Category Archives: Local News

Employment and labor force in Minnesota changed little over the month, with the state losing a small number of jobs and recording slightly fewer would be workers in July, according to data from the Mi...

Unemployment remained steady for another month while Iowa's workforce continued to shrink. The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.8% in July, unchanged since April and 0.2% lower than...

A Rochester man was killed in a crash west of Blue Earth Wednesday morning. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, at approximately 8:30am, 76 year old Lonnie Wayne Miller was driving a 2005 Chevrol...

Filing for the November 5th general election for those seeking to run for local offices ended on Tuesday. Running for mayor in Elmore are Zachary Dahl and Michael "Mike" Schutta. There are four candid...

During the primary election on Tuesday, two of the three candidates for Faribault County Commissioner in District 1 advanced to the November 5th General Election.  Gertrude Paschke and John Roper...

According to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistic Service - Crop Production Report, Minnesota corn production is forecast to at 1.42 billion bushels, down 6% from the previous year.  ...

Severe thunderstorms brought tornadoes, hail, wind and torrential rainfall to southern Minnesota Monday evening.  Tornado Warnings and Severe Thunderstorms were issued as the storms rolled throug...

The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service released the crop progress report for Minnesota and Iowa for the week ending August 4th.  Field Activities included small grain harvest, cuttin...

A Wells man is accused of repeated sexual assaults of a minor who he had mentored and coached, according to recently filed charges. Fifty four year old Michael Allen Swanson, who is also listed as hav...