Members of the Winnebago community came out in spades to support Faribault County’s newest solar project at the Invenergy open house and ribbon cutting in Winnebago on Tuesday, April 15. Invenergy is a US-based, privately-held developer and operator of sustainable energy solutions, having ...
The Faribault County Board had a number of items on their agenda when they met for their second meeting of the month on April 15. With possible State budget cuts on the horizon, the commissioners invited the Faribault County Sentence to Serve (STS) coordinator, Jason Casias, along with STS ...
The United South Central School Board held their latest meeting in Bricelyn on Tuesday, April 15. The major topic of the meeting was the sharing of the recommendations by the Facilities Task Force. The 10-member task force, made up of community members from Bricelyn, Easton, Freeborn, ...
Jim Sabin is an artist. And, while many people don’t know it, Sabin actually creates beautiful works of art. Are they sculptures or paintings? Well, they are a little bit of both. They are duck decoys that he carves and then paints. And people who see them all agree that they are beautiful ...
Talk about the duties and structure of the county coordinator position in Faribault County led to a heated discussion and the flare-up of tempers when the County Board met for a work session on Tuesday, April, 8. Although the work session may have been meant to bring about some kind of ...
New gear for the fire department and a new ambulance service contract were at the top of the priority list at the Winnebago City Council meeting on April 8. Tom Olinger from Abdo presented the council with a draft of the 2024 financial statement audit. While much of the audit showed positive ...
Property updates of all kinds were top of the agenda at the Blue Earth City Council meeting on April 7. Interim city administrator and public works director Jamie Holland presented the council with an update on the demolition of the Three Sisters building. “The building was removed in its ...
A lot of kids like to fish. But, one Blue Earth Area sixth grader doesn’t like to fish, he loves to fish. And, because he not only loves to fish but he is pretty darn good at it, a group in Blue Earth is now a few thousand dollars closer to their goal of building an Inclusive Playground ...
Spring weather in Minnesota has its ups and downs, with cold and windy days and a few that are a little warmer but not much. Heck, there can even be a lot of snow. Everyone is eager for the nice days of summer to eventually show up. However, when one steps into one of the greenhouses at Brush ...
Back when Mike Schrader graduated from United South Central High School he wasn’t planning on coming home and working for his father’s lawn mowing business. And he certainly hadn’t planned on taking over ownership of the business and expanding it. But, plans change. “I graduated ...
