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This week’s update from the US Drought Monitor shows more improvement in parts of south-central and eastern Minnesota, where areas that had been abnormally dry are now rated normal. Drought conditions have been easing across …
11 May 13
The wet start to the corn planting season may reduce the amount each acre produces this year, but farmers are planting so much corn they’re still likely to bring in a record crop. In a …
11 May 13
Sibley East Elementary School Principal Mari Lu Martens has been named the “National Distinguished Principal” of Minnesota for 2013 by the Minnesota Elementary School Principals’ Association. The recognition honors elementary and middle school principals who …
11 May 13
Three people were injured in a car crash on Highway 4 south of Cosmos Wednesday night when the driver swerved to avoid a deer. 24-year-old Joshua Lies of Cosmos drove his 1998 Ford Escort into …
09 May 13
The defense attorney for the Montevideo man arrested in what the FBI has called a “thwarted terror plot” says that authorities have given the public misinformation about his client. A detention hearing was postponed Wednesday …
09 May 13
A 27-year-old Sleepy Eye man who had been facing multiple counts of possession of child pornography was sentenced to 30 days in jail and 7 years of supervised probation in Brown County Court this week. …
09 May 13
The former head football coach for MSU-Mankato who was cleared of child pornography charges has had his employment with the university terminated. Todd Hoffner is no longer on the MSU payroll, and a university spokesperson …
09 May 13
A Nicollet County judge on Tuesday formally ordered child protective services for the 3 children of a rural North Mankato couple whose parental rights for a fourth child were terminated in April. Russell and Mona …
09 May 13
The warm, dry weather of the past week gave farmers their best opportunity yet for fieldwork this season. Around 5 days were suitable for fieldwork last week in Minnesota. That let corn planting advance by …
