Blue Earth is among 26 Minnesota cites receiving new state funding for water infrastructure upgrades, as the Minnesota Public Facilities Authority announced $91.7 million in loans and grants statewide. Blue Earth will receive $2.49 million to replace about 134 lead service lines with new copper lines, part of a larger ...

The deadline has come for Mayo Clinic Health Systems's consolidation plan, with six rural campuses and a surgery department in Albert Lea closed as of Wednesday. Mayo announced the closures in September, affecting facilities in Belle Plaine, Caledonia, Montgomery, North Mankato, Saint Peter and Wells. The system says ...

The Blue Earth Area School Board held its December meeting on Monday night and held the annual Truth in Taxation hearing. Fiscal Services Coordinator Alan Wilhelmi opened the meeting with a detailed explanation of how the school levy is set each year, noting that the process begins internally in August before the relea...

The 29th Annual KBEW/Darling Ingredients You Can Make a Difference Campout wrapped up on Saturday at noon. The local community once again made a difference with over $27,000 in monetary donations and 3,760 food items for the Faribault County Food Shelf and a trailer full of toys for the Western Faribault County Toy Dri...

A Winnebago Woman was injured in a one vehicle accident Monday morning in Nicollet County. According to the Minnesota State Patrol at approximately 10:01am, a 2024 Dodge Ram driven by 52 year old Elizabeth Ann Shavey of Winnebago was traveling northbound on a snow and ice covered Highway 169 in Lake Prairie Township, w...

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