Category Archives: Local News

A Truman man was injured in a motorcycle accident west of Amboy on Wednesday evening.   According to the Minnesota State Patrol, at approximately 7:09pm, a 2007 Harley Davidson Motorcycle, driven...

Walmart is planning to remodel its Fairmont Store and 21 other stores across Minnesota this year, the company announced Wednesday.   The remodeling efforts are part of a larger goal of remodeling...

The North Iowa Community School District announced this week that they will begin sharing their Superintendent position with Forest City this summer.   According to a news release, the decision w...

Demolition of the County Road 9 bridge next to the Rapidan Dam is virtually complete.   Back in early February, demolition crews used explosives to bring the bridge deck down to the river bed. Si...

A Lake Crystal man died from injuries suffered in a pickup rollover north of Good Thunder early Sunday.   According to the Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a call at 12:3...

Corn planting ramped up in southern Minnesota, while farmers in the state saw 4.1 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending April 20th, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistic...

Amazon is building a delivery center in the Northport Industrial Center in North Mankato.   The last mile facilities, also known as delivery stations or delivery hubs, are designed to handle the ...

The Faribault County Board of Commissioners addressed a number of items on the agenda at its meeting on Tuesday. The board took action to appoints Public Works Director/County Engineer April Wellman t...

Drivers who use Highway 60 between Mankato and Madelia are advised that a detour for the Highway 60 Lake Crystal project started on Tuesday.   Through traffic will be detoured to County Road 13 n...

Senator Tina Smith was in Fairmont on Tuesday and learned about Heaven's Table Food Shelf operations.   Smith stressed that food shelves are as important as ever, because of the many people who a...