the Kossuth County Auditor's Office for the upcoming special election in the North Kossuth School District. Only residents of the North Kossuth School District are eligible to vote in this election on March 3rd. Individuals looking to vote early can do so in person at the Auditor'...

The Faribault County Board of Commissioners reviewed the 2025 annual report from the county's Economic Development Authority on Tuesday. EDA Specialist Kendra Reineking said the board saw leadership changes over the past year, with John Herman resigning as chair and Bruce Anderson replacing Bill Groskreutz. She said t...

Six students and four adults were involved in a school bus accident Tuesday afternoon involving two Fairmont Area School buses. The crash occurred at the intersection of County Road 8 and County Road 27. Emergency responders arrived on the scene and no significant injuries were reported, according to school officials....

The Blue Earth City Council met on Tuesday and completed a six month performance evaluation of City Administrator Dawn Collins, rating her an average of 8.46 out of 10/ The review was conducted in closed session and covered 11 categories, including organization, professional ethics and communication. After returning t...

Girls Basketball Section 2AA Playoffs BEA at Maple River (On 98.1 FM & kbew98country.com, 7pm) Section 2A Playoffs USC at Sleepy Eye (On 1560AM, 95.3 FM & kbew98country.com, 7pm) GHEC/ML-Truman at Martin Co. West Boys Basketball LeSueur-Henderson at USC

Wrestling Section 2A Individual Tournament BEA qualifies 2 wrestlers for the state tournament. Timmy Nagel at 133 finishing 2nd, and champion Chase Gambell at 285. Section 2AA Individual Tournament Maple River/USC will send one wrestler to state. Noah Gonzalez at 139 finished 2nd. Section 3AA Individual Tournament Mart...

Iowa Girls Basketball Class 1A-Region 5 Playoffs North Union 51, Meskwaki Settlement 44 Minnesota Boys Basketball J-W-P 73, USC 35 Maple River 74, Sibley East 50 New Ulm Cathedral 70, Martin Co. West 66 Minnesota Girls Basketball Section 3AA Playoffs Fairmont 88, Montevideo 26

Iowa Boys Basketball Class 1A-District 1 Playoffs North Union 68, Newman Catholic 59 Minnesota Boys Basketball Fairmont 74, St. Peter 63 St. James 80, GHEC/ML-Truman 63 G-F-W 67, Martin Co. West 49 Minnesota Girls Basketball Maple River 57, Blooming Prairie 46 Boys Hockey Section 3A Playoffs Mankato West 13, Fairmont 0

Iowa Girls Basketball Class 1A-Region 5 Playoffs Meskwaki Settlement at North Union (On 98.1 FM & kbew98country.com, 7pm) Minnesota Boys Basketball USC at J-W-P Maple River at Sibley East Martin Co. West at New Ulm Cathedral Minnesota Girls Basketball Section 3AA Playoffs Montevideo at Fairmont Wrestling MR/USC at ...