SHAKOPEE — The SouthWest Metro Intermediate School District 288 announced Tuesday that GFW superintendent Dr. Jeff Horton has been selected as its next superintendent. Pending successful completion of contract negotiations and background checks, Horton said he would become SouthWest Metro ...

MANKATO — As the Minnesota River floods the Minnecon Park boat/fishing access and erodes Riverside Park, river conservation officials, river advocates and concerned citizens met at the Kato Ballroom Thursday to discuss current and future conservation efforts. The River Congress, a ...

WABASSO – After over a century of serving children and youth, St. Anne’s Catholic School in Wabasso is preparing to build a new school to better serve current and future Catholic school students. “St. Anne’s Catholic School is rooted together in a rich 101-year-old history and ...

MORGAN — Motorists on State Highway 67 may wonder what a 200-foot crane is doing at the Farmward Cooperative Morgan grain elevator. It’s part of a $25 million elevator expansion project with safety and automation technology updates that will enable the elevator to operate more efficiently ...

SLEEPY EYE — Brown County Commissioner Brian Braun presented the Sleepy Eye City Council with a safety evaluation of the U.S. Highway 14-County Road 10 intersection Tuesday. Braun said with help from Brown County Highway Engineer Wayne Stevens, he got a Minnesota Department of Transportation ...

SLEEPY EYE — Four felony online sexual conduct charges involving an underage girl were filed against a 37-year-old Sleepy Eye man in Brown County District Court Tuesday. Shawn James Severson was charged with two counts of engaging in electronic communication relating or describing sexual ...