Monthly Archives: February 2021

Local Sports Schedule — Tuesday 2/16/21

Iowa Girls Basketball Class 2A – Region 7 Playoffs Pocahontas at North Union (On 98.1 FM & kbew98country.com, 6pm)   Minnesota Boys Basketball BEA at LCWM Medford at Maple River GHEC/ML-Truman at Nicollet Madelia at Martin Co. West   Minnesota Girls Basketball BEA at NRHEG   Girls Hockey Fairmont at Rochester Lourdes  read more »

Auggie Baumann

A Memorial Service for Auggie Baumann, age 78, of Buffalo Center, will be held Saturday, February 20th, at 11am, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Buffalo Center.  The Family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the Church on Saturday Morning.  Social distancing practices will be followed and masks are required.  The Service…read more »

MDH Reports 611 New Cases of the Coronavirus and 2 More Deaths on Monday

Minnesota health officials reported Monday 611 new cases of the coronavirus and 2 more deaths.   According to the Minnesota Department of Health, 6,378 people have died because of the virus.  A total of 4,016 of those deaths have occurred in long term care facilities.   A total of 474,169 cases have been confirmed in…read more »

Iowa Adds 206 New Coronavirus Cases and 1 More Death on Monday

The latest numbers from the Iowa Department of Public Health show one more Iowan has died from COVID-19 and 206 new cases have been reported.   The number of new positive tests reported brings the total number of positive cases up to 329,304.   The data shows that so far there have been 5,237 deaths…read more »

Local Sports Schedule — Monday 2/15/21

Iowa Boys Basketball Class 1A – District 3 Playoffs North Iowa at Newman Catholic (On 98.1 FM & kbew98country.com, 7pm)   Minnesota Girls Baskeball USC at Martin Co. West GHEC/ML-Truman at LCWM   Gymnastics Waseca at BEAread more »

Local Sports Results from Friday 2/12/21

Minnesota Boys Basketball BEA 69, St. James 54 Waseca 83, Fairmont 46 LCWM 51, GHEC/ML-Truman 35   Iowa Boys Basketball Class 1A – District 3 Playoffs West Bend-Mallard 50, North Union 45   Minnesota Girls Basketball Bethlehem Academy 66, USC 53 Waseca 40, Fairmont 35   Gymnastics St. Peter 127.725, BEA 122.8   Boys Hockey…read more »

MN Loosens Some Restrictions Starting Saturday at Noon

Minnesota is loosening some of its restrictions as the state makes progress against COVID-19.   Gov. Tim Walz announced today that the following changes will be made:   Increasing the “not to exceed” capacity in restaurants to 250, while leaving the maximum capacity at 50%. Increasing indoor entertainment “not to exceed” capacity to 250, while…read more »

MDH Adds 1,058 New Coronavirus Cases and 19 More Deaths on Friday

Minnesota health officials reported on Friday 1,058 new cases of the coronavirus and 19 more deaths.   According to the Minnesota Department of Health, 6,392 people have died because of the virus.  A total of 4,011 of those deaths have occurred in long term care facilities.   A total of 471,851 cases have been confirmed…read more »

Iowa Adds 738 New Coronavirus Cases and 27 More Deaths on Friday

The Iowa Department of Public Health is reporting the deaths of 27 more Iowans from COVID-19 and the positive test results of another 738 Iowans.   The number of new positive tests reported for the time period brings the total number of positive tests up to 327,993.   The data shows there have been 5,223…read more »