Preston News

Minnesota offers some excellent caves and fossil hunting for the geology fanatic! There are several places for cave exploring and tours in Minnesota.

Think high-fashion for 4-Hers at the state fair means jeans and work boots? Think again.

I have watched the Seen it on TV Knife Guy in the Horticulture Building at the Minnesota State Fair so many times that I can finish his corny jokes for him.

Authorities are investigating after a woman was killed in an apparent farm accident near Preston.

Looking down the empty barrel of a pistol always makes John Carlin nervous. He's done it hundreds of times, but he doesn't like it.

Looking down the empty barrel of a pistol always makes John Carlin nervous. He's done it hundreds of times, but he doesn't like it.

REVIEWS: "William Williams Effect" recounts the gripping story of the last man to be executed in Minnesota.

Richard Eichstadt is hoping the federal government will give the green light to blending gasoline with 15 percent ethanol.

Debra Richardson has never been to the Fillmore County Fair, but she knows more about it than the average Fillmore County resident.

Jon Laging is known in some parts of southeastern Minnesota for a column he has written for several newspapers.

Share + Jul 18, 2009 8:32 am US/Central By HEATHER J. CARLSON / Post-Bulletin of Rochester PRESTON, Minn.

Mix the smells of prize heifers and pronto pups together with the sounds of screaming kids and barking carnies, and what do you have? County fair season, with both the Dodge and Wabasha county versions running this week.

Former state representative and commissioner of agriculture Elton Redalen, 83, of rural Fountain died Friday at the Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield.

A 43-year-old Winona man has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing a woman to death almost 25 years ago.

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Houston County DFL chairman Steve Kemp will step down from his leadership post to run for the Minnesota House in 2010.

Fillmore County's rolling hills, meandering streams and beautiful valleys create picturesque trails for bike riding.

Even Mayo One needs a little help once in a while. One of Mayo Medical Transport's helicopters made a "precautionary" landing at the Fillmore County Airport near Preston just after midnight on Wednesday.

When the economy and housing market in southeast Minnesota began to slow last year, some area cities decided to put together housing incentives in attempts to draw new construction.

Rochester International Airport will receive a $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Congressman Tim Walz announced Tuesday.