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Music! Glorious music! Community band gears up for another season

It is sweat-popping hot in the band room at Austin High School annex, but the community band musicians ...

Mower County

Driver’s needed: Meals on Wheels seeking delivery drivers

Austin Hot Meals on Wheels is looking for people to volunteer one hour a week to deliver lunches ...

Education

Minnesota group gives Staska lifetime achievement award

The Minnesota Council for Continuing Education and Customized Training has announced that Brian Staska, Riverland Community College’s Fire ...

Hayfield Vikings

A near miss; Hayfield Vikings nearly upset No. 1 Edgerton/Southwest Christian in semis

NORTH MANKATO - The Hayfield softball team put together one of their best innings of the season, but ...

Adams

Southland referendum fails by wide margin

The $24.5 million referendum to renovate Southland’s middle school and high school site to also include elementary grades ...

Adams

Southland voters to go to polls on June 6 to decide school bond

Voters in the Southland School District will go to the polls from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on ...

Mower County

A mixed bag: Austin is still seeking a solution for a firefighter pension issue, but the city got modest help in LGA, water treatment

The end of the 2017 legislative session brought a mixed bag for the city of Austin. While the ...

Mower County

Memorial Day: Stand up and serve

James Hecimovich said when he walks the rows of Oakwood Cemetery, he sees many names of those who ...

Mower County

They gave all: A snapshot of some of the Mower County soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice

“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” – Joseph ...

News

Brush off: 3 artists vying for Artist of the Year

Once again, Austin High School students will witness the crowning of another Artist of the Year when the ...

Crime, Courts & Emergencies

Suspect charged with arson for Friday fires

A 30-year-old Austin man is in custody for arson after two fires were started on Friday, including one ...

Education

A game of health: Sumner Elementary earns health award

The weather on Friday was gloomy, with steady rain falling outside the windows of Sumner Elementary School. But ...

Mower County

Austin history, from the eyes of children

The story of the 1985 Hormel Foods Corp. strike has been told in many ways: news articles, television ...

Crime, Courts & Emergencies

Fire chief calls Friday fire suspicious

4-unit apartment caught fire just after noon near AHS

Mower County

Back on the perch: Nature center welcomes back the presence of hawks

When the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center officially unveiled its new interpretive center to the community and area, ...

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