“There is going to be a delay in the paving of County Road 19,” Denny Wick, of the Public Works Department, told the commissioners at the Faribault County Board meeting on April 21. “It has been pushed back to May 4 because there were a couple of soft spots in the road.” Wick said he ...
Students at United South Central School in Wells might have a bigger smile on their faces when they learn they will be getting out of school one day earlier than originally planned. “I am suggesting modifying the 2025-2026 academic calendar by moving the last day of school to Thursday, May ...
The Blue Earth City Council had a lot of things to approve at their meeting on Monday, April 20, with a bevy of new ordinances and resolutions being passed. Also on their agenda was a discussion about mosquito spraying services for the 2026 season, as well as some Conditional Use Permits (CUPs) ...
If someone living today in Blue Earth said they were going to go out and fuel up their car or truck, you would know they were going to one of four places. But, if one were to wind the clock back in time to say, the 1950s or the 1960s, someone wanting to buy gas in the city of Blue Earth would ...
Jerry Bromeland has been the owner and operator of Jerry’s Tires and Service in Elmore for 20 years. And in those 20 years he has sold a lot of tires. “We do a sell a lot of tires,” Jerry says. “And I mean, a lot of tires.” Their customer base is not just Elmore, but the whole ...
Stacy Krohnberg has been working in auto repair for a very long time. In fact, he’s been working for Krohnberg Garage ever since it was purchased by his father, Lamoyne Krohnberg, all the way back in 1977. “I was doing a lot of the typical kid jobs on the farm back then, baling hay and ...
The position of county recorder will now be an appointed one instead of an elected position following the results of a special election held on Tuesday, April 14. The question on the ballot read: Shall the office of Faribault County Recorder be appointed rather than elected at the expiration ...
People entering or leaving the city of Wells via Highway 109 west of town will soon be forced to find an alternate route in and out of the city. “The signs are up and Highway 109 is set to close on the west end of town on April 27,” city engineer Ben Rosol told the council. “That is ...
The Winnebago City Council had plenty to discuss at their meeting on Wednesday, April 15, ranging from alternate proposals for how to calculate runoff for a Stormwater Utility, to complications with Verizon replacing the antennae on the water tower. City engineer Matt Cole presented the ...
The question before the Blue Earth Area School Board at their meeting last Monday night had to do with a resolution to put a couple of bonding questions on the ballot later this year. There was some discussion about the bonding proposition, but it had more to do with when to put the question ...
