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 ...
In the 1972 movie, the Godfather, Don Corleone famously said, “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” That is kind of what Ken Haase did for his 15-year-old grandson, Jack. Only, whereas Corleone’s offer was more of a threat, the offer Jack got from his grandfather was an ...
Jennifer Howard was appointed to fill the position of Veteran Services Officer at the County Board meeting on Oct. 8. Howard will begin a one-year probationary term effective on Oct. 27. “She had to give 30 days notice to her current employer, CEDA (Community and Economic Development ...
The position of county recorder will remain an elected one following a public hearing and a vote by the Faribault County Board at their meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 7. A resolution to convert the position of the county recorder to an appointed position had the support of three of the five ...
An update from the Blue Earth Giant Park & Playground Committee and further discussion on the shade tree ordinance draft were both on the agenda at the Blue Earth City Council meeting on Monday, Oct. 6. During the public comment portion of the City Council meeting, Shellie Poetter, Brenda ...
It has been said that the eyes are a window into a person’s soul. It is also true that a person’s eyes can reveal a great deal of information about their health. “High blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, lupus, Lyme disease and a higher risk for stroke are all things that may ...
