A storm system brought up to quarter sized hail and tornado warnings to the area Monday. The National Weather Service issued several tornado warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings in the area late yesterday afternoon and early evening. A confirmed tornado was reported around the ground near Ceylon in Martin County a...

Rains hampered planting progress across parts of Minnesota and most of Iowa last week, according to the USDA. Minnesota farmers averaged 4.1 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending April 27th. The average was much lower in the south, where rains hampered planting. Field activities included spring tillage, r...

Four people were injured in a two vehicle accident on Highway 30, near Lewisville on Friday afternoon. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, at approximately 3:49pm, a 2009 Kia Sportage driven by 54 year old Tammy Michelle Nix of Lewisville and a 2011 Honda Civic driven by 42 year old Jennifer Elyse Haugen of New Ul...

A Truman man was injured in a motorcycle accident west of Amboy on Wednesday evening. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, at approximately 7:09pm, a 2007 Harley Davidson Motorcycle, driven by 37 year old Brandon Lee Kubly of Truman was eastbound on Highway 30 when it went off the road around 499th Avenue in Pleasa...

Walmart is planning to remodel its Fairmont Store and 21 other stores across Minnesota this year, the company announced Wednesday. The remodeling efforts are part of a larger goal of remodeling more than 650 stores across the country. The remodeling will bring new signage and in store displays and will expand departmen...

The North Iowa Community School District announced this week that they will begin sharing their Superintendent position with Forest City this summer. According to a news release, the decision was finalized at a meeting between each district's school board this week. Forest City Superintendent Darwin Lehman will begin ...

Demolition of the County Road 9 bridge next to the Rapidan Dam is virtually complete. Back in early February, demolition crews used explosives to bring the bridge deck down to the river bed. Since that time, they've been cleaning up the debris left behind. The bridge supports have been removed from the Blue Earth Rive...

A Lake Crystal man died from injuries suffered in a pickup rollover north of Good Thunder early Sunday. According to the Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a call at 12:36am, reporting the crash on a section of 552nd Avenue. They arrived to find the body of 21 year old Jacob Richard Farrell trap...

Corn planting ramped up in southern Minnesota, while farmers in the state saw 4.1 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending April 20th, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Field activities included spring till age, rock picking, manure hauling and fertilizer application. Topsoil m...

Amazon is building a delivery center in the Northport Industrial Center in North Mankato. The last mile facilities, also known as delivery stations or delivery hubs, are designed to handle the final stage of the company's delivery process. Merchandise comes to them from large fulfillment centers, like the Amazon facili...

The Faribault County Board of Commissioners addressed a number of items on the agenda at its meeting on Tuesday. The board took action to appoints Public Works Director/County Engineer April Wellman to a four year term. Wellman had previously been appointed to a one year term in May of last year. The board also passe...

Drivers who use Highway 60 between Mankato and Madelia are advised that a detour for the Highway 60 Lake Crystal project started on Tuesday. Through traffic will be detoured to County Road 13 near Madelia & Highway 169 through this fall. The project includes reconstruction Highway 50 from Blue Earth County Road 20 ...

Senator Tina Smith was in Fairmont on Tuesday and learned about Heaven's Table Food Shelf operations. Smith stressed that food shelves are as important as ever, because of the many people who are on the edge of major struggles. The tour took Smith through the dry goods, perishables and household item sections. They su...

Minnesota farmers averaged 2.6 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending April 13th, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Field activities were similar to last week, including fertilizer and manure applications, tillage and small grain planting. Livestock were doing well, with ca...

The public is being asked to help find those responsible for over $30,000 in vandalism at Fountain Lake Park. The Albert Lea Police Department says officers responded to a report of damage at Fountain Lake Park, at the intersection of Broadway Avenue and Lakeview Boulevard at about 7am on April 3rd. Police say the dam...