Featured News
South Sudanese to protest leader’s D.C. visit
South Sudanese of southern Minnesota will join hundreds of people around the country in a plan to protest South Sudan President Salva Kiir’s upcoming visit ...
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Columnists
Even video games have unofficial holidays
Video games are a surprisingly mainstream hobby. Case in point: Last month, gamers around the world supposedly celebrated Video Games Day. July 8 is apparently the ...
by Trey Mewes, Thursday, July 24, 2014 10:02 am
Featured News
NWS issues heat advisory
The Austin and Albert Lea area is in for a steamy start to the week. The National Weather Service out of La Crosse, Wis., issued a ...
by Trey Mewes, Monday, July 21, 2014 10:44 am
Cops, Courts & Fires
Update: Austin mayor home is total loss
AUSTIN — Austin Mayor Tom Stiehm’s house likely will be declared a total loss after a fire tore through the home starting at about 7 ...
by Trey Mewes, Saturday, July 19, 2014 9:30 pm
Cops, Courts & Fires
Austin mayor’s house catches fire
AUSTIN — Austin Mayor Tom Stiehm and his wife, Sarah, are safe after a fire started at their home on the 500 block of 15th Avenue ...
by Trey Mewes, Friday, July 18, 2014 9:08 am
Cops, Courts & Fires
Level 3 offender leaves Albert Lea, moves to Austin
A Level 3 predatory offender from Albert Lea moved to Austin on Monday. Austin Police Chief Brian Krueger said 63-year-old Paul Arthur Berg moved into ...
by Trey Mewes, Tuesday, July 15, 2014 9:59 am
Featured News
Mower County one of several counties to consider refusing immigration requests
AUSTIN — Mower County is the latest of several Minnesota counties to refuse to honor Immigration and Customs Enforcement requests to detain inmates in certain ...
by Trey Mewes, Thursday, July 10, 2014 10:27 am
Featured News
Austin mayor loses more than 100 pounds since August by changing diet, exercise
AUSTIN — Austin’s outgoing mayor can be found at every city event and celebration throughout the year, whether to read a proclamation or support local ...
by Trey Mewes, Wednesday, July 9, 2014 10:07 am
Business
Hormel purchases Muscle Milk for $450 million
AUSTIN — Hormel Foods Corp. announced a big brand acquisition Monday when company officials announced a deal to purchase the makers of Muscle Milk for ...
by Trey Mewes, Wednesday, July 2, 2014 9:50 am
Cops, Courts & Fires
Austin pastor pleads guilty to swindling $40K
AUSTIN — A pastor pleaded guilty in Mower County court last week to swindling more than $40,000 from an 83-year-old woman with dementia. David DeFor, 70, ...
by Trey Mewes, Wednesday, June 25, 2014 9:53 am
News
Kritzer steps up to be new judge
Mower County now has two new judges.
by Trey Mewes, Sunday, June 22, 2014 10:00 am
Cops, Courts & Fires
Gas drive off in Mower County turns into police chase
AUSTIN — A 31-year-old Spring Valley man was arrested Thursday morning after he drove off without paying for gas and led police on a 20-minute ...
by Trey Mewes, Friday, June 20, 2014 10:00 am
Featured News
Seifken sworn in as Mower County judge
AUSTIN — Mower County District Court Judge Kevin Siefken is ready to get into the swing of things.
by Trey Mewes, Saturday, June 7, 2014 4:25 pm
Cops, Courts & Fires
Man accused of smuggling marijuana into Austin jail
AUSTIN — An Austin man allegedly smuggled marijuana into the Mower County Jail after he was arrested for possessing methamphetamine. Felix Saldana Hernandez, 38, pleaded ...
by Trey Mewes, Saturday, May 24, 2014 5:00 pm
Elections & Campaigns
Poppe files for 6th term in House District 27B
AUSTIN — Rep. Jeanne Poppe, DFL Austin, is hoping to earn her sixth term in office this fall as state representative of District 27B, which ...
by Trey Mewes, Saturday, May 24, 2014 3:26 pm
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