The Faribault Count Board of Commissioners approved local option disaster tax abatements for a 12 unit apartment building in Elmore that was damaged by a fire in June. The fire happened June 23rd and caused an estimated 65% damage to the building. Several apartments were gutted, while smoke and water damage affected t...

The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows drought conditions remain widespread across Minnesota, while Iowa saw improvement over the past week. In Minnesota, about 88% of the state is considered abnormally dry or worse. More than 75% is in moderate drought or worse, while 44% is experiencing severe drought. A small area ...

New state data shows Minnesota added more than 44,000 jobs this year, through July, an increase of 1.5%. That compares to a national job growth rate of just 0.2%. Minnesota's unemployment however dipped slightly to 4.3% in July, while the national rate fell to 4.1%. The state did lose about 1,900 jobs from June to Jul...

Iowa's unemployment rate held steady at 3.2% in July, unchanged from May & June and down from 3.5% a year ago. Iowa Workforce Development says the number of unemployed Iowans dropped by about 600 last month, while the state's labor force also declined as roughly 2,800 people left the workforce, mostly due to retire...

A proposed cannabis microbusiness near Wells has been denied by the Faribault County Board of Commissioners. The operation was proposed about a mile south of Wells, on the east side of the road at the site of Steve Klingbeil's long running hydroponic tomato operation. Several neighboring property owners spoke against t...

Iowa Softball Class 1A-Region 6 Playoffs North Union 11, Bishop Garrigan 3 Amateur Baseball Blue Earth 13, Windom 2 Minnesota Lake 9, Janesville 1 Fairmont 10, Heron Lake 0

MN Legion Baseball Playoffs USC at St. James Truman at Mankato

Iowa Softball Class 1A-Region 6 Playoffs Bishop Garrigan at North Union (On 98.1 FM & kbew98country.com, 7pm) MN Jr. Legion Baseball Madelia at USC Amateur Baseball Blue Earth at Windom Minnesota Lake at Janesville Heron Lake at Fairmont

Iowa Baseball North Iowa 3, Eagle Grove 2 Iowa Softball North Union 18, Estherville Lincoln Central 4 Eagle Grove 22, North Iowa 2 MN Jr. Legion Baseball USC 1, St. James 0 St. Peter 5, Maple River 2 Amateur Baseball Fairmont 10, Lakefield 5 Fox Lake 15, Heron Lake 0

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