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No one was injured Saturday afternoon when a Watonwan County corn field caught fire. Seven area fire departments responded to the fire that started in a corn field along 430th Street east of Odin. With …
12 Oct 15
Blue Earth County has scheduled a series of informational meetings to discuss the potential for implementing a half-cent local option sales tax for transportation. There will be three meetings in the coming weeks to provide …
12 Oct 15
The city of Montevideo has been selected as the host community for the 2016 Minnesota Governor’s Pheasant Hunting opener. The announcement was made during the community celebration banquet of this year’s pheasant opener event hosted …
12 Oct 15
The fifth Governor’s Pheasant Opener is underway in Mankato. About 100 people are in the governor’s hunting party although Governor Dayton is not expected to hunt this year. Director of the Visit Mankato Sports Commission …
10 Oct 15
The Rock County Attorney’s Office is deciding not to file charges against seven workers at a Minnesota hog farm who were seen in a video apparently mistreating animals. California-based last Chance for Animals shot the …
10 Oct 15
A 61-year-old man was found unresponsive in a farm field after a passerby noticed him laying by a service truck in Charleston Township west of Springfield Thursday afternoon. First responders and an ambulance were dispatched …
10 Oct 15
The Cottonwood County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help after a death in rural Cottonwood County was ruled a homicide. Authorities were called to a report of a deceased male seven miles north …
10 Oct 15
The Cottonwood County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a death on a property seven miles north of Windom west of Highway 71. According to authorities the sheriff’s department received a report of a death of a …
09 Oct 15
Michael McLaughlin of Mankato As a Blue Earth County Veterans’ Services Officer Mike was recently awarded the 2017 Veterans’ Voices on the Rise Award by the Minnesota Humanities Center. It recognizes Veterans from across the …
