Federal prosecutors have indicted two former operators of Healey Homes in Blue Earth, accusing them of carrying out a yearslong Medicaid fraud scheme that allegedly netted more than $22 million in improper reimbursements. Charles Wayne Healey and Katherin Suzan Larsen-Guthmiller face charges including conspiracy to com...

The Blue Earth Area School Board tackled a packed June agenda Monday night, hearing updates on teacher mentoring programs, recognizing graduating senior and student board representative Alexis Thompson and reviewing the impact of the recently completed legislative session. Superintendent Mandy Fletcher said the distric...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expanding payment eligibility and payment limitation rules beginning with the 2026 crop year. The changes will allow qualifying LLCs, S-corporations and similar farm entities to be treated as pass through entities, give more producers access to farm program benefits while maintaini...

An armed suspect was taken into custody Monday morning following a pursuit, exchange of gunfire and extensive law enforcement search in rural Faribault County, near Amboy. According to law enforcement radio traffic, officers were responding to a report involving a vehicle that had allegedly been taken during a possible...

An Easton woman wanted in Kossuth County for violating the terms of her probation was taken into custody last week. According to the Kossuth County Sheriff's Office, deputies were able to transport 53 year old Heidi Jo Suhl back to Algona Tuesday morning, with assistance from the Faribault County Sheriff's Office. Suhl...

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