Vote on superintendent contract tabled

Blue 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 […]

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Are veterans getting adequate help?

Faribault 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 […]

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Man sets house on fire during standoff

A 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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