Category Archives: Local News

State Rep. Bjorn Olson is being recognized as one of the most effective minority party legislators in the State House.   Olson, who represents District 22A covering Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin ...

Early planting progress across the Midwest is showing a mixed but generally steady start, according to the latest report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service.   In Minnesota, corn pl...

Charges have been filed against the man accused in the shooting of a Mankato man on Sunday.   Forty four year old Joseph Bulfer, of Fairmont, is charged with one count of 2nd degree murder, one c...

Farmers will have more time and more money through a federal disaster relief program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has extended the sign up deadline for the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program,...

Newly released figures from the Faribault County Recorder's Office show a decline in births and marriages, along with an increase in deaths, in March 2026, compared with the same month last year. &nbs...

The detour for the Highway 22 and Highway 109 construction project in Wells will begin tomorrow, weather permitting, as crew start work on the 2026-27 improvement project, according to the Minnesota D...

A semi rollover north of Delavan led to a highway shutdown and an air ambulance response Thursday. Emergency crews were dispatched to the intersection of 430th Avenue and 235th Street after a called r...

The Faribault County Board of Commissioners approved a new department head hire, a business license and discussed updates within the County Recorder's office at its meeting on Tuesday.   Commissi...

The Blue Earth Area School Board has approved a resolution to place two bond referendum questions on the August 11th Primary Ballot, marking the next step in a months long discussion about district fa...

A Wells man has been charged with criminal sexual conduct following March 2nd reports to authorities of the sexual assault and rape of an 11 year old boy.   Twenty five year old Andrew Ernest Par...