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Farmers: Recent damp weather is more bad news

Promising sunshine and warm weather may have lifted spirits last week, but that has come crashing down in the form of more rain. According to ... Read more | Add your comment

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  3. Teen sentenced to prison for sleeping with girl  | Add your comment

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Breakfast on the farm to be held on Adams farm

Mower County is among many Minnesota counties hosting another Breakfast on the Farm day in 2013. This year’s Breakfast on the Farm in Mower will ... Read more | Add your comment

Walz continues push for transparency

WASHINGTON — When President Obama signed the STOCK Act into law last spring, the legislation co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Tim Walz that explicitly banned insider ... Read more | Add your comment

Erickson birthday celebration canceled

Russell Erickson’s 100th birthday celebration, originally set for May 28 at The Cedars of Austin, has been canceled. Read more | Add your comment

Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets

DES MOINES, Iowa — It’s all about the odds. With the majority of possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to ... Read more | Add your comment

Austin woman serving on Zonta board

Cheryl Retterath is dedicated to supporting and helping women through Zonta, and in the past year, she has done even more. Retterath was nominated and ... Read more | Add your comment

Two week Click It or Ticket campaign launches on June 2

Agencies across Minnesota will launch their two-week Click It or Ticket seat belt patrols starting Monday. Nearly 400 Minnesota agencies will be increasing patrols to ... Read more | Add your comment

School board to review Holton staff development

The Austin Public Schools Board will review I.J. Holton Intermediate School staff members’ professional development with University of Minnesota staff members at an upcoming school ... Read more | Add your comment

State House defeats construction projects bill

ST. PAUL — A state Capitol facelift, college campus building projects and regional civic center upgrades got thrown in limbo Friday when the Minnesota House ... Read more | Add your comment

  1. Vision 2020 group plans Monday meeting on bike trails  | Add your comment
  2. With time short, Minn. lawmakers meet over weekend  | Add your comment
  3. Local child care providers watch bill closely  | Add your comment
  4. NWS warns of chance of strong, severe storms in coming days  | Add your comment
  5. Diplomas in a sea of blue  | Add your comment
  6. Downpour temporarily closes Oakland Ave., sets rain record to date  | Add your comment
  7. Student inspired by mission trip  | Add your comment
  8. Award-winning musician to perform free concert in Waseca  | Add your comment
  9. Farm house burns down near BP  | Add your comment

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‘I’m going to miss Riverland a lot’

‘I’m going to miss Riverland a lot’

Karem Salas Ramirez stopped by Riverland Community College Thursday to return her textbooks. It was a subtle sign she was graduating and moving on to ... Read more | Add your comment

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Cyclists arrive in Rochester for gravel road race

By Elizabeth Baier MPR News, 90.1 BYRON — As wind whips over the vast fields and tall red barns nearby, Andrew Folpe prepares his aluminum-framed ... Read more | Add your comment

  1. Packer boys golfers compete in AL  | Add your comment
  2. Kempen helps Packers get a split  | Add your comment
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Walz continues push for transparency

WASHINGTON — When President Obama signed the STOCK Act into law last spring, the legislation co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Tim Walz that explicitly banned insider ... Read more | Add your comment

  1. Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets  | Add your comment
  2. State House defeats construction projects bill  | Add your comment
  3. With time short, Minn. lawmakers meet over weekend  | Add your comment
  4. Local child care providers watch bill closely  | Add your comment
  5. South Korea says North Korea fires 3 short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters  | Add your comment
  6. Minn. House to debate lawmaker pay hike panel  | Add your comment

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Courts and Crime

Baby Rico’s condition improving

A Brownsdale baby at the center of a controversial case regarding his HIV treatment is doing much better after developing a rash this month, according ... Read more | Add your comment

  1. 3 arrested after burglary in Mapleview  | Add your comment
  2. Emergency crews prevent teen from jumping off bridge  | Add your comment

Columns & Opinions

Best Bets: Pizza, magic and humbling honors

The county has plenty in store for this weekend, whether people are into magic, music, comedy, ... Read more | Add your comment

Spotlight

Six Mile Grove helping Austin kick off summer

Six Mile Grove will be helping Austin kick-off the summer right when it performs a free ... Read more | Add your comment

Hot Issues

Prices spike at Austin’s pumps to near $4 per gallon

Gas prices near $4 a gallon started showing up in Austin in recent days, and experts say they are not expected to drop significantly for ... Read more | Add your comment

Courts and Crime

Area couple charged with arson

A couple is facing multiple charges in district court for allegedly starting their own house on fire two times in the same night a year ... Read more | Add your comment

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