• Polls

    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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Ikes to hold cookout fundraiser

The Izaak Walton League will hold a Steak Cookout Fundraiser from 5:30-7 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the ...

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In Your Community: Order Eastern Stars collect food for Salvation Army

Austin Eastern Stars Chapter members along with some people from the state level spent two hours recently at ...

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In Your Community: Duplicate Bridge

Duplicate Bridge is played twice weekly at the Mower County Senior Center in Austin, both sessions starting at ...

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In Your Community: Mower County Senior Center

Monday S.A.I.L- Balance and Strength, 9 a.m.        Blood Pressure Checks, 9 a.m.      Ping ...

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Convictions: Sept. 16-30

— Eric Eugene Borg, 42, Austin, was sentenced to two years supervised probation for felony fifth degree drugs ...

Opinion

Our opinion: Tree Trek continues Austin’s tree journey

It’s possible you’ve been walking alongside East Side Lake and not paid much attention to the trees along ...

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Thumbs up, thumbs down

Thumbs up to helping out. The Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative had several linemen head to North Carolina to ...

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APS Column: Grading and reporting at Austin Public Schools

By Dr. Katie Baskin Executive Director of Academics & Administrative Services Grading plays a fundamental role in the ...

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Phil Burkhart: The Austin Symphony announces its new season

The Austin Symphony is planning another year of exciting concerts. We begin the season with a family concert ...

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Jamey Helgeson: Tickets still available for the 14th annual Taste of Mower County

Tickets are still available for the 14th annual Taste of Mower County, but they’re going fast! Don’t miss ...

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Letter to the Editor: Finstad doesn’t care about constituents

To Editor, Austin Daily Herald Brad Finstad showed us how little he cares about his constituents on a ...

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Letter to the Editor: Name calling by a candidate

With great enthusiasm … and without so much as a twinge of shame … I, Donald Trump… …called ...

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Letter to the Editor: Made In America

America would have no concerns about shipping strikes if America was an independent nation instead of the dependent ...

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Peggy Keener: Want s’more smores, Milton?

Since he was a kid, Milton S. Hershey had a sweet tooth. A really, really sweeeeet tooth. So ...

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A crash saved a teenager whose car suddenly sped up to 120 mph in the rural Midwest

Sam Dutcher had just finished running errands when the 18-year-old’s Honda Pilot suddenly began to accelerate, even though ...

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BP volleyball team swept by Rochester Lourdes

The Blooming Prairie volleyball team lost to Rochester Lourdes by scores of 25-19, 26-24, 25-14 in BP Thursday. ...

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Rebels fall to Lanesboro in five games

The Southland volleyball team lost to Labesboro in five games by scores of 16-25, 25-20, 25-20, 16-25, 15-12 ...

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Superlarks blank Schaeffer volleyball in game two en route to sweep

The Grand Meadow volleyball team put together a perfect second game as it swept Schaeffer Academy (1-15 overall) ...

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Panthers top Austin girls soccer team

The Austin girls soccer team lost its final home game of the regular season to Rochester Century (6-8-1 ...

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Hayfield volleyball team sweep by Rockets

The Hayfield volleyball team lost to Randolph (7-6 overall) by scores of 25-16, 25-11, 25-20 in Hayfield Thursday. ...