Blue Earth Area (BEA) School Board members were victims of “fake news” started on social media last Wednesday. “I did hear some rumblings about a post or two that was out there. My guess is that someone had misinformation and took to social media to express their frustrations,” says Superintendent Mandy Fletcher. According to the […]
Continue ReadingThe owner of an event center in Winnebago owes the state nearly $11,000 for disobeying a pandemic order. In papers filed Aug. 25 in Faribault County District Court, the Attorney General’s Office says the legal fees to prosecute its civil suit against Garth Carlson totaled $10,890. “The defendant openly and brazenly threatened to violate an […]
Continue ReadingFor the past 10 years the Winnebago Firemen Relief Association would receive a check from CenterPoint Energy and cash it. Then about two weeks ago, Fire Chief Jesse Haugh got a phone call from City Administrator Jake Skluzacek. “I was a little shell shock,” says Haugh. “I thought we were doing great getting outside money […]
Continue ReadingAn 18-year-old female has been taken into custody for allegedly starting a fire in a building located on First Street Southeast near the old Winnebago school. According to a Winnebago police press release, Winnebago and Blue Earth fire departments responded to a call of a fire around 4:21 a.m. Thursday approximately 100 yards east of […]
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