Local News
National Weather Service Says Monday's Storms Spawned 3 Weaker Tornadoes in Southern MN
The Twin Cities National Weather Service Office sent survey teams into the field in Southern Minnesota to view Monday's storm damage and tornado location. The teams on Tuesday found evidence of at least three tornadoes. These were weaker tornadoes in open areas and caused relatively little damage. Preliminary intensit...
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Faribault County Residents Decide that The County Recorder Position Will be Appointed in Tuesday's Special Election
Faribault County residents went to the polls yesterday for a special election to decide whether the County Recorder should be appointed rather than elected at the expiration of the current term. The unofficial results from Tuesday's special election was 437 in favor of making the Recorder's position appointed, with 377...
Apr 15, 2026
Special Election to be Held on August 11th as BEA Seeks a New K-7 Building and High School Improvements
The Blue Earth Area School Board met on Monday night and passed a resolution that calls for a special election on August 11th on whether the Blue Earth Area District will be able to issue bonds to build new facilities. One question is to build a new K-7 school at a cost of $63.3 million. The second question on the ball...
Apr 15, 2026
Storms Bring Wind, Hail and Tornadoes to Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa
Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa were hammered by severe storms that brought at tornadoes, damaging winds and tennis ball sized hail on Monday. Footage shared by multiple storm chasers showed a major twister near Truman and Amboy in Minnesota Footage was later shared by a tornado in Hartland, about 50-60 miles east...
Apr 14, 2026
Faribault County Voters To Take to the Polls Tomorrow to Decide How the County Recorder Position Will Be Filled
Faribault County voters will head to the polls on Tuesday for a special election that will determine how the County Recorder position is filled in the future. The election comes after longtime Recorder Sherry Asmus retired at the end of 2024, creating a vacancy that allows the county to consider changing the roll from ...
Apr 13, 2026
Local Sports
Local Sports Schedule -- Thursday 4/16/26
Softball St. James at Maple River (On 1560AM, 95.3 FM & kbew98country.com, 4:30pm) W-E-M at USC Fairmont at Pipestone (DH) GHEC/ML-Truman at Nicollet Madelia at Martin Co. West Baseball USC at W-E-M Maple River at Belle Plaine Cleveland at GHEC/ML-Truman Martin Co. West at Windom Boys Tennis Albert Lea at Fairmont ...
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Local Sports Results from Tuesday 4/14/26
Baseball Fairmont 25, BEA 6 LCWM 2, Maple River 0 LCWM 10, Maple River 0 Softball LeSueur-Henderson 12, Maple River 2 LeSueur-Henderson 6, Maple River 1 Fairmont 9, Worthington 2 AC/GE 7, GHEC/ML-Truman 5 Boys Tennis St. James 7, BEA 0 St. Peter 7, Fairmont 0 Girls Golf St. Peter Invite 1. Byron 385, 2. St. Peter 397, ...
Apr 15, 2026
Local Sports Results from Monday 4/13/26
Baseball W-E-M 11, BEA 1 USC 13, NRHEG 0 Luverne 6, Fairmont 1 Softball Fairmont 5, Windom 1 Martin Co. West 15, Mt. Lake 0 Boys Golf USC 179, NRHEG 192 SCC Meet at LeSueur 1. LCWM 330, 5. Maple River 435 Girls Golf NRHEG 257, USC Inc. SCC Meet at LeSueur 1. LSH 456, 3. Maple River 484
Apr 14, 2026
Local Sports Schedule -- Tuesday 4/14/26
Baseball BEA at Fairmont (On 1560AM, 95.3 FM & kbew98country.com, 5:30pm) LCWM at Maple River Softball LeSueur-Henderson at Maple River Fairmont at Worthington AC/GE at GHEC/ML-Truman Boys Tennis BEA at St. James Fairmont at St. Peter Golf BEA & Fairmont Girls at St. Peter Invite Maple River at USC A-C, Sleepy ...
Apr 14, 2026
Local Sports Schedule -- Monday 4/13/26
Baseball W-E-M at BEA (On 1560AM, 95.3 FM & kbew98country.com, 4:30pm) USC at NRHEG Luverne at Fairmont GHEC/ML-Truman at Nicollet Martin Co. West at Cleveland Softball USC at Bethlehem Academy Windom at Fairmont Mt. Lake at Martin Co. West Boys Tennis Fairmont at St. Peter Golf USC at NRHEG Maple River at LeSueur-...
Apr 13, 2026
