The United South Central School Board met in Walters on Aug. 18 for their last meeting of the summer before the start of the new school year. The board opened the meeting by administering the oath of office to student School Board representative Kylee Koziolek who will be a junior this year ...
The Blue Earth City Council updated the information made publicly available on travel/training request forms, and held a discussion about potential regulation of garbage hauling services in the city at their meeting on Monday, Aug. 17. City administrator Dawn Collins presented the council ...
Tri-Valley Head Start officially opened their new Blue Earth facility with a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony held on Friday, Aug. 14. The new facility is located on the east side of St. Luke’s Lutheran Care Center, where once the child care service Little Luke’s was ...
An apartment fire in Elmore on June 23 of this year caused extensive damage to the Parkview Elmore Apartments. At the Aug. 18 meeting of the Faribault County Board of Commissioners, county assessor Brady Rauenhorst and county auditor/treasurer Chuck Schrader presented the commissioners with a ...
Both questions concerning bond referendums for the Blue Earth Area School District passed in last Tuesday’s Primary Election, and two of the four candidates for District 4 County Commissioner will advance to face off in the General Election on Nov. 3. Aaron Kalis was the top vote getter in ...
Both Democrat and Republican voters in the Primary Election in Faribault County sometimes went with the rest of the state in choosing candidates for the Nov. 3 election, but both party voters in the county sometimes did not. Here is a rundown on how Faribault County voted in the Aug. 11 ...
A large hog barn fire on Friday, Aug. 7 resulted in a county-wide water mutual aid call and the aerial trucks of both the Blue Earth and Wells Fire Departments. The call came in at 1:44 p.m. when Nick Olson, the fire chief of the Frost Fire Department, was passing by the site of the hog farm ...
Every second can count in a life-threatening situation. Just ask Tom Juba of Blue Earth. On Thursday, June 11, responders from the Blue Earth area were dispatched for a report of an unresponsive victim. Tom’s wife, Sue, had found Tom unconscious and lying on their garage floor. She ...
Blue Earth Area High School juniors Natalie and Elaena Schiltz and senior John Nelson all had the honor of participating in the 2026-27 Minnesota Music Educators Association (MMEA) All-State Choir Camp, which took place at Concordia College in Moorhead from July 28 through August 1. ...
The Winnebago City Council tackled the decision of whether or not to update and renew their lease with Verizon Wireless at their meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 12. They also listened to a presentation by a representative from TextMyGov, and explored some options on implementing a city-wide text ...
