For 23 years, the Blooming Prairie Cancer Group has held one of the longest-running cancer auctions in southeastern Minnesota ...

The 14th annual Austin ArtWorks Festival will be promoting the arts once again on Aug. 23-24 in downtown Austin. With a ...

On Tuesday, local citizens attended a chamber of commerce event in Rochester where our representative Brad Finstad was ...

I was disappointed to read Congressman Finstad’s explanation of the changes to Medicaid in the One Big Beautiful Bill. The ...

The Austin Early Risers Kiwanis club would like to thank the Austin Eagles Club and Faith Church (Austin) for their generous ...

Grand opening pushed back to September Sometimes things just don’t go according to plan and when construction is involved, ...

By Sgt. Troy Christianson I was recently issued a 2024 Dodge Durango, replacing my 2019 Dodge Charger.  Dodge discontinued ...

An Adams teen was one of over 20 from around the state to be named a recipient of the Minnesota State Fair Scholarship. Andrew Timm was among the 22 recipients of the scholarship for $1,000. These ...

By Dana Ferguson Starting in January, working Minnesotans without access to paid family and medical leave will gain access though a new state-managed program that officials are racing to put the ...

A large amount of my developmental early years were in the late 80s and early 90s during which I worked my way through high school, even though many might say I’m still working on the developmental ...

By Dan Kraker MPR News/90.1 FM Minnesota utility regulators have approved the state’s first stand-alone energy storage project, an important milestone in Minnesota’s effort to transition to producing ...

Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota recognized 95 honorees with the prestigious 2025 Spirit Award at a special celebration this month and included a pair of people from Austin.  • Caitlin Jacobson, ...