Six students and four adults were involved in a school bus accident Tuesday afternoon involving two Fairmont Area School buses. The crash occurred at the intersection of County Road 8 and County Road 27. Emergency responders arrived on the scene and no significant injuries were reported, according to school officials....

The Blue Earth City Council met on Tuesday and completed a six month performance evaluation of City Administrator Dawn Collins, rating her an average of 8.46 out of 10/ The review was conducted in closed session and covered 11 categories, including organization, professional ethics and communication. After returning t...

A Mapleton woman and a Delavan man were hospitalized following a two vehicle crash Friday night on Highway 109 between Delavan and Winnebago. Forty seven year old Mary Ruth Burns and 54 year old James Anthony Schug suffered non life threatening injuries in the collision, which occurred just before 8pm about two miles w...

United South Central will see several staffing changes at the end of the school year as four longtime teachers prepare to retire. Superintendent Taylor Topinka says Anne Feist, Brad Huse, Pierre Stencel and Amy Stenzel will retire this spring, with service ranging from 16 to 27 years in the district. Topinka thanked t...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced the enrollment periods for the Conservation Reserve Program, or CRP, for 2026. The Farm Service Agency is accepting offers for Continuous CRP now through March 20th, with General CRP enrollment running from March 9th through April 17th. Dates for Grassland CRP will be a...

Iowa Boys Basketball Class 1A-District 1 Playoffs North Union at Newman Catholic (On 98.1 FM & kbew98country.com, 7pm) Minnesota Boys Basketball St. Peter at Fairmont GHEC/ML-Truman at St. James G-F-W at Martin Co. West Minnesota Girls Basketball Maple River at Blooming Prairie Boys Hockey Section 3A Playoffs Fairm...

Minnesota Basketball BEA 64, W-E-M 56 USC 71, Rochester Stem Academy 67 Maple River 70, LeSueur-Henderson 57 Jackson Co. Central 84, GHEC/ML-Truman 54 Minnesota Girls Basketball Kasson-Mantorville 79, USC 50 Maple River 49, Waseca 45 GHEC/ML-Truman 54, Mankato Loyola 36 Jackson Co. Central 65, Martin Co. West 62 Big So...

Minnesota Girls Basketball GHEC/ML-Truman 69, BEA 51 USC 71, Grand Meadow 64 Maple River 54, MN Valley Lutheran 46 Fairmont 80, Worthington 24 Minnesota Boys Basketball Fairmont 80, Martin Co. West 31 Iowa Boys Basketball District 1 Playoffs Blemond-Klemme 86, North Iowa 55 North Union 58, Newell-Fonda 48

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