THUMBS UP Warta to receive Roger J. Wolfe Achievement Award  The Minnesota Valley Action Council (MVAC) will award Denis Warta the Roger J. Wolfe Achievement Award Monday during a special ceremony at the Mayo Civic Center in Mankato. Warta is receiving the award for a lifetime of ...

No matter where you drive these days in Minnesota, or for that matter — across the nation — road construction is hot and heavy this summer. Two construction projects are underway in New Ulm. The 20th South Street construction is led by the city and the Highway 14 roundabout is led by ...

Last weekend, several media outlets reported the Biden Administration forwarded questions to a couple of radio hosts ahead of interviewing the U.S. president. A revelation that is not shocking to most journalists covering politicians these days. CNN’s Victor Blackwell asked the host of ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $25 million in funding availability from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to increase high-speed internet access in rural and tribal communities. The funding is made available through the USDA’s Broadband Technical Assistance (BTA) Program, part ...

THUMBS UP Fourth celebrations continue despite rain The heavy rains seen in June continue to hit Minnesota going into July. The forecast leading up to Independence Day threatened to halt many holiday celebrations. Many area communities including New Ulm, Sleepy Eye, Cambria, and Hanska ...

Independence Day: freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed – else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower Two-hundred-forty-eight years ago, the Declaration of ...