Category Archives: Local News

The City of Blue Earth has a new City Administrator as the City Council has offered the position to Dawn Collins, who is the current Town Administrator of Plamer Lake, Colorado.   Collins has acc...

Two people are dead in the case of a deadly officer involved shooting in rural Albert Lea, in which the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is currently investigating.   According to the Fr...

The Blue Earth City Council held a special meeting on Tuesday to interview the four candidates for the City Administrator position.   The four candidates interviewed were Town Administrator of Pa...

The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service released the crop progress report for Minnesota and Iowa for the week ending June 8th. Field activities included cutting hay and spraying crops. &nb...

You can hit the water and cast a line for free this weekend in Minnesota.   The DNR's "Take a Kid Fishing Weekend" starts Friday and runs through Sunday.   During the weekend, Minnesotan's 1...

A Mapleton man was found dead in his apartment early Tuesday morning.   According to the Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office, at approximately 2:11am, deputies and troopers responded to a vehicle ...

The 13th Annual KBEW/Darling Ingredients "Jam the Food Shelf" event is taking place this Thursday, June 5th, at the Cedar Inn Drive In in Blue Earth.   The event will kick off at 8am and continue...

A Mapleton man was found dead in his home early Tuesday morning.   According to the Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office at approximately 2:11 am deputies and troopers responded to a vehicle off th...

Two Fairmont men were sent to the hospital after two motorcycles collided last week in Clear Lake.   The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened on Wednesday around 9:05am in the 1900 block ...

South Central Minnesota counties are rallying after the state announced it would cease funding the Minnesota Department of Corrections Sentence to Serve Program in mid June.   The STS program is ...