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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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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
- Vision 2020 group plans Monday meeting on bike trails | Add your comment
- With time short, Minn. lawmakers meet over weekend | Add your comment
- Local child care providers watch bill closely | Add your comment
- NWS warns of chance of strong, severe storms in coming days | Add your comment
- Diplomas in a sea of blue | Add your comment
- Downpour temporarily closes Oakland Ave., sets rain record to date | Add your comment
- Student inspired by mission trip | Add your comment
- Award-winning musician to perform free concert in Waseca | Add your comment
- Farm house burns down near BP | Add your comment
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‘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
- Packer boys golfers compete in AL | 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
- Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets | Add your comment
- State House defeats construction projects bill | Add your comment
- With time short, Minn. lawmakers meet over weekend | Add your comment
- Local child care providers watch bill closely | Add your comment
- South Korea says North Korea fires 3 short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters | Add your comment
- Minn. House to debate lawmaker pay hike panel | Add your comment
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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
- 3 arrested after burglary in Mapleview | Add your comment
- Emergency crews prevent teen from jumping off bridge | Add your comment
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