The City of Blue Earth has a new City Administrator as the City Council has offered the position to Dawn Collins, who is the current Town Administrator of Plamer Lake, Colorado. Collins has accepted the city's offer, contingent upon final review of a complete employment agreement and final approval by the City Council,...

Two people are dead in the case of a deadly officer involved shooting in rural Albert Lea, in which the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is currently investigating. According to the Freeborn County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a domestic disturbance reported involving firearms at a home on 880th Ave...

The Blue Earth City Council held a special meeting on Tuesday to interview the four candidates for the City Administrator position. The four candidates interviewed were Town Administrator of Palmer Lake, Co, Dawn Collins, Chad Edwards, former village manager of East Palestine, OH, Jason Baker, City Administrator/Treasu...

The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service released the crop progress report for Minnesota and Iowa for the week ending June 8th. Field activities included cutting hay and spraying crops. Corn planting in Minnesota is now complete, with 94% of the crop now emerged, compared to 83% last year at this time. Cor...

You can hit the water and cast a line for free this weekend in Minnesota. The DNR's "Take a Kid Fishing Weekend" starts Friday and runs through Sunday. During the weekend, Minnesotan's 16 and older can fish without a license if they take kids 15 or younger fishing with them. It's all to celebrate Great Outdoo...

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Minnesota Baseball Section 2AA Championship LCWM 4, Maple River 2 Game 2 Maple River 6, LCWM 3 (MR advances to state tournament) Iowa Baseball North Union 14, Manson Northwest Webster 4 Iowa Softball North Iowa 8, Emmetsburg 2 Minnesota Legion Baseball USC 10, Blue Earth/Winnebago 6