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(Fairmont) A proposed regional trail connecting Alpha, Jackson, Sherburn, Welcome and Fairmont was introduced during Monday's Martin County Economic Development Authority meeting. The concept would convert portions of an underused rail corridor into a multi-use trail for walking, biking and snowmobiling through the state's Rails to Trails program. Part of [...]

Two more teenagers have been charged in connection with the May 23 shooting death of 17-year-old Tyson Goodsell in North Mankato. Eighteen-year-old Jaxon Sageng of Mankato is accused of helping set up the robbery by arranging a fake drug deal with Goodsell and providing Ryan Wolner with his vehicle and [...]

The mother of a Mankato teen charged in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Tyson Goodsell is now facing felony charges of her own. Fifty-three-year-old Christa Wolner has been charged in Nicollet County with four felonies, including aiding an offender by obstructing a murder investigation and helping her son avoid arrest. [...]

(Okoboji) A boating collision on West Lake Okoboji Sunday afternoon left one person dead and five others injured. The Iowa DNR says the crash happened near Pillsbury Point shortly before 1 p.m. Two boats were involved, with the person who died and the five injured passengers all aboard the same [...]

(Sanborn) A Sanborn teen was injured on Saturday a little after 7:30 when he lost control of the Polaris Ranger he was operating. The 15 year old was traveling Northbound in the ditch parallel to Hwy 71 when he lost control of the vehicle and rolled near 240th street. The [...]

(Sherburn, MN) Media were invited to take a tour of the new Martin County West School last week. Construction of the new school in Sherburn is more than halfway complete and remains on schedule for students to move in for the 2027-28 school year. Site Construction Manager Michael Beach says [...]