Madelia News

The following local Veterans Day events Wednesday are open to the public: Area veterans will be honored during a program 2:20 p.m. at Mankato East Junior High School auditorium, 2600 Hoffman Road.

Nothing invites discussion like a school calendar. And there was plenty of that during Monday's public input session on the Madelia School District's proposal to stretch the current 10-month school calendar into a full year.

Pastor Jerry David visits with residents at the Colony Court assisted living facility in Waseca.

He's being called the 169 baby, born on the highway while on the way to the hospital Halloween afternoon.

Lyman Boyum of Trumbu, CN, native of Franklin, MN. died Monday, Oct. 19, 20098. Survived by wife Pauline; sons, Ron of N.J., Steve of FL; daughter, Kathy of CN; brother, Stan of Madelia; nephew, Kevin of Sioux Falls, SD; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by brother Orland of Mankato.

Hanska Palmer Lokre, 85, of LaSalle, died Sunday, October 18, 2009, at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester.

Will Davis of Madelia displays an opening-day rooster he bagged while hunting a CRP field south of Madelia Saturday.

Last weekend saw duck hunters hit their favorite hunting spots, but this weekend belongs to upland hunters.Pheasant season opened this morning, and News 12's Erick Lind found that Madelia is hoping a new event will help get more people involved in hunting, and maybe even drive a few more to its town.Madelia city administrator Dan Madsen enjoys ...

A number of years ago, Helen Pettersen traveled to her hometown of Madelia, Minn.

Edgar Martin Urevig, 94, formerly of Lewisville, passed away at the Luther Memorial Home in Madelia on October 3, 2009.

Good evening and thanks for joining us, I'm Betsy Gessell.Three peopleThree people have died in Minnesota from H-1-N-1 in the last two weeks and now it is confirmed that number includes someone in our area.The Fox Mankato's Lisa Cownie has more...According to The Minnesota Department of Health a Madelia woman in her early 40s died from the virus ...

The Minnesota Department of Health announces the deaths of three people in the last two weeks from the H1N1 virus, including the first in our area, bringing the Minnesota total to six since the virus emerged back in April.News 12's Ryan Gustafson has been following this story and joins us live in the newsroom with more.The deaths were of a Madelia ...

Garrett Popek, a world champion gun spinner, highlighted one of the events that drew spectators to the Young Brothers Capture event in Madelia Saturday.

The suspect in a drive-by shooting that occurred in New Ulm on Sunday evening turned himself into police on Wednesday.

A woman has been arrested and charged but police are still searching for a Mankato man they suspect was involved in a drive-by shooting Sunday.

Area law enforcement agencies continue to search for a male suspect following a reported drive-by shooting at about 9:15 p.m. Sunday in the 600 block of North German Street.

After a long courtship, the city of Madelia and Brian Schroepfer finally found a way to bring a good-old American bar and grill to Madelia.

On Sept. 7, 1876, the James-Younger Gang are surrounded by an angry mob and nearly killed in Northfield, Minn.

Sleepy Eye Orlean Anderson, 93, of Sleepy Eye, died Friday, August 28, 2009 at the Luther Memorial Home in Madelia.

Melvin T. Miller, 85, of New Ulm, formerly of Hanska, died Thursday, August 27, 2009 at the St.