Category Archives: Local News
Minnesota Adds Jobs Again in January for the Sixth Straight Month
Minnesota employers added 9,600 jobs in January, the largest monthly gain since March 2024 and the labor force grew by 4,800 people, according data released Thursday by the Department of Employment an...
Mar 14, 2025
Motorists Are Advised a Detour Will Start Monday on a Section of Blue Earth County Road 29 SW of Mapleton
The Blue Earth County Public Works Department would like to remind motorists that a section of Blue Earth County Road 29, about 2 miles southwest of Mapleton will close to traffic during a bridge repl...
Mar 14, 2025
Fairmont Public Works Begins Removing Dead Geese From Fairmont's Shorelines
The Fairmont Public Works Department started removing some of the dead geese from the shorelines of Fairmont's lakes on Wednesday. The carcasses began showing up in early December and after testing se...
Mar 13, 2025
Finstad Announces 2026 Reelection Bid
Rep. Brad Finstad said he will seek reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2026. Finstad has represented Minnesota's 1st Congressional District since winning a special election in A...
Mar 11, 2025
MN Farmers Union To Sponsor Upcoming Town Halls
From expanded tariffs and a potential trade war to firing USDA employees and potential cuts to Medicaid, there's a lot of news pouring out of Washington, D.C. The Minnesota Farmers Union is sponsoring...
Mar 10, 2025
Man Accused of Shooting Truman Woman Charged in Martin County District Court
The man accused of shooting a woman in Truman last week has been formally charged in Martin County District Court. Thirty Two year old Kyle Johnathan Liford is charged with five felonies, inclu...
Mar 07, 2025
Greenfield Global Taking Bids for Winnebago Ethanol Plant
Greenfield Global is looking to sell it's ethanol plant in Winnebago. That's according to a report in the trade publication Ethanol Producer Magazine. Canada based Greenfield Global purchased the form...
Jan 21, 2025
Green Plains Ethanol Plant in Fairmont Closes
The Green Plains Ethanol Plant in Fairmont has stopped operations. The plant closed at 7pm Thursday, laying off 55 employees. Green Plains had operated the plant, located at 1125 Bixby Road, since 201...
Jan 20, 2025
Veteran Resource Fair to be Held on Thursday
The Department of Veteran Affairs and the Faribault, Freeborn and Mower County Veterans Service Offices will host a Veterans Resource Fair and Claims Clinic on Thursday, January 23rd, providing local ...
Jan 17, 2025
Rep. Olson and Others Sworn in as State Legislature Began is 2025 Session on Tuesday
Minnesota's 2025 Legisialative session officially began on Tuesday as Representative Bjorn Olson, R-Fairmont, and 66 other state representatives took the oath of office during a ceremony at the State ...
Jan 16, 2025
