Local News
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...
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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
GHEC School Board Approves Classroom Camera Plan
The Granada-Huntley-East Chain School Board has approved a bid from Alpha Wireless to install updated cameras in all classrooms, moving forward with a plan that had been previously approved by teachers but delayed due to potential building referendum. The district had originally received approval for classroom cameras ...
Apr 13, 2026
Faribault County Sheriff Scott Adams Receives Patriot Employer Award
The Faribault County Sheriff's Office took time to recognize one of its own this week at the Faribault County Board of Commissioners meeting as Sheriff Scott Adams received the Patriot Employer Award, an honor presented by the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. The nomination came from Deputy Michael Sharp, a r...
Apr 10, 2026
Special Election to Decide Whether the Faribault County Recorder Position Will Be Appointed or Elected to be Held on Tuesday
Faribault County voters will soon decide how their County Recorder is selected as a special election has been scheduled for Tuesday, April 14th following the retirement of longtime Recorder Sherry Asmus. After Asmus stepped down at the end of 2024, the County Board appointed interim replacements to fill the roll, which...
Apr 09, 2026
Local Sports
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
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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 ...
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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
Local Sports Results from Saturday 4/11/26
Baseball USC 16, Spring Grove 7 Maple River 10, Hutchinson 3 Lyle/Pacelli 7, GHEC/ML-Truman 6
Apr 12, 2026
Local Sports Results from Thursday 4/9/26
Baseball USC 3, Triton 1 Marshall 3, Fairmont 1 Madelia 13, GHEC/ML-Truman 1 Mankato Loyola 11, Martin Co. West 0 Softball USC 17, Triton 0 Cannon Falls 8, Maple River 1 St. James 8, Fairmont 0 Fairmont 3, St. James 0 GHEC/ML-Truman 9, Madelia 8 Martin Co. West 15, Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons 0 Boys Tennis New Ulm 7,...
Apr 10, 2026




