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 ...

The Fairmont City Council reviewed applicants for the open city administrator position during a special meeting on Monday. In total, 27 resumes were received from 11 states, including 10 from Minnesota. The council discussed the eight most qualified candidates during the special meeting. After reviewing the eight can...

The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service released the crop progress report for Minnesota and Iowa for the week ending September 7th. Disease pressure in row crops remained a concern to producers. Field activities included cutting and bailing hay and harvesting corn silage. In Minnesota, 94% of corn has rea...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is proposing to increase the daily limit for yellow bass in the Fairmont chain of lakes (Amber, Hall, Budd, Sisseton and George) in Martin County, as well as in Lake Imogene in Martin County and Clear Lake in Jackson County. The proposed special regulation would increase th...

The Faribault County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday and one of the items on the agenda was considering some safety and security upgrades to the 6th Street building in Blue Earth. Commissioner Bruce Anderson says the upgrades are needed to make use of the open office space at the old City Hall building. The Coun...

A Blue Earth man reported only minor injuries following a rollover accident near Lakota early Tuesday morning. According to the Kossuth County Sheriff's Office, 49 year old James Benson was traveling southbound on 183rd Avenue in a 2009 Chevy Traverse, just after 12am Tuesday. The accident report states that Benson fa...

The Blue Earth City Council met on Tuesday and reviewed the bids for the demolition of a house and shed at 525 East 5th Street. Seven bids were received for this demolition project ranging from $9,250 to $70,000. Of the seven bids, four of them came from local contractors with those bids ranging from $9,250 to $18,500...

For the second year in a row, Riverside Town and Country Club's Riverpalooza fundraiser will not be held at the golf course.. Back in August, heavy rains washed out the same area of roadway that was washed out back in June of 2024. With safety a top priority, Riverpalooza will be held at the Faribault County Fairground...

The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service released the crop progress report for Minnesota and Iowa for the week ending August 31st. Field activities included cutting and bailing hay. In Minnesota, 90% of corn has reached the dough stage, with corn in the dent state at 43%. Eight percent of corn has matured ...

AAA says that with the Labor Day holiday weekend approaching, an estimated 43.3 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home. They say the vast majority will be driving. They say this represents a significant return to travel for the holiday weekend. This is the final major travel holiday of the s...

The Minnesota Public Facility Authority announced more than $236.4 million in loans and grants to 30 wastewater and drinking water infrastructure projects in Blue Earth, Fairmont, Kiester and 15 other cities throughout the state. Blue Earth received just under $19.6 million for the addition of a reverse osmosis treatme...