A Winnebago company has been picked to develop a recycling and composting facility at the world’s busiest airport in Atlanta. Green Energy and Development Inc. was one of six firms to compete for the contract. Bob Weerts, president and owner/operator of Green Energy, says the project has been in the works for a long time […]
Continue ReadingThe mother of a Blue Earth Area High School student says her son’s two-day suspension was due to an outdated policy in the student code of conduct. And, she is recommending that district officials update it. Janel Buseman attended the School Board meeting Monday night to ask board members to consider changing a tobacco policy […]
Continue ReadingBlue Earth Area School Board members easily approved master contracts for the district’s teachers and three principals on Monday night. However, giving the thumbs up to a new three-year contract for the superintendent was a different story. Board member Sara Hauskins made it pretty clear that she would like to have Evan Gough’s annual review […]
Continue ReadingFaribault County commissioners have begun their search to hire someone to head the Veterans Services Office (VSO) in Blue Earth. That’s good news for some residents who feel that local veterans aren’t being helped because the VSO is short-staffed, with only one full-time person. Members of the county’s Personnel Committee last week interviewed a potential […]
Continue ReadingA 39-year-old Minnesota Lake man is facing two felony counts of arson after allegedly setting his house on fire when Faribault County deputies tried to apprehend him on an active warrant last Friday night. According to a press release from the Sheriff’s Department, deputies arrived at Timothy James Brandt’s residence on 240th Street around 8 […]
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