On a 3-2 vote, the Faribault County Board of Commissioners voted at their meeting on Tuesday to continue with the process of converting the position of county recorder from an elected position to an appointed position. During the public comment portion of the meeting, Brenda Baldwin expressed ...
The Faribault County Board passed a resolution at their Sept. 16 meeting setting the preliminary levy for 2026. Now, the commissioners have until the Truth In Taxation meeting in December to try and reduce the amount of the proposed levy. The preliminary levy for Faribault County for 2026 ...
It’s official, almost. United South Central will be joining Blue Earth Area to form a cooperative gymnastics team beginning this upcoming season. The USC School Board unanimously approved the proposed agreement at their meeting on Tuesday, Sept.16 after the BEA School Board had given the ...
John and Cindy Herman are continuing their long tradition of hosting foreign exchange students for United South Central High School, with two new students joining them for fall semester 2025: Dani Bonaut from Spain, and Swann Dauphin from France. Dani and Swann are the 15th and 16th exchange ...
Several new opportunities for tree replacements and a Request For Proposal for a new city kennel were all on the agenda at the Blue Earth City Council meeting on Monday, Sept. 15. So was a resolution to set the preliminary property tax levy for the city. Resolution 25-13 setting the 2026 ...
The former Nortech Aerospace building in Blue Earth’s West Industrial Park is under new ownership, and that new owner is looking to sell or lease the property. “We did purchase the building and property,” Jerry Clark, a commercial realtor in the Twin Cities confirmed. “We had looked ...
The results of investigations against two county employees and one county commissioner were released at the Faribault County Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 16. “Complaints were made against Human Resources director Amanda Shoff on Feb. 17 and March 6,” commissioner ...
The Faribault County Economic Development Authority approved a revolving loan request when they met for their regular meeting on Sept. 16. The loan request was for $15,000 and had been submitted by Twin Pines, LLC. “The Loan Review Committee met on Sept. 9 to consider the request,” EDA ...
Faribault County’s 2025 Farm Family of the Year is the Sahr family of Bricelyn. The award is presented by the University of Minnesota. It is quite an honor for a family that traces its roots back to 1887, when their Century Farm was established. Mark and Julie Sahr now live on the ...
Farming is often a career passed down through generations, and that couldn’t be more true for Dale Buendorf, who was honored as a 2025 Sesquicentennial Farm recipient by the Minnesota Farm Bureau in March of this year. Dale and his brother Clyde make up the sixth generation of Buendorfs ...
