A North Carolina man is facing a dozen felony charges after authorities say he burglarized a rural Blue Earth County home, stole a vehicle and exchanged gunfire with law enforcement during a pursuit near Amboy. According to court documents, a 44 year old George Marvin Chute of Stedman, North Carolina, allegedly entered...

Minnesota and Iowa residents may be eligible for refunds following a $4.87 million multistate settlement with COVID-19 testing company GS Labs. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced the agreement, which resolves allegations that GS Labs overcharged patients for COVID tests, charged unlawful administrative ...

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...

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