The 13th Annual KBEW/Darling Ingredients "Jam the Food Shelf" event is taking place this Thursday, June 5th, at the Cedar Inn Drive In in Blue Earth. The event will kick off at 8am and continues until 7pm. Both nonperishable food items and monetary donations will be accepted. There is also a silent auction f...

A Mapleton man was found dead in his home early Tuesday morning. According to the Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office at approximately 2:11 am deputies and troopers responded to a vehicle off the roadway on Highway 22 south of the Terrace View Golf Course. The witness said the driver left the vehicle walking northbound ...

Two Fairmont men were sent to the hospital after two motorcycles collided last week in Clear Lake. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened on Wednesday around 9:05am in the 1900 block of U.S. Highway 18. The Patrol says 80 year old David Landsteiner and 81 year old Gerald Bohlsen, both of Fairmont were riding...

South Central Minnesota counties are rallying after the state announced it would cease funding the Minnesota Department of Corrections Sentence to Serve Program in mid June. The STS program is a sentencing alternative providing courts with the option to sentence selected nonviolent offenders to a period of supervised w...

The City of Blue Earth released the names of the finalists for the City Administrator position on Thursday. After an extensive recruitment and selection process, these four candidates have been named finalists: Jason Baker, who is currently City Administrator/Treasurer of Oronoco, current Lake Crystal City Administrato...

Minnesota Softball State Class A Tournament USC vs. Blackduck (On 1560AM, 95.3 FM & kbew98country.com, 1:30pm) (Win or lose, USC will play a 2nd game at 9pm) Iowa Softball West Hancock at North Iowa (On 1560AM, 95.3 FM & kbew98country.com, 6pm) Belmond-Klemme at North Union Iowa Baseball West Hancock at North I...

Minnesota Baseball Section 3AA Playoffs Windom 8, Fairmont 5 Iowa Baseball Forest City 24, North Iowa 2 Iowa Softball Forest City 10, North Iowa 2 Legion Baseball USC 2, Truman 1 Jr. Legion Baseball St. James 17, Blue Earth 4 Golf Section 2A Tournament Area golfers that qualified for state: Emma Haggen & Brennan Ol...

Minnesota Softball State Class A Tournament USC vs. Blackduck Iowa Baseball North Union at GTRA Iowa Softball North Union at GTRA

Minnesota Baseball Section 3AA Playoffs in Marshall Fairmont vs. Windom Iowa Baseball North Iowa at Forest City Iowa Softball North Iowa at Forest City Golf Section 2AA Meet (Day 2) at New Prague Section 2A Meet (Day 2) at North Links Legion Baseball Loyola at Blue Earth Truman at USC

Iowa Baseball North Iowa at Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Forest City at North Union Iowa Softball Forest City at North Union Amateur Baseball Blue Earth at Minnesota Lake Track & Field Fairmont at Section Finals at Gustavus