Three Minnesota authors are scheduled to appear at the Blue Earth Community Library for their Fall Author Series. Lorna Landvik, a fiction and humor author, will speak Thursday, Sept. 26 at 6:30 p.m. What sort of name is Landvik? Lorna says, “Norwegian. My mother’s family was from ...
Adam Cory appears to be a typical, ordinary teenager, and he is. Cory is a senior at Maple River High School, plays for the Eagles’ football team, is a member of FFA and like most kids his age, he doesn’t care for homework. He is also a member of this year’s Homecoming court at Maple ...
The farm of Doug and Sarah Hankerson, located north of Wells, is one of two farms in Faribault County to be designated as Century Farms in 2024. That means they have been in the ownership of the same family for at least 100 years. Actually the Hankerson’s farm was first purchased on Jan. ...
Topics related to road and bridge construction dominated the Faribault County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 3. While representatives of the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) talked to the county about State projects in the area, county engineer April Wellman came before ...
The Winnebago City Council held a special meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 3. There were only two topics on the agenda. The first item was discussing and reviewing bids for curb and gutter work on First Avenue Southwest. A bid of $7,650 was received from Richard L. Anderson Construction while ...
One item on the consent agenda at the Blue Earth City Council meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 3, caused some extra discussion and a separate vote. Most of the time all of the items on the consent agenda are voted on at one time, early in the meeting. But, last Tuesday, one of the items having to ...
The Blue Earth Town & Country Players are more than pleased to announce that their 2024 Summer Musical, “Church Basement Ladies, a Heavenly Comedy,” will finally make it to the stage of the Performing Arts Center at Blue Earth Area High School this weekend, Sept. 13-15. While the ...
Several Faribault County Sheriff’s Department vehicles were damaged and a Bricelyn man is now facing multiple charges after he led law enforcement on a chase that covered many miles. The incident happened on Wednesday, Sept. 4, starting at 9:53 p.m. in rural Bricelyn, at the intersection of ...
All charges against Scott Robertson, and his son Jacob Robertson, both of Winnebago, have been dismissed. Both Robertsons were facing several felony charges dealing with their being accused of unlawfully growing cannabis plants on their properties in Winnebago. A document submitted in ...
Could the former Lamperts building in Wells become the town’s new City Hall? It is a possibility the Wells City Council decided to pursue when they met on Monday, Aug. 26. The engineering firm of ISG of Mankato has been working on an assessment of the city’s facility needs. The options ...
