The fate of a proposed campground in Fairmont is not yet decided after the city council denied a rezoning request. That’s forcing the Carson Walters Group to go back to the drawing board. They asked the council on Monday to rezone the western portion of their property to agriculture transition, which was denied by a…… read more »
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MnDOT Receives Grant to Replace Some Area Buses With Electric Buses
The Minnesota Department of Transportation recently secured a $3.4 million federal grant for six electric buses. The new buses will replace six conventional gas powered buses at the following rural transit systems in Greater Minnesota. Prairie Lakes Transit/Faribault-Martin County Transit Board will receive one bus for the Fairmont service, Heartland Express/Brown County Human Services New…… read more »
Iowa DNR Reports the E. Coli Concentration in Spirit Lake is 10 Times What is Concidered Unhealthy
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the water concentration of E. coli at an Iowa beach maxed out its test kits. The Spirit Lake beach, which is near the Minnesota-Iowa border, registered more than 24,000 viable bacteria. This is 10 times what is considered unhealthy. The rapid growth of bacteria could be due to…… read more »
Bevcomm Offering Reward After A Utility Box Was Shot Sometime Friday Afternoon, Causing Internet Outage
On Friday, August 19, the Faribault County Sheriff’s Office was notified that someone had used a firearm to shoot holes into a utility box located at the intersection of 85th St and 360th Ave between 1:30pm and 4:30pm. The damage from the shooting caused a service outage for Bevcomm internet customers in the area for…… read more »
Break In at Ledyard Bank Leads To Arrest of Ledyard Man
The report of a break in at a bank in Ledyard led to the arrest of a Kossuth County man in Minnesota late last week. According to the Kossuth County Sheriff’s Office, deputies received the report of a break in at Bank Plus in Ledyard around 6am last Thursday. Deputies responded to the scene and…… read more »
Favorable Weather in MN and Widespread Rainfall in Iowa Helps Crops Progress
Minnesota had 5.4 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending August 21st, according to the USDA, as weather across most of the state was mostly favorable. Topsoil moisture supplies were rated 4% very short, 18% short, 73% adequate and 5% surplus. Corn dough reached 63%, 6 days behind the 5 year average. Corn dented…… read more »
Faribault County Fills Some of Their Open Positions, but Still Have More to Fill
At the Faribault County Commissioners meeting this week, the commissioners were updated by Central Services Director Pam Krill on filing the vacant employee positions. Commissioner Bruce Anderson says that some of positions have been filled, but there are still open positions available. There is an opening for a staff engineer in the Public Works Department,…… read more »
AAA Reports Lower Gas Prices in MN & Iowa
Heading into the third weekend of August, AAA reports that gasoline prices in Minnesota and Iowa are lower than they were a week ago. The average gas price in Minnesota is reported at $3.84 a gallon, compared to $3.90 a gallon one week ago. The average price in Iowa is currently $3.57 a gallon, compared…… read more »
Drought in Iowa Expanded in the Last 7 Days
Much of the state of Iowa saw some much needed rainfall late last weekend and early this week, but it wasn’t enough to reverse the drought trends. The latest Drought Monitor report from the USDA shows Iowa’s drought expanded slightly in the last seven days. According to the report, 66.9% of the state is currently…… read more »
B.E. Council Decides to Not Investigate Complaints About Fire Chief
The Blue Earth City Council conducted a closed session after Monday night’s council meeting to address a personnel complaint against Blue Earth Fire Department Chief Steve Brown. Mayor Rick Scholtes said Brown was doing his job to what the description requires and the council then voted to not investigate the complaints against Brown. Three elected…… read more »