The Faribault County American Legion official 2025 flag disposal ceremony will be held on Saturday at the Bricelyn American Legion. Anyone who has flags that are no longer in use are encouraged to drop them off at their local American Legion Post by Friday. The public is invited to the flag disposal ceremony starting a...

As the REAL ID implementation deadline is less than a month away, the local Department of Motor Vehicles (DVS) is receiving heavy demand. Starting May 7th, a REAL ID, Enhanced ID, passport, resident card or employment authorization document will be required to fly within America. A standard Driver's License alone will...

Two gunshot victims were taken to UHD in Blue Earth on Sunday night. According the Blue Earth Police Department, at approximately 10:22pm, they received a call that a female and male suffering gunshot wounds were at the UHD Emergency Room. The female was identified as 20 year old Alexia Andreoff and the male victim as...

Authorities are investigating the death of a Winnebago man at an apartment in North Mankato. According to a release from the North Mankato Police Department, officers were called just after 5:15am Saturday to an unconscious man who was not breathing at the Colony Court Apartments. Officers began CPR and administered NA...

Widespread rain and record snowfall in some areas limited Minnesota farmers to 1.0 day suitable for fieldwork during the week ending April 6th, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Field activities, where feasible, included fertilizer and manure applications and tillage. Livestock were d...

A Jackson woman was injured when she collided with a cow on the roadway in Faribault County on Saturday night. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, at approximately 8:52pm, a 2017 GMC Terrain driven by 52 year old Rhonda Gee Fowler, of Jackson, was westbound on I-90 near milepost 127 in Emerald Township, when it co...

Court records show attorneys for a man charged in the stabbing death of a Kwik Trip worker last month intend to rely on a defense of mental illness. Michael Lee Miller is charged with 2nd degree murder in the killing of Dennis Vosika. Authorities say Miller entered the Kwik Trip on Madison Avenue back on March 18th and...

The Kossuth County Board of Supervisors set the date and time for a pair of upcoming public hearings during their meeting Tuesday morning. The board will hold the public hearing on their proposed budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year on April 22nd at 8:30am. The Supervisors also set a hearing date for their proposed An...

The Faribault County Treasurers Office would like to inform tax payers of Faribault County that there was an error on the 2025 tax statements. The Region 9 Development amount is incorrect. The Treasurers Office will be mailing out new tax statements. If you have already paid your tax for the full year, a refund will b...

The Faribault County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday and received an update from County Engineer April Wellman on the upcoming projects in the county. Commissioner Bruce Anderson said one item the board had to take up was accepting the bid for gravel crushing. The lowest bid was Ulland Bros at a cost to the coun...

The ownership of Highway 263 between Ceylon and Interstate 90 has officially been transferred from the Minnesota Department of Transportation to Martin County. Highway 263, from Ceylon to I-90, is now Martin County Road 263. MnDOT resurfaced Highway 263 in 2022 and completed other work along the highway in preparation...

An 82 year old man died in a farm accident in Lime Township in rural Mankato on Monday. The Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office says it happened just after 2pm Monday on a farm on 570th Avenue in Lime Township when 82 year old Gerald Fredricks was run over by a tractor in his yard. According to their initial investigati...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) took a repeat sex offender into custody in Blue Earth on Monday. ICE officials apprehended the suspect at a residence on Galbraith Street on Monday morning without incident. According to authorities, the suspect had been deported a couple of times prior. No other informat...

The Albert Lea School Board voted unanimously Monday to offer the job of the district's next Superintendent to current St. James Superintendent Steven Heil. After stepping out into the hall to call Heil after the decision was made, Board Chairman Dave Klatt came back into the room and said Heil was excited to accept th...

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service - Prospective Plantings Report for Minnesota and Iowa was released Monday. Minnesota farmers intend to plant 8.60 million acres of corn for all purposes in 2025, up 400,000 acres from 2024. Iowa farmers intend to plant 13.5 million acres of corn, up 600,000 acres from ...