Author Archives: Austin

The Blue Earth City Council met on Monday and were presented a housing development proposal from the Housing and Redevelopment Authority and Square Konstruktion of New Ulm. The proposal is to build a ...

Faribault County soybean farmer Jeff Ignaszewski is hosting a Chinese commodity team on Thursday afternoon at his Wells soybean farm.  With 27 year of experience, he farms 1,200 acres between far...

The Blue Earth City Council met on Monday and Tom McCone, from Brunton Construction, proposed a change order for the City Hall Project. During the demo phase of the project, it was discovered that the...

The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service released the crop progress report for Minnesota and Iowa for the week ending August 18th.  Field activities included small grain harvest, cutti...

A Celebration of Life for Gerald "Jerry" Johnson, age 84, of Blue Earth, will be Saturday, August 24th at 11am, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blue Earth. Visitation will be Friday, from 4-6pm at the C...

A Celebration of Life for Donald and Frances Beckendorf, ages 88 and 87, formerly of Blue Earth, will be Friday, August 23rd, at 11am, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Blue Earth. Visitation will be held ...

A disaster relief program for veterans recently was activated. Funds are available to Minnesota veterans affected by natural disasters, such as flooding earlier this summer.  The $500 grants are ...

Services for Carole L. Schreiber, age 88 of Easton, will be Thursday, August 22nd, at 11am, at Open Doors United Methodist Church in Wells. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the Chur...

Disaster Survivor Assistance teams from FEMA are out to assist in communities affected by the summer storms and flooding.  Teams will help residents navigate the federal assistance programs. Disa...

Employment and labor force in Minnesota changed little over the month, with the state losing a small number of jobs and recording slightly fewer would be workers in July, according to data from the Mi...