Featured News
Target: Austin closing final
Residents planning employee sendoff AUSTIN — Area residents are planning a sendoff for Austin’s Target and its employees. Volunteers who unsuccessfully tried to convince Target ...
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Business
Austin restaurants can serve outside next year
AUSTIN — Restaurants will be able to serve food outside in 2015. The Austin City Council approved a sidewalk ordinance Tuesday during a special session to ...
by Trey Mewes, Wednesday, December 31, 2014 10:01 am
News
Oak Park Mall sale pushed back
The city of Austin’s deal to purchase Oak Park Mall isn’t done yet. The Austin Port Authority held a closed meeting Tuesday to get an ...
by Trey Mewes, Thursday, December 25, 2014 10:00 am
Cops, Courts & Fires
Man faces more charges for alleged assault
AUSTIN — A 22-year-old Albert Lea man faces even more criminal sexual conduct charges after he allegedly molested three Mower County children over the span ...
by Trey Mewes, Thursday, December 11, 2014 11:15 am
Cops, Courts & Fires
Albert Lea man pleads not guilty to sex assault of a minor
AUSTIN — A 22-year-old Albert Lea man pleaded not guilty on Monday to sexually assaulting a Mower County boy younger than 13. Roger Leroy Conner faces ...
by Trey Mewes, Wednesday, December 10, 2014 10:21 am
Featured News
Refugees push for building
AUSTIN — Area Sudanese are reaching out to local organizations and residents to help make a Sudanese community center a reality. Chief Brown Bol of ...
by Trey Mewes, Monday, December 1, 2014 9:38 am
Business
Shoppers make it clear: ‘We need to keep’ Target
AUSTIN — Many shoppers in southern Minnesota want Target to stay in Austin. More than 200 people attended a community forum Thursday to vent their frustrations ...
by Trey Mewes, Friday, November 14, 2014 10:07 am
Cops, Courts & Fires
Robbers with gun hold up Austin liquor store
AUSTIN — Robbers armed with a handgun attempted to steal from Apollo Superette at the 900 block of West Oakland Avenue on Saturday night. Austin ...
by Trey Mewes, Tuesday, November 11, 2014 10:00 am
Cops, Courts & Fires
Albert Lea man pleads not guilty to child sex abuse charges
AUSTIN — A 22-year-old Albert Lea man accused of sexually abusing a boy younger than 13 pleaded not guilty to related charges Thursday in Mower ...
by Trey Mewes, Friday, November 7, 2014 9:40 am
Elections & Campaigns
Poppe defeats Schminke in 27B
District 27B will remain in the blue as State Rep. Jeanne Poppe, DFL-Austin, retained her seat Tuesday night after she defeated Republican challenger Dennis Schminke. Poppe ...
by Trey Mewes, Thursday, November 6, 2014 9:44 am
Cops, Courts & Fires
Jury finds Mindrup guilty of sexual assault
AUSTIN — Former Brownsdale police chief Jason Mindrup was found guilty Thursday of sexually assaulting a woman he met in a Waltham bar last year. A ...
by Trey Mewes, Friday, October 31, 2014 9:51 am
Featured News
KSMQ receives a $100K Foundation grant toward high-definition upgrade
AUSTIN — KSMQ is getting a boost from the Hormel Foundation to go high-definition next year. The Austin-based public television station will receive $100,000 next year ...
by Trey Mewes, Tuesday, October 28, 2014 9:44 am
Featured News
Mayo officials tout team-based care, other innovations at forum
AUSTIN — Over the next two years, health care is going to work a little different at Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin. Mayo Clinic Health ...
by Trey Mewes, Tuesday, October 28, 2014 9:36 am
Cops, Courts & Fires
Former pastor charged with abusing child
AUSTIN — A former Austin pastor is accused of sexually assaulting a child more than 20 years ago. Gordon Larson, 62, faces three charges of ...
by Trey Mewes, Saturday, October 25, 2014 4:44 pm
Featured News
Austin hires administrator
AUSTIN — Austin will have a new city administrator on Dec. 8, though not everyone on the Austin City Council agrees with the decision. The council ...
by Trey Mewes, Tuesday, October 21, 2014 9:49 am
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