Albert Lea
Districts to pay $4M for Corcoron Center purchase, remodel
Austin, Albert Lea splitting the costs
Business
Dayton salutes Institute
Gov. Mark Dayton is sending his early thanks to The Hormel Institute and Austin. Dayton posted a video ...
Education
Board may keep discussing calendar options
Austin Public Schools isn’t done discussing options for an alternate school calendar.
FEATURE SPOT -- HOT ISSUES
House pushes ahead on Real ID
Legislation to bring Minnesota in line with new federal driver’s license security standards passed its first committee Monday ...
Education
APS school board to discuss upcoming primary elections
The Austin Public Schools Board will discuss opting out of the primary elections for the 2016 election at ...
Agriculture
Buffer-strip law revisions headed to governor’s desk
ST. PAUL — A measure scaling back Minnesota’s buffer-strip law passed last year is headed to the governor’s ...
Business
UW gives fundraising money; Drive comes up short of intended goal
Though they fell $60,048 short of their goal, the United Way of Mower County still raised enough to ...
Business
Adams FD hosts school bus crash training
The Adams Fire Department led area emergency responders in training for a school bus crash Wednesday night. Adams ...
Business
Students compete in work-based skills contest
Austin Public Schools came together Wednesday with other area schools to help teach special education students a variety ...
Business
Council discusses housing abatements
Austin leaders could explore a tax abatement program to help fix a shortage of community housing.
Business
Coffee House on Main sends pastries to D.C.
Coffee House on Main owner Kyle Keenan didn’t want to wait to make scones and muffins for U.S. ...
Education
Poets and they know it; Students show off their rhyme skills during the Eberhart contest
Five-year-old Emma Tharp was happy her poem about her blankies won first place for Woodson Kindergarten Center. Finalists ...
Business
Mayo workers ‘fighting to keep our union’; Employees picket amid concerns change could nix negotiations
ALBERT LEA — A few dozen Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea maintenance workers, other union members ...
Crime, Courts & Emergencies
Fire claims apartment; ‘Smoke was billowing out the back’
About 20 residents looked on early Tuesday morning as firefighters put out an apartment fire. The Austin Fire ...
Business
Youth’s plan of the future; Comprehensive plan seeks input from students, tours Austin
Austin’s Comprehensive Plan, a guide for zoning and land use, is one step closer to being compiled into ...