Category Archives: Local News

Blue Earth Area School District leaders are restarting community outreach as they work on long term facility needs. Superintendent Mandy Fletcher says the process began in 2023, when the district disc...

The 29th Annual KBEW/Darling Ingredients You Can Make a Difference Campout will be held Thursday through Saturday in downtown Blue Earth.   The campers will be in the Juba's south parking lot for...

A Monday night house fire on the 300 block of South Park Street in Fairmont has claimed the life of a 43 year old man, according to Fairmont Police Captain Mike Beletti.   Fire crews, police and ...

A North Mankato man charged with 18 felony sex crimes is taking a plea deal.   Fifty five year old Michael Allen Swanson was charged in July 2024 with 16 counts of first degree criminal sexual co...

Private well owners in the Martin County area can get their water tested for free this week.   The Minnesota Well Owners Organization is offering onsite testing for nitrates, chlorides and arseni...

A five vehicle crash on Highway 15 at Torgerson Drive in Fairmont sent one driver and a passenger to the hospital late Tuesday afternoon.   According to the Minnesota State Patrol, all vehicles w...

An Amboy man suffered non life-threatening injuries when the pickup he was driving crashed into a building near Highway 169, a few miles southwest of Mankato early Tuesday morning.   Seventy seve...

An Elmore man has been charged on two counts of dissemination and possession of pornographic works of minors younger than age 14.   Nineteen year old Tristan Aleman Hanson has been charged in Far...

The Fairmont City Council began initial discussions Monday on how to use the roughly $7.5 million in Local Option Sale Tax Funds collected since 2017. The money had previously been designated for a co...

The detour on Highway 22 between Mankato and St. Peter is set to lift by 4pm Monday, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.   Highway 22 has been closed since April for the firs...