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City Hall open house is Monday, Feb. 3

The Blue Earth city offices have moved from their old City Hall and are now operating out of their new City Hall and are ready to invite the public to come take a look. The new City Hall is located in the former Wells Fargo Bank building on Seventh Street. The city will be holding an open ...

Wells council gives Schrader positive review

Included on the agenda for the January 27 Wells City Council meeting was a closed session for the job evaluation of four city employees. After the closed session, city administrator Tiffany Schrader provided a summary of the councils’ findings. “I received positive feedback from the ...

Business Professionals of America

Blue Earth Area’s Business Professionals of America (BPA) chapter continues to be a force to be reckoned with when it comes to doing battle at the Region 3 BPA Conference. With over 300 students competing from 10 area schools, the BEA BPA chapter qualified 47 of their members to compete at ...

Up in smoke

A large barn fire near Walters on Saturday, Jan. 25, brought out eight fire departments and a couple dozen fire trucks. The fire call came in at 1:46 p.m. It was located at a farm at 57921 100th Street, at the intersection with State Highway 22, south of Interstate 90. The barn was ...

Blue Earth to sell City Hall to County

The Blue Earth City Council held their very last council meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 21, in the building that has served as the Blue Earth City Hall for many years. The City Hall staff has already moved into the new City Hall, which is in the totally remodeled former Wells Fargo bank ...

Former BE man killed

David “Chris” Maland, a 1999 graduate of Fairmont High School and U.S. Border Patrol Agent, was killed on Monday in Vermont, near the Canadian border, in the line of duty. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said that during a traffic stop, gunfire was exchanged resulting in ...

W’bago plant is for sale

The ethanol plant in Winnebago is going up for sale at auction, according to an article in Ethanol Producer Magazine. The plant has been owned by Canada-based Greenfield Global, Inc. since 2020. It was originally owned by Corn Plus and began operations in 1994. Corn Plus had ceased ...

County gets veteran update

The Faribault County Board of Commissioners met for their second regular meeting of the month on Jan. 21 and one of their tasks was to approve a resolution at the request of Veterans Services Officer Jenna Schmidtke to accept the donations made to the Faribault County Veteran’s Service Office ...

USC names its Triple A Award winners

United South Central High School recently announced Madison Passer and Nathan Mutschler as the Triple A recipients for the 2024-2025 school year. The Triple A award is given to a senior girl and a senior boy who excel in arts, academics and athletics. To be eligible to receive this award, a ...

Lost Saint Brewery gets Rising Star Award

Mike Lahti, of Lost Saint Brewing Company in Blue Earth, had just a few words to say after he learned that Lost Saint Brewery is the Blue Earth Chamber of Commerce’s selection for its Rising Star Award. “Its an honor,” he says. “A real honor for me and I am truly grateful for ...