Austin School Board
School upgrades on the way
Local schools are on their way to getting a few basic upgrades. The Austin Public Schools board chose low bidder Ulland Brothers Inc. at a ...
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FEATURE SPOT -- NEIGHBORS
Here comes the bridal showcase
Wedding bells will ring in minds of Austinites later this month as dreams of their big day begin to take form in front of them.
by Kevin Coss, Monday, January 14, 2013 5:24 am
Business
Riverland child care expansion on schedule
About four months after more than a dozen students from the Apple Lane Child Care Center dug their shovels into the ground, Apple Lane’s new ...
by Kevin Coss, Friday, January 11, 2013 11:22 am
News
Warm conditions cancel Dammen ski race
Saturday’s Dammen Nordic Cross Country Ski Race has been canceled, according to Jay C. Hormel Nature Center Director Larry Dolphin. “I don’t see how there’s ...
by Kevin Coss, Friday, January 11, 2013 9:44 am
Austin
New school board members learn the ropes
Two new faces have found their spots on Austin Public Schools board. School board members Don Leathers and Mary Jane Kestner took their oaths of ...
by Kevin Coss, Wednesday, January 9, 2013 10:17 am
Crime, Courts & Emergencies
Klobuchar: Metal thefts escalating
Sen. Amy Klobuchar is out to quash thieves’ iron will.
by Kevin Coss, Tuesday, January 8, 2013 11:25 am
Education
School board welcomes newest members
The Austin Public Schools board is gearing up for 2013, and two new faces are among the group. New school board members Don Leathers and ...
by Kevin Coss, Tuesday, January 8, 2013 10:58 am
Local Government
Legislature to focus on budget, education as 2013 session starts
It’s the legislative season once again. The year’s big topics are already starting to take shape as the Legislature reconvenes at noon today for the ...
by Kevin Coss, Tuesday, January 8, 2013 10:55 am
Education
Constructing education: Work on schedule for Holton intermediate school
Months before the pitter-patter of hundreds of feet en route to class fill the halls of Austin’s newest school, a small army of construction workers ...
by Kevin Coss, Monday, January 7, 2013 10:41 am
austin public schools
School board to swear in new members
It’s time for the changing of the guard on the Austin Public Schools board. New school board members Don Leathers and Mary Jane Kestner will ...
by Kevin Coss, Saturday, January 5, 2013 4:03 pm
Business
Tendermaid founder remembered for personality, pies
In the early 1920s, a young Mildred Thatcher worked through her studies by the light of a kerosene lamp at a modest home in Le ...
by Kevin Coss, Thursday, January 3, 2013 11:15 am
Austin
Cliff deal done, but local taxes will jump
Federal payroll tax to increase 2 percent It’s the end of cliff-related metaphors for the U.S. economy as we know it, but local residents will ...
by Kevin Coss, Wednesday, January 2, 2013 10:24 am
Austin
2012 records seventh-worst Austin drought
No doubt 2012 was a dry year, but Austinites have weathered worse. Total precipitation for 2012 was 22.2 inches, almost five inches fewer than 2011’s ...
by Kevin Coss, Wednesday, January 2, 2013 10:23 am
Business
Local advisors concerned as fiscal cliff nears; some clients selling stocks
Local financial advisers are concerned as federal leaders are trying to prevent the government from falling off the “fiscal cliff.” As of this morning, a ...
by Kevin Coss, Monday, December 31, 2012 10:58 am
Crime, Courts & Emergencies
1 dead, 3 injured in head-on crash
A 61-year-old man is dead and three other people are injured after two cars collided head-on Saturday night on Highway 63 in Mower County.
by Kevin Coss, Monday, December 31, 2012 10:57 am
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