A Wells Man is facing kidnapping and criminal sexual conduct charges after officers responded to reports that two minors had been sexually assaulted. Twenty eight year old Samual Adam Johnson went to one of the victim's residences and began verbally harassing her, according to the criminal complaint filed in Faribault ...

Boelter Window and Siding has officially gone out of business and now some of its customers are left wondering where their money went. Boelter Window and Siding was a local contractor for the Mankato area since 1990. In an email to customers on August 29th, the company announced it would be going out of business and w...

A bridge replacement project, 4 miles southeast of Mapleton, required the temporary closure of a road section. Starting Wednesday, Blue Earth County Road 156 will be closed between Blue Earth County Road 154 (109th Street) and 108th Street. The road section will reopen in about two weeks. For more information on the C...

A revised Rapidan Dam plan could save $30 million by not reinforcing the river channel. The last time the Blue Earth County Board met, there were concerns over the price tag of removing the dam and replacing the bridge, which raised the question of whether the bridge was worth replacing at all. Since then the plan has ...

Mayo Clinic is closing six small town medical clinics across southeastern Minnesota and relocating elective outpatient surgeries from Albert Lea to Austin and Waseca. The Rochester based health system cited declining staffing and patient volumes for the closures it announced Monday evening, and it's notifying patients ...

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