Local Voices. Statewide Stories.

May 29, 2025

GOVERNOR WALZ TO MEET WITH LEGISLATIVE LEADERS THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON

Governor Walz is set to meet with legislative leaders this afternoon (Thursday) as budget negotiations slow at the State Capitol.  Layoff notices will begin going out to state workers if the $66-million state budget isn’t passed by Sunday.  House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman told Capitol reporters she expects a special session sometime next week.  The […]

May 29, 2025

LIKE IT OR NOT, MOSQUITO SEASON IS HERE

Keep that mosquito spray handy.  Alex Carlson with the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District says there was quite a bit of hatching from the rain last week so a lot of mosquito larvae are still in the water.  Because of the cold temperatures, it slows them down a little bit, so a lot of them are […]

May 29, 2025

BRAVO ZULU HOUSE GRAND OPENING

A grand opening celebration was held Wednesday morning near  Winnebago for the nation’s first-ever sober living home for Veterans living with PTSD.  Bravo Zulu House is a 13-bed community home that features a hydroponic farm, canine companions for each resident, therapy, counseling services and opportunities for community engagement.  Governor Walz proclaimed May 28 as Bravo […]

May 28, 2025

FIFTH GUILTY PLEA ENTERED FOR MAJOR DRUG BUST

A fifth guilty plea has been entered for a major drug bust in southern Minnesota.  The Mankato Department of Public Safety and Agents of the Minnesota River Valley Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at a Mankato apartment April 20, 2024.  Court documents say just under 6,000 counterfeit pills were found and field tests […]

May 28, 2025

Jason Seidl

Brown County Sheriff, Jason Seidl talks about  weather watches and warnings as severe weather season starts to take place.                                                              

May 28, 2025

LEGISLATIVE CORNER

Representative Paul Torkelson of Hanska  talked about the work that is being done to try to avoid a special session.  As chair of the Ways and Means Committee, Torkelson also talked about the transportation bill that he is working on in that committee.                    

May 28, 2025

Glen Zerbe

President and CEO of NUVERA Glen Zerbe talked about faster speeds introduced recently, an outdoor Wi-Fi unit that is available, a new streaming service in the coming months and he also talked about the process in getting the Twins channel on NUVERA.                      

May 28, 2025

ONE HURT IN SIBLEY COUNTY CRASH

The Sibley County Sheriff’s Office was called to a crash on Highway 19 and County Road 9 in Arlington Township.  A juvenile from Nicollet County was driving a GMC Terrain southbound on County Road 9 when it collided with a Chevy Traverse driven by 28-year-old Hannah Harmening of Nicollet County.  Harmening was taken to a […]

May 28, 2025

Veterans’ Issues in this Year’s Legislative Session

Brown County Veterans Services Officer Greg Peterson reviews how veterans fared in the MN Legislative Session.                        

May 27, 2025

Cox House in St. Peter Opening June 7

Nicollet County Historical Society Executive Director Jessica Becker announced that the E. St. Julien Cox House in St. Peter will open Saturday, June 7, and be open every other Saturday thru August 30th.  The next History Hangout is Thursday, June 19 .                           […]
1 … 93 94 95 96 97 … 231

Local Voices. Statewide Stories.

Copyright © 2024 Ingstad Media, Inc. All rights reserved.