The Blue Earth City Council discussed a series of unbudgeted repairs that needed to be completed at their meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 8. City administrator Dawn Collins presented the council with a memo describing the various unbudgeted repairs that required urgent attention, and requested ...
The Winnebago City Council unanimously approved a resolution setting the preliminary 2027 budget and levy proposal at their meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 8. They also discussed their options for a text alert service for the city, as well as further lease negotiations with Verizon for the space on ...
Macayla Anderson is the new Ministry Site Director at The Refuge in Blue Earth, which is operated by Southern Minnesota Youth for Christ. She has been in that position for four months now, having started at the end of May. But it is not her first job experience with Youth for Christ. “I ...
If you listened to KBEW on Sunday mornings between the years of 2000 and 2010, you might have heard the voice of Janice “Jan” Perrin Johnson giving a sermon. Now, those 10 years of sermons have been transcribed, edited, and published as a series of five e-books called Hidden ...
It may be hard to believe but Blue Earth Area is already celebrating Homecoming. This year, Homecoming week will be celebrated Sept. 14-18. This year’s Homecoming King and Queen candidates have already been announced. The king candidates are Layden Bassett, Sully Dahlberg, Wyatt Jones, ...
While work continues on the reconstruction of Highway 22 and Highway 109 and the replacing utilities as part of the project. Work has also been taking place on Highway 22 from the southern edge of Wells going south through Kiester to the Iowa border. The Minnesota Department of Transportation ...
The Blue Earth EDA approved a series of repairs for the exterior of the Ag Center and discussed making some visual updates to the interior at their meeting on Thursday, Sept. 10. City administrator Dawn Collins presented the EDA with a memo describing all of the maintenance and repair items ...
A Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for a Cannabis Microbusiness which would be operated by Herbal Care, LLC, was once again the major topic of discussion by the Faribault County commissioners when they held their regular meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 1. At their prior meeting on Aug. 18, the County ...
Genesis Classical Academy graduate and Winnebago resident Ireland Meyer is being celebrated in a big way. Meyer, who is a person with Down syndrome, will be appearing in the annual National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) Times Square Video Presentation on Saturday, Sept. 12. This one-hour video ...
The Blue Earth City Council held a special work session on Monday, Aug. 31 as a preliminary budget discussion for the 2027 budget. Several department heads were present to discuss their departments’ specific wants and needs for the 2027 budget, and a review of the council’s own desires for ...
