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    What part of your property has to look the best?

    • The Lawn (64%, 39 Votes)
    • Deck/Patio (16%, 10 Votes)
    • Garden (11%, 7 Votes)
    • Flower Bed (8%, 5 Votes)

    Total Voters: 61

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The Public Health Playbook: The Community Health Assessment

Editor’s note: The Public Health Playbook is a new column through Mower County Health and Human Services. By ...

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Al Batt: What does SOS stand for

Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting My doctor says my problem is caused by TMB. Oh, no! What’s ...

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Our opinion: Recent grad rates are a reason to be optimistic

It’s not a surprise to anyone at this point that the COVID-19 pandemic had an adverse effect on ...

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Ask A Trooper: The ins and outs of the zipper merge

By Sgt. Troy Christianson Question: I read your last article about road construction and work zones. Can you ...

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The Wide Angle: The horse track was my playground growing up

The other day, myself and Rocky Hulne were swapping stories of our days playing high school basketball, trading ...

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Blue Devil baseball team advances in Region XIII Tournament

The Riverland Community College baseball team clinched a trip to the Region XIII finals when it outlasted St. ...

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Packer golfers finish fourth in Northfield

The Austin boys golf team took fourth in Northfield Tuesday. Eli Kruger took sixth place overall for the ...

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Packer girls golfers top Winona

The Austin girls golf team beat Winona 418-422 in a dual at Winona Tuesday. Ailani Thiravong took first ...

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Packer tennis team knocked off by Falcons

The Austin boys tennis team lost to Faribault in the first round of Section 1AA Tournament play in ...

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Koopal leads LP baseball team past Spring Grove

The Lyle-Pacelli baseball team beat Spring Grove (9-7 overall) 7-4 in Marcusen Park Monday. Case Koopal had three ...

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Rebel softball team falls to Wabasha-Kellogg

The Southland softball team lost to Wabasha-Kellogg 9-6 in Rose Creek Monday. The Rebels (13-4 overall) allowed seven ...

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Mabel-Canton outlasts Hayfield

The Hayfield baseball team lost to Mabel-Canton (6-11 overall) 7-5 in 11 innings in Hayfield Monday. The Vikings ...

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Blossoms snap losing streak

The Blooming Prairie baseball team snapped a three-game losing skid when it beat Waterville- Elysian-Morristown 7-4 on the ...

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Smith powers Blossoms past WEM

The Blooming Prairie softball team scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth to take the lead ...

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FBA blanks Hayfield softball team

The Hayfield softball team lost to Faribault Bethlehem Academy 1-0 in Hayfield Monday. FBA scored the only run ...

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Austin’s Hebrink takes third at Big Nine tennis meet

A pair of players had solid performances for the Austin boys tennis team at the Big Nine meet ...

News

Public invited May 22 to learn about Hwy 218 resurfacing project north of Austin

The public is invited to attend a public information meeting on May 22 in Lansing Township north of ...

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LeRoy receives SMIF grant for mural in Pocket Park

LeRoy is one of several communities to have received paint for a community initiative through the Southern Minnesota ...

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UPDATE: Overnight I-90 detours planned May 19-23 during bridge beam placement, Fourth Street to close for utility work

Motorists on Interstate 90 in Austin will be detoured each night on May 19-23 while construction crews place ...

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Plenty of work ahead as legislative session winds down — or spills into overtime

By Peter Cox With the sun setting soon on the Minnesota legislative session, there’s plenty of work to ...