A St. James man suffered life threatening injuries in a semi crash Wednesday morning in Faribault County. The Minnesota State Patrol says 27 year old Jared Lee Malakowsky was driving a 2020 Freightliner eastbound on County Road 14 when the semi left the roadway and crashed near 343rd Avenue in Winnebago City Township. ...

The Blue Earth City Council has approved a new point of sale system for the city's liquor store that will replace outdated equipment and software. City officials say the current system will no longer be supported and updating the server would have been costly. The new company will provide the equipment and software wit...

Minnesota voters will decide a constitutional amendment this November involving the state's Permanent School Fund. Blue Earth Area Superintendent Mandy Fletcher says the fund dates back to 1858 and is supported by proceeds from state school trust lands. The fund has grown to about $2.3 billion. Fletcher says schools c...

The Blue Earth City Council has approved a property tax abatement agreement with Devenish Nutrition tied to planned renovations at its 140,000 square foot facility. Devenish plans to invest about $1.5 million in improvements to the existing building, with renovations expected to begin by November 1st and be substantial...

Blue Earth Police are warning residents after receiving multiple reports over the weekend of people tampering with vehicles and stealing items from inside. Similar incidents have also been reported in the Fairmont area and authorities say residents throughout neighboring communities should take precautions. Police reco...

Minnesota Volleyball BEA at Jackson Co. Central (On 98.1 FM & kbew98country.com, 7:15pm) Medford at USC Maple River at St. Clair Pipestone at Fairmont GHEC/ML-Truman at Madelia Mankato Loyola at Martin Co. West Iowa Volleyball North Iowa at Newman Catholic Girls Tennis Tri-City United at BEA USC at Maple River Fair...

Minnesota Volleyball Pipestone 3, BEA 0 W-E-M 3, USC 1 LCWM 3, Maple River 0 Redwood Valley 3, Fairmont 1 Martin Co. West 3, GHEC/ML-Truman 0 Iowa Volleyball North Iowa 3, North Union 2 Girls Tennis BEA 6, River Valley 1 Sibley East 4, USC 3 LeSueur-Henderson 6, Maple River 1 Fairmont 7, Pipestone 0 Boys Soccer St. Pet...

Volleyball St. Clair 3, USC 0 Girls Tennis Fairmont 4, Westonka 3 Girls Soccer Fairmont 3, Mankato Loyola 0

Iowa Volleyball North Iowa at North Union (On 98.1 FM & kbew98country.com, 7pm) Minnesota Volleyball BEA at Pipestone USC at W-E-M LCWM at Maple River Fairmont at Redwood Valley Martin Co. West at GHEC/ML-Truman Girls Tennis River Valley at BEA Sibley East at USC Maple River at LeSueur-Henderson Pipestone at Fairmo...

Volleyball USC at St. Clair (On 98.1 FM & kbew98country.com, 7pm) Girls Tennis St. James at BEA Fairmont at Westonka Boys Soccer Fairmont at Southwest MN Christian Girls Soccer Fairmont at Mankato Loyola