Belle Plaine News

Ruth Hinnenthal, 94, of Belle Plaine, formerly of New Ulm, died Saturday, May 19, 2012 at the Belle Plaine Lutheran Home in Belle Plaine.

New University of Minnesota research being published later today shows people in their 30s and 40s continue to move to rural areas that otherwise are experiencing population declines.

Ryan Dungey raced to his fourth victory of the AMA Supercross season Saturday night, holding off Davi Millsaps in the finale at Sam Boyd Stadium.

When 80-year-old Paul Marrs arises each morning, nine sensors in his Belle Plaine, Minn., senior apartment begin tracking his activity and dispatching an array of data to a computer in Mendota Heights, Minn.

Ruth E. Young, 93, formerly of Adamstown, Ephrata and Belle Plaine, Minn, died Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in Riverwood Center, Jacksonville, Fla.