Category Archives: Local News

Students at Blue Earth Area Middle School will spend Wednesday giving back to communities across Faribault County during the school's annual Service Day.   Middle school students and eighth grade...

Minnesota Farmers continued to make strong planting progress during the past week, according to the latest USDA Crop Progress report released Monday.   Corn planting in Minnesota reached 68% comp...

The Faribault County Sheriff's Office is warning residents about scam letters that appear to come from the Internal Revenue Service.   Authorities say the letter claim the recipient is owed a tax...

The Fairmont County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday morning and approved a roughly $34,000 bid from Coxworth Water Conditioning to replace a water softener system at the Law Enforcement Center. ...

The City of Wells is weighing whether to repair or replace its aging City Hall, as decades of wear begin to take a toll on the 65 year old building.   City officials say the list of issues has be...

No turkeys were killed in a barn fire near Mapleton Wednesday morning.   Officials in Blue Earth County say the building is part of a Jennie-O operation and was empty at the time as workers were ...

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,...