The Blue Earth City Council worked through some complex issues with the loan for the Giant Welcome Center, and also made some decisions regarding the upcoming Minnesota Paid Leave law at their meeting on Monday, Oct. 20. Mayor Rick Scholtes presented the council with a memo from Sarah ...
The question of whether the use of high power rifles for deer hunting in Faribault County, beginning in 2026, came up when the county commissioners held their regular board meeting on Oct. 21. Faribault County sheriff Scott Adams told the commissioners they will have to make a decision on ...
Sometimes a person just needs to be in the right place at the right time. Malorie Huber shares that is kind of what happened to her. “I was at the Mayo Hospital in Fairmont where I basically worked as a technician in the eye clinic,” Malorie explains. “I was having a conversation and ...
A little snag has arisen in the cooperative construction agreement between MnDOT (Minnesota Department of Transportation) and the city of Wells. That was the news that city engineer Ben Rosol shared with the Wells City Council at their regular meeting on Oct. 13. “There are a few items in ...
The Blue Earth Area School Board spent the majority of their less than one hour regular monthly meeting on Monday night listening to lots of updates and reports. Those included the usual reports from the superintendent and principals, to updates from six different committees and the School ...
Updates on the Minnesota Paid Leave Program and a donation request and program update from the Minnesota Warriors volleyball team were both on the agenda at the Winnebago City Council meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 14. City administrator Judi Hynes presented the council with an update regarding ...
Close to 100 United South Central District residents attended a Community Engagement meeting held at Nasinec Event Center on Oct. 13. The event was held to provide district residents with an opportunity to learn more about the district’s facilities planning efforts. The event also gave ...
For first-time exchange student hosts Dawn and Devin Mennen, it took hosting someone else’s exchange student to realize that they might want to do it themselves. “Our friend Linda Larson was the host for one of the Blue Earth Area exchange students, Valeria Benayas, last year, and Valeria ...
It was a long trip from Noa Isabel Martinez Jasto’s hometown of Madrid, Spain, to Blue Earth. Noa, who is an exchange student at Blue Earth Area High School, arrived in New York on Aug. 13. Four days later, and after going through some orientation classes for foreign exchange students, she ...
The community of Elmore has a brand new city park, and it is a little bit different in its theme and scope. It is called the Elmore Wildcats Activity Park, a reference to the team mascot name of the former Elmore High School. “We already have a regular city park in Elmore,” says Mandy ...
