The Faribault County Commissioners, at their meeting on Feb. 4, approved the purchase of the former Blue Earth City Hall – with a caveat. A discrepancy in the legal description of the City Hall property as presented in the purchase agreement the city had already signed was the reason the ...
Blue Earth’s new City Hall received the gift of history at the City Council meeting Monday night, delivered in the form of a commemorative plaque celebrating the building’s rich history as a bank and community cornerstone. Commissioned by Vi Anne Traynor, this plaque tells the story of the ...
Construction and property issues dominated the very first Blue Earth City Council meeting to be held in the new Blue Earth City Hall, on Monday, Feb. 3. The largest project the council took action on was a $1.652 million new five-unit T-Hangar at the Blue Earth Municipal Airport. City ...
Who says dreams don’t come true? Brothers Eduardo and José Barajas recently realized the culmination of their dreams when they opened their own restaurant on Feb. 1. Loma Azul Mexican Restaurant is located at 34 First Street SE, in Wells, and is located at the site of the former Wildcats ...
Last November, the Blue Earth Area School District asked voters to consider a bond referendum that would have built a new PK-6 school and provided much-needed investments in the existing high school. While that referendum did not pass, the need for safe, modern, and accessible learning spaces ...
Three members of the Blue Earth Giant Park and Playground Committee, Shellie Poetter, Brenda Smith and Shelly Greimann attended the Faribault County Board meeting on Feb. 4. They were seeking a $10,000 financial contribution from the county to help in the building of an ADA (Americans with ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
