Faribault County News

Tessa Anderson, 28, of Winnebago pleaded guilty to charges of felony drug possession, a misdemeanor charge of fleeing an officer on foot, and a gross misdemeanor on a child endangerment charge, stemming from a pipe that tested positive for methamphetamine and for marijuana, said LaMar Piper, a Faribault County prosecutor.

Doris Emma Mau, age 91, of Mankato died Saturday, May 11, 2013, surrounded by her family at Pathstone Living in Mankato.

Faribault County may be seeing a new agriculture supply and grain facility move into the area contingent upon an abatement request.

There will soon be an expansion built on to the Faribault County Fitness Center, and a whole lot of street construction in Blue Earth this summer, thanks to action taken last Monday night by the City Council.

A Mankato man was killed when his small plane crashed in a farm field three miles south of Easton on Sunday evening, May 5. Jeffrey Dean Zabel, 44, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a report from the Faribault County Sheriff's Office.

Arson is a serious crime that is not necessarily expected in small towns in Minnesota.

Blue Earth City Council voted Monday to prohibit pets in the new playground areas of Putnam Park and the 14th Street park.

A Winnebago police officer patrolling last Thursday night stopped to check on a pickup truck that was parked facing the wrong way on Faribault County Road 10.

A man dressed in black and wearing a dark ski mask covering his face broke into the house Freeman was living in on Fourth Street in Blue Earth during the middle of the night.

FARIBAULT COUNTY, Minn. - A man has been arrested in connection with a suspected arson fire in Faribault County.

A 94-year-old Truman man is charged with criminal vehicular homicide related to a February 2012 car crash that killed a 55-year-old Truman woman.

Faribault County, MN - An inmate at the Faribault County jail is facing felony charges after he is accused of kicking a corrections officer and spitting on authorities.

"Summer is the time to do this; we're not open in the winter," said Billeye Rabbe, solid waste coordinator for Faribault and Martin counties.

According to Blue Earth Police Officer Matt Hotzler, no injuries were reported and there was no danger to the public.