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Agriculture

Making it medical; Farm upbringing leads brothers to success with health devices

When Ted, John and Dan Adams were growing up on the family farm near Austin, they never imagined they would work for large companies making ... Read more

by Jenae Hackensmith, Wednesday, February 4, 2015 10:22 am

Business

Austin Utilities move forward; Council approves funding request for project

The Austin City Council approved advancements of the Austin Utilities building project Monday evening. The council approved requests to alter the Austin Utilities Payment in ... Read more

by Jenae Hackensmith, Tuesday, February 3, 2015 10:51 am

Business

Flood property deed restrictions approved

The Austin City Council continued its flood mitigation efforts Monday with plans to buy three more flood properties while restricting future development on others. The ... Read more

by Jenae Hackensmith, Tuesday, February 3, 2015 10:49 am

Business

Meters updated with Hormel; Company to get new wastewater limits with city

The Austin City Council made some adjustments Monday to better judge Hormel Foods Corp.’s wastewater output. The Council approved a new ICM agreement — which ... Read more

by Jenae Hackensmith, Tuesday, February 3, 2015 10:43 am

Business

Council to continue pondering its 2015 goals

The Austin City Council isn’t ready to finalize its goals for 2015 just yet. At its Monday meeting, council members decided to put more thought ... Read more

by Jenae Hackensmith, Tuesday, February 3, 2015 10:26 am

FEATURE SPOT -- HOT ISSUES

Racing to fight cancer; First Snowmobile Run attracts 30 participants

Saturday morning, Josh Kvam, 31, took out his snowmobile and brought it to the ice-covered East Side Lake. A new part of Austin’s Paint the ... Read more

by Jenae Hackensmith, Monday, February 2, 2015 11:30 am

Austin Packers

Benefit raises $15K; Family, friends show support at Battling for Bennett events on Saturday

The Battling for Bennett benefit for Jim Bennett held on Saturday raised about $15,000. Jim was diagnosed with stage-four colon cancer last December. His brother ... Read more

by Jenae Hackensmith, Monday, February 2, 2015 10:28 am

Education

A taste of Spanish; Students from three area schools learn language through real-world experience

Area students got a taste of Spanish Thursday as their Spanish classes took a trip to El Mariachi. “[We] came here to order in Spanish, ... Read more

by Jenae Hackensmith, Friday, January 30, 2015 10:36 am

Business

A battle for Bennett; Benefit will be held for local man fighting cancer

When Jim Bennett of Austin was diagnosed with stage-four colon cancer last December, he wasn’t sure he wanted to hold any benefits or be put ... Read more

by Jenae Hackensmith, Friday, January 30, 2015 10:28 am

Best Bets

Best Bets: Plunge, ride to kick off PTTP

Austin is ready to start fighting cancer this weekend, and there are many events to get community members to join in. Whether it’s racing across ... Read more

by Jenae Hackensmith, Thursday, January 29, 2015 10:18 am

Education

Austin board pushes calendar research forward

Committee will continue looking at options Read more

by Jenae Hackensmith, Tuesday, January 27, 2015 10:20 am

Business

AHS HVAC project bids come $1.5M under budget

Austin Public Schools will spend $1.5 million less on renovations to Austin High School’s heating ventilation air conditioning system than originally planned. On Monday, the ... Read more

by Jenae Hackensmith, Tuesday, January 27, 2015 10:16 am

Austin Bruins

Support and hope; PTTP gets support through community

When Rod Ryks and his wife Susan found out she was diagnosed with cancer in 2007, they refused to give up. Read more

by Jenae Hackensmith, Sunday, January 25, 2015 7:01 am

austin public schools

Austin Public Schools reviews student, teacher technology survey results

The amount of students accessing technology at Austin Public Schools has gone up since last year. Read more

by Jenae Hackensmith, Saturday, January 24, 2015 6:00 pm

News

Futuristic throwdown; Sixth-grade robotics team heading to state

The I.J. Holton Engineers sixth-grade robotics teams will take on high school and college students at the State Championship this weekend. “I’m nervous but I’m ... Read more

by Jenae Hackensmith, Friday, January 23, 2015 10:37 am

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