On Tuesday, the Minnesota Foundation for Agriculture and the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation presented a $500 check to the Wells Food Shelf on behalf of an area Farmfest daily drawing winner. The drawing was part of a daily double award prize at Farmfest, where a winner was drawn daily for a $500 cash prize, sponsored...

The Granada Huntley East Chain School District is putting an $8.75 million bond on the ballot and it's an effort that district leaders have been pushing for some time. The new proposal is significantly larger than the one from 2022, which totaled just under $2 million. If passed, the proposal would see expansions to th...

The Faribault County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday and approved the hire of an Interim County Recorder. Commissioner Gertrude Paschke says the new hire, Kelly Hendrickson, comes with some good experience with Freeborn County, as she previously worked in both the Auditor/Treasurer and Recorder's Office, as well ...

A Mapleton man was injured in a one vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon, north of Mankato. According to the Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office, at approximately 4:15pm, 50 year old Jeffrey James Mann was southbound on Lime Valley Road in a Chevy Impala when the car crossed the oncoming lane of traffic and entered the ea...

A construction company with locations in southern Minnesota has announced the layoff of nearly 300 employees. According to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Minnesota Paving and Materials will close 14 locations and lay off 297 employees across central and southern Minnesota. Those locati...

Girls Tennis State Tournament Doubles teams of Macy Sohre & Madison Ward of MR & Emelia Kladerud & Alison Slama of Fairmont will compete today. Volleyball Section 2A Playoffs at St. Peter GHEC/ML-Truman vs. Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Martin Co. West vs. Sleepy Eye St. Mary's Cross Country BEA, USC, MR, MCW...

Football Section 2AA Playoffs St. Clair/Loyola 34, BEA 0 J-W-P 22, Blooming Prairie 6 Section 1A Playoffs USC 28, NRHEG 21 Section 3AA Playoffs Tri-City United 21, Fairmont 14 Section 1-9 Man Playoffs Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons 58, GHEC-Truman 38 Section 2A Playoffs Lester Prairie 32, Martin Co. West 6

Minnesota Volleyball Section 2A Playoffs Cedar Mountain 3, USC 1 GHEC/ML-Truman 3, Mankato Loyola 1 Martin Co. West 3, Mt. Lake/Comfrey 0 Section 2AA W-E-M 3, Maple River 0 Iowa Volleyball Region Playoffs Bishop Garrigan 3, North Union 1 North Iowa 3, Riceville 1 Cross Country Valley/Tomahawk Conference Meet Boys: 1. L...

Football Section 2AA Playoffs BEA at St. Clair/Loyola (On 98.1 FM & kbew98country.com, 7pm) NRHEG at USC (On 1560AM, 95.3 FM & kbew98country.com, 7pm) Section 3AA Playoffs Fairmont at Tri-City United Section 1-9 Man Playoffs GHEC-Truman at AC/GE Section 2A Playoffs Martin Co. West at Lester Prairie

Minnesota Football W-E-M 42, BEA 6 USC 20, NRHEG 0 Maple River 55, J-W-P 6 St. Peter 21, Fairmont 8 GHEC-Truman 62, Nicollet 16 Cleveland 32, Martin Co. West 0