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Freeborn/Mower Co-Op urging farmer safety
Freeborn/Mower Cooperative Services urges farmer and public safety during the planting season. According to a representative, some tractors and heavy equipment have hooked utilities poles ... Read more | Add your comment
New Freeborn County WMA conserves critical swan, crane habitat
A new wildlife management area (WMA) southwest of Blooming Prairie will conserve 500 acres of rolling hills, including 100 acres of wetlands, the highest point ... Read more | Add your comment
Massive tornado roars through Oklahoma City suburb
Television footage shows flattened buildings and fires after a mile-wide tornado moved through the Oklahoma City area. Read more | Add your comment
A community game: Annual Latino basketball tourneys tip off
On any given weekend, you can drive to Rotary Centennial Park in Austin and take in a basketball game during an afternoon. Or, you could ... Read more | Add your comment
Adams downtown under water, Austin waterways subsiding
Three weeks ago Mower County was in a drought. Last night, community members in Adams were sandbagging Main Street to keep the Little Cedar River ... Read more | Add your comment
Former Austinite reaches camping book and website goal
With very little time left, a former Austin woman reached her fundraising goal to publish a book about upscale camping and launch a retail website ... Read more | Add your comment
Murder plotter convicted of assault, burglary
A Kenyon man sentenced to more than 13 years in prison earlier this month for conspiracy to commit murder has been convicted in a previous ... Read more | Add your comment
Drama expected in last hours of legislative session
ST. PAUL — Short on sleep and time, Minnesota lawmakers darted toward the finish Monday of a legislative session that produced a hefty tax increase, ... Read more | Add your comment
Assailant convicted for kicking downed victim
The assailant who witnesses said kicked a downed man numerous times last October was convicted of assault Friday in Mower County Court. Spencer Jerrick Carter, ... Read more | Add your comment
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