Local News
Five Vehicle Accident in Fairmont Injures Two People
A five vehicle crash on Highway 15 at Torgerson Drive in Fairmont sent one driver and a passenger to the hospital late Tuesday afternoon. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, all vehicles were traveling northbound when they collided on a wet roadway at approximately 5:40pm. A 2018 Cadillac XT5 SUV, driven by 91 yea...
Nov 26, 2025
Amboy Man Injured After His Pickup Crashes into a Building near 169, Southwest of Mankato
An Amboy man suffered non life-threatening injuries when the pickup he was driving crashed into a building near Highway 169, a few miles southwest of Mankato early Tuesday morning. Seventy seven year old Gene Lawrence Blakesley was driving a northbound 2019 GMC Sierra on Highway 169 and was near the intersection with H...
Nov 26, 2025
19 Year Old Elmore Man Charged for Child Pornography
An Elmore man has been charged on two counts of dissemination and possession of pornographic works of minors younger than age 14. Nineteen year old Tristan Aleman Hanson has been charged in Faribault County District Court following an investigation beginning September 11th when local investigators received a thumb driv...
Nov 25, 2025
Fairmont Council Discusses How to Best Use the Tax Funds Previously Designated for a Community Center
The Fairmont City Council began initial discussions Monday on how to use the roughly $7.5 million in Local Option Sale Tax Funds collected since 2017. The money had previously been designated for a community center, but the Fairmont Community Center Foundation recently stepped away from the project. The Council was pr...
Nov 25, 2025
Highway 22 Between Mankato & St Peter to Open by 4pm Monday
The detour on Highway 22 between Mankato and St. Peter is set to lift by 4pm Monday, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Highway 22 has been closed since April for the first year of a two year construction project. MnDOT says drivers may still see minor impacts over the winter as crews finish wrap...
Nov 24, 2025
Local Sports
Local Sports Results from Tuesday 11/25/25
Minnesota Girls Basketball Blooming Prairie 60, BEA 50 USC 64, Nicollet 63 Fairmont 63, NRHEG 62 Iowa Girls Basketball North Union 64, West Bend-Mallard 39 West Fork 61, North Iowa 42
Nov 26, 2025
Local Sports Results from Monday 11/24/25
Minnesota Girls Basketball Martin Co. West 44, G-F-W 33 Iowa Girls Basketball North Iowa 61, Northwood-Kensett 54 (OT) Girls Hockey Simley 6, Fairmont 0
Nov 25, 2025
Local Sports Schedule -- Tuesday 11/25/25
Iowa Girls Basketball North Union at West Bend-Mallard (On 98.1 FM & kbew98country.com, 7:30pm) Minnesota Girls Basketball Nicollet at USC Fairmont at NRHEG Cleveland at GHEC/ML-Truman Madelia at Martin Co. West Boys Hockey Windom at Fairmont
Nov 25, 2025
Local Sports Schedule -- Monday 11/24/25
Iowa Girls Basketball North Iowa at Northwood-Kensett (On 98.1 FM & kbew98country.com, 7pm) Minnesota Girls Basketball Martin Co. West at G-F-W Girls Hockey Fairmont at Simley
Nov 24, 2025
Local Sports Results from Thursday 11/20/25
Girls Basketball LCWM 64, BEA 48 Maple River 80, Mankato Loyola 39 Girls Hockey Fairmont 11, Waseca 0
Nov 21, 2025




