Local Sports Schedule — Thursday 4/11/24

April 10, 2024

Baseball

BEA at Fairmont (On 1560AM, 95.3 FM & kbew98country.com, 5:30pm)
USC at NRHEG
Blooming Prairie at Maple River
Heron Lake-Okabena at Martin Co. West

Softball

Fairmont at BEA
NRHEG at USC
Maple River at Blooming Prairie
Heron Lake-Okabena at Martin Co. West

Boys Tennis

Redwood Valley vs. BEA at USC
Southwest Christian at Fairmont

Golf

Martin Co. West at Madelia
North Union vs. Bishop Garrigan & Forest City at Spring Valley

Track & Field

Maple River & MT/GHEC-ML at JWP Invite
North Union Girls at North Iowa Meet
North Iowa Boys at Lake Mills

Dale Bleess

April 10, 2024

A Mass of Christian Burial for Dale Bleess, age 73, of Blue Earth, will be Thursday, April 18th, at 11am, at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Blue Earth.  Visitation will be Wednesday, April 17th, from 4-7pm, at Patton Funeral Home in Blue Earth and one hour prior to the service at the Church on Thursday Morning.  Dale Bleess died Monday, April 8th, at St. Luke’s Lutheran Care Center in Blue Earth.

MN Legislature Discusses Bill to Track Heath Care Entities

April 10, 2024

A new bill in the state legislature aims to keep track of health care entities across the state and help lawmakers better understand why costs might be too expensive.  The bill would establish a “Minnesota Commission for Equitable Heath Care Services”, a commission that would be tasked with checking in on health care providers to held them accountable.

The commission would work with the state auditor to obtain information on things like corporate profits and issue recommendations to the legislature based on findings.

The bill heard a wide array of feedback in its Tuesday hearings.  Some showed support for a bill they view as an accountability measure.  Others worried that the bill would add work for the state auditor or that it would become a partisan way of mandating state health care.

The bill was laid over in the Senate State and Local Government Committee for inclusion in a future omnibus bill.

Local Sports Results from Tuesday 4/9/24

April 10, 2024

Baseball

NRHEG 4, BEA 3
Jackson Co. Central 9, Maple River 5
Mankato Loyola 21, Martin Co. West 0

Softball

Maple River 6, BEA 5
New Ulm 13, Fairmont 0
LCWM 27, ML/GHEC-Truman 0
Martin Co. West 7, Madelia 4

Boys Golf

BEA 167, Martin Co. West 175
USC 172, Alden-Conger 189
Madelia Invite

  1. LCWM 166, 2. Madelia 187, 3. St. Clair 212, 4. Maple River 231
    Jaguar Invite
  2. Fairmont 183, JCC 184, Truman-GHEC/ML 208

Girls Golf

BEA 195, Martin Co. West 304
Alden-Conger 260, USC 265
Madelia Invite

  1. St. Clair 229, 2. Maple River
    Jaguar Invite
  2. Fairmont 210, 2. JCC 247, 3. Truman-GHEC/ML Inc.

Track & Field

USC Invite
Boys: 1. Maple River 313.5, 2. LCWM 273.5, 5. BEA 167, 6. USC 128.5
Girls: 1. LCWM 295.5, 2. NRHEG 275, 3. BEA 216, 4. Maple River 193, 5. USC 170.5

Connie Nauman

April 9, 2024

Funeral Services for Connie Naumann, age 84, formerly of Elmore, will be Thursday, April 11th at 11am, at Zion Lutheran Church in Gowrie, Iowa. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the Church on Thursday morning.  Graveside Services will be in Riverview Cemetery at 3pm.  Connie Naumann died Saturday, April 6th, at Grandview Health Care in Dayton, Iowa.

Fairmont Council Hires Mathew Skaret as New City Administrator

April 9, 2024

The Fairmont City Council approved the hiring of a new city administrator Monday night.

Former Jackson administrator Mathew Skaret will be starting in Fairmont on April 29th.  The Council and Skaret agreed on a starting salary of $153,961 and $3000 for moving expenses.

Fairmont has been without a full time city administrator since May of 2023, and Jeff O’Neill has served as interim city administrator since September.

Along with serving as city administrator for Jackson, Skaret has also been city administrator for Springfield, MN, Milford IA and Madison, MN.

Minnesota Switching to a New Weather Alert System from the NWS

April 9, 2024

Minnesota is using a new weather alert system from the National Weather Service for its severe weather alert sirens.

With the old system, the whole county would be alerted if there was severe weather, but with advances in technology, it is now possible to be more targeted with the sirens, limiting them to only the affected areas.

The state is running tornado drills April 11th in the afternoon and evening to give everyone a change to practice their severe weather response plan.

Officials Investigating Death and Fire in Rural Titonka on Sunday

April 9, 2024

A man is dead after an early morning fire in rural Titonka Sunday.

The Kossuth County Law Enforcement Center says it received a 911 call around 4:25am from the 3400 block of 210th Avenue.  A woman reported a fire and said she was woken up by the power going out in her house and noticed the glow of a fire at a workshop outbuilding.

The woman says her husband had been out in the workshop earlier because he couldn’t sleep and she did not know where he was.

Titonka Fire and EMS were sent to the scene and Kossuth County EMS and Bancroft Fire Department were requested to assist.

First responders arrived to find the outbuilding consumed by flames and 45 year old Brian Leroy Janssen dead inside the structure.

The Kossuth County Medical Examiner’s Office and State Fire Marshall’s Office were called in to help investigate the incident and determine the cause of Janssen’s death.

Kossuth County Emergency Management and the Kossuth County Sheriff’s Office also assisted at the scene.

Local Sports Schedule — Tuesday 4/9/24

April 9, 2024

Softball

Maple River at BEA (On 1560AM, 95.3 FM & kbew98country.com, 4:30pm)
Fairmont at New Ulm
LCWM at ML/GHEC-Truman
Martin Co. West at Madelia

Baseball

NRHEG at BEA
Jackson Co. Central at Maple River
GHEC/ML-Truman at St. Clair
Mankato Loyola at Martin Co. West

Golf

BEA at Martin Co. West
Alden-Conger at USC
Maple River at Madelia
GHEC/ML-Truman, Fairmont & Butterfield-Odin at Rose Lake
North Iowa at Northwood-Kensett
Algona & West Bend Girls at North Union
North Union & Algona Boys at West Bend-Mallard

Track & Field

BEA & Maple River at USC Invite
North Iowa Girls at Clarion-Goldfield/Dows
North Union at Spirit Lake

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