Faribault News

Part of a tree fell on a 29-year-old man in a rural area southwest of Faribault, Minn., trapping and killing him, authorities said Friday.

Patricia Becht gave her children overdoses of an antipsychotic drug, investigators say.

Part of a tree fell on a 29-year-old man in a rural area southwest of Faribault, Minn., trapping and killing him, authorities said today.

The Owatonna City Council is considering a measure that would require that developers putting in a new subdivision would have to donate land or money to go toward city parks.

Rehiring a former employee and a looming union grievance caused some strife among Faribault County commissioners Tuesday.

Four area teenagers were injured on the Fourth of July when a golf cart in which they were riding was rear-ended. The accident occurred around 11:30 p.m. Saturday on Canby Avenue in Forest Township when a car driven by 16-year-old Jack Samuels of Northfield hit a golf cart driven by Faribault resident Paige Selkirk, 17, according to a press release ...

Ken Mills, the bear-hugging former president of South Central College who was fiercely optimistic about life and its opportunities, died Saturday at his Wisconsin home after battling cancer.

Two foot-friendly city projects on the Cannon River - the pedestrian bridge and a riverbank trail - are making progress, the city said this week.

KARE11.com updated July 3, 2009 ST. PAUL, Minn. -- After a deadly Memorial Day weekend on Minnesota roads, authorities are stepping up patrols for drunken drivers over the Independence Day holiday.

The 2008 census numbers were released today.Between July 1st of 2007 and July 1st 2008 Nicollet County is up 9-tenths of a percent.Blue Earth is up 8-tenths of a percent.It's not as good for rural counties such as Faribault and Watonwan losing over one percent of their population during the year.News 12's Erick Lind explains why both metropolitan ...

Strong thunderstorms moved through the Albert Lea area with heavy rains and high wind.

For 36 years, Jim Slifka ran the Medford wrestling room. Slifka spends his time now watching high school and college wrestling from the stands and spending time outdoors.

FARIBAULT a ' The River Bend Nature Center announced Thursday it has hired Tyler Ahnemann as its new executive director.

The small town of Medford welcomed a colorful mix of leather-clad bikers, rowdy kids and lazy summer loungers on Saturday, during Straight River Days.

The Albert Lea Colonels couldn't overcome a poor start Sunday in a 4-1 loss on the road in Faribault.

Melvin R. Schrader, 81, of Faribault MN; formerly of North Minneapolis, passed away June 19, 2009 at Pleasant Manor Nursing Home, Faribault.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is investigating the disposal of a deer carcass in the Straight River by a Rice County highway worker.

Who says you can't go home again? While it won't technically take me back again, I'm happy to announce some reassignment changes that return me to my journalistic roots: covering schools.

With the future of the Faribault Woolen Mills hanging by a thread, hope rests with a newly installed chief operating officer who knows his way around a textile mill.

Flying a tattered flag isn't against the law, but it might bring Paul Kolb to your front door.