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JANESVILLE — The future of the proposed Veterans Memorial Shelter was the subject of discussion when the Janesville City Council met on Tuesday.
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NEW RICHLAND — A group of New Richland Hartland Ellendale Geneva students toured the Guardian Energy facility to learn more about alternative sources of energy, such as ethanol.
WASECA — A homeless woman has been charged with burglary and theft after she reportedly was caught taking items belonging to Waseca County property owners.
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JANESVILLE — Two Janesville natives, Amanda Slaughter and Kendra Hoehn, have joined together to open Brew’d Awakenings Bistro, a coffee, pastry and lunch bistro.
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JANESVILLE — Tobacco 21 was top on the list for discussion when the Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton School Board and the Janesville City Council held a joint meeting late last month.
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WASECA — The Waseca County Veterans Memorial is officially finished after years of planning.
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JANESVILLE — Janesville City Council unanimously voted Monday, Sept. 23 in favor of an 11.87 percent preliminary tax levy increase for the 2020 budget.
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WASECA — Waseca County Board settled on a 5.92 percent preliminary tax levy increase for the 2020 budget at a special meeting September 19.
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WASECA — Waseca County Administrator Jessica Beyer has ccepted a new position as Greater Mankato Growth, Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer.
JANESVILLE — The Janesville Fire Department turns 125 this year.
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JANESVILLE — Seniors Ben Schrom and Mandy Gruis were crowned king and queen of the Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton homecoming.
Waseca County schools experience enrollment numbers within what was expected.
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JANESVILLE — More housing is coming to Janesville.
Hy-Vee, Inc. is voluntarily recalling seven of its Hy-Vee Mealtime Asian Entrees after discovering the liquid egg used to make the fried rice contains milk, which is not declared on the product label.
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WASECA — The Waseca County solar moratorium has officially ended.
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Denny McLean grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin before joining the United States Air Force immediately after high school.
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JANESVILLE — Janesville City Council held a public hearing concerning a tax dispute for a parcel of 70.4 acres of land on the west end of town.
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WASECA — New Hope Board and Lodge is looking to fill a service gap in Waseca.
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JANESVILLE — Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton will be starting the 2019/2020 school year with a new high school principal.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa-based grocery chain says it’s aware of reports that hacked customer account information is being sold online.
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WASECA — The former Waseca Mutual Building will finally be getting the needed renovations.
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JANESVILLE — The Janesville Public Library held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new reading garden.
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JANESVILLE — Ready Set Build is a business that was started by a mother-son-duo of Kelly Hrdlicka and her son Blake Ready — a business that started out with Lego events and Community Education Classes with Legos.
Hy-Vee, Inc. is investigating what it's calling "a data incident involving its payment processing systems" at some of its fuel pumps, drive-thru coffee shops and restaurants.
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JANESVILLE — A city-owned lawn mower will still be the property of the City of Janesville even after the city council authorized its sale at the council's meeting on Monday.
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A Waseca man is accused of driving an ATV under the influence of alcohol, crashing and causing severe injury to one of the passengers.
A Janesville man has been charged for an alleged DWI crash in March, which led to frostbite and eventual amputation of a passenger’s fingers and toes.
Sirens went off in Waseca County, Nicollet County and Le Sueur County after 3 p.m. Tuesday, due to tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings in the area.
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Planning and Zoning Administrator Mark Leiferman presented the Waseca County Board of Commissioners with a conditional use permit for a township transfer of development rights and authorization along with a site lease agreement.
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JANESVILLE — The Janesville Rotary had local entrepreneurs and real estate investors come speak about investing in a small town.
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WALDORF — A semi truck and trailer, fully loaded with market hogs, overturned on Tuesday, Aug. 6 around noon in rural Waldorf.
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A Waldorf woman has been charged with assault in the third degree and domestic assault after allegedly throwing a glass bottle of cattle medication at a victim and hitting them with a frying pan.
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The Steele County Safe & Drug Free Coalition and Steele-Waseca Drug Court celebrated several successes from the last year during a picnic on a pristine Wednesday afternoon.
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A Waldorf man is accused of connecting with, via Snapchat, a young teenager who went to the same school, finding her residence using the Snapchat location feature and then raping her once inside the home.
The Waseca County Veterans Memorial is coming to fruition.
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The local 4-H brought in a new program for summer school kids at TEAM Academy Charter School.
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Kids were able to escape the heat with a magic show Tuesday.
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Farmers already facing a difficult year financially didn’t need anything else to complicate their planting window this spring.
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ST. PAUL — Vaping is now prohibited from public spaces like restaurants, bars and indoor workplaces.
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Borneke Construction, Inc. is looking to expand its business.
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Waseca County feedlots could see setback changes in the future.
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Vibrant gardens will be on display for people to view Sunday, Aug. 4 around Waseca.
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Shoreland impervious surface rules in Waseca County are stronger than state rules, and staff is interested in changing that.
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A need that has gone unmet for several years in Waseca is now being served.
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Two brothers are selling custom cups for a cure.
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The commons area of the Owatonna Middle School was filled with tension and drama Monday evening as United States Rep. Jim Hagedorn hosted a town hall meeting as part of his town hall tour taking place throughout the 21-county district.
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Data shows 2018 to be one of the worst years for Minnesota farm income in decades.
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The Janesville Fire Department is looking for reserve support when not enough current members are available, and leaders are eyering retired firefighters as an option.