Three Fairmont men were injured in an accident near Blue Earth Tuesday evening. According to the Faribault County Sheriff's Office, it happened on 90th Street near 340th, Avenue, southwest of Blue Earth. A vehicle driven by 25 year old Alberto Olivarez Jr was going west on 90th Street when it left the road, went into t...

The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced plans for 12 new electric vehicle charging stations along Interstates 90 and 94. The funding for these stations comes from nearly $10 million in state and federal funds through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program. MnDOT secured $4.5 million in federa...

A storm system brought up to quarter sized hail and tornado warnings to the area Monday. The National Weather Service issued several tornado warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings in the area late yesterday afternoon and early evening. A confirmed tornado was reported around the ground near Ceylon in Martin County a...

Rains hampered planting progress across parts of Minnesota and most of Iowa last week, according to the USDA. Minnesota farmers averaged 4.1 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending April 27th. The average was much lower in the south, where rains hampered planting. Field activities included spring tillage, r...

Four people were injured in a two vehicle accident on Highway 30, near Lewisville on Friday afternoon. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, at approximately 3:49pm, a 2009 Kia Sportage driven by 54 year old Tammy Michelle Nix of Lewisville and a 2011 Honda Civic driven by 42 year old Jennifer Elyse Haugen of New Ul...

Baseball Southland 5, USC 4 Maple River 7, Triton 4 Fairmont 13, TCU 3 J-W-P 8, GHEC/ML-Truman 6 Softball W-E-M 12, BEA 0 Fairmont 4, TCU 3 Boys Tennis Litchfield 7, BEA 0 Litchfield 6, Fairmont 1 Golf Big South Meet Boys: 1. BEA 313, 2. Luverne 333, 7. Fairmont 365 Girls: 1. BEA 395, 2. Fairmont 425 Valley/Tomahawk Me...

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Softball Martin Co. West 9, Adrian-Ellsworth 2 Martin Co. West 11, Hayfield 5

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