More than one Nicollet County commissioner asked for an update on the County Road 12 reconstruction project during an Aug. 13 meeting, citing residents’ concerns and questions.

The St. Peter Minnesota Valley Action Council (MVAC) will host its annual community resource fair on Aug. 22 at the St. Peter Community Center gymnasium. This year marks the fourth year MVAC has hosted such an event and expects to see at least 300 attendees at this year’s fair.

An 18 year-old was killed in a farming accident just outside St. Peter Wednesday.

River’s Edge Hospital and Clinic will be leasing a new piece of equipment to better serve the community after receiving approval from the St. Peter City Council in Monday’s meeting.

Kayode “Kay” Adiatu has a passion for the environment — and also for sound city planning. For the Nigerian native, the two go hand-in-hand.

Every St. Peter City Council and School Board seat up for election in 2019 has at least two candidates, with the filing period having closed Tuesday.

The Nicollet County Fair brought its usual luster and bluster to the Fairgrounds in St. Peter Aug. 7-11.

A woman has been charged with financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult for alleged actions committed while she worked in the Nicollet County Health and Human Services Department.

St. Peter resident Courtney Shey had the chance to represent not just her city but her entire state when she traveled to Las Vegas at the end of July to participate in the Mrs. United States competition.

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.

Long-time former state Rep.Tony Cornish, R-Vernon Center, said last Wednesday that he was considering a run against State Rep. Jeremy Munson, R-Lake Crystal, for his old House District 23B seat. The former lawmaker served the district for 15 years before resigning in November 2017, in the wa…

The former Le Center United Methodist property is home to a new church that brings a different flavor to its services. 

Harold Wolle has grown corn and soybeans on his farm near St. James in southwest Minnesota since 1976. Lately, Wolle has been growing brome grass, too. But it’s not for sale.

Polite conversation was the norm for the most part, but it didn’t take long for “the elephant in the room” to appear: the Trump administration’s tariffs and trade war with China.

It was 16 years ago that St. Peter lost an artist and an icon in Paul T. Granlund.

The filing deadline for 2019 City Council and mayoral elections in St. Peter is Tuesday, Aug. 13. Four spots are open, including the mayor seat, plus three council seats.

A new restaurant will be serving up paninis this fall. Extra Innings is set to open in the old Willy’s Tavern location along Minnesota Street.

A man has been convicted of gross misdemeanor child neglect after he and a woman left a child on a gravel road as an apparent punishment for urinating on his clothes.

The city of St. Peter is looking into options for more electric car charging stations in the downtown area, with plans to discuss the idea with downtown business owners later this month.

The St. Peter Police Department and St. Peter Recreation Department held their annual Night to Unite Summer Celebration at Veterans Park by the Municipal Pool on Monday, Aug. 5.

A woman and man arrested in a St. Peter motel room are accused of methamphetamine sales.

This weekend marked a first of its kind for the William R. Witty American Legion Post 37 and it’s newest Legion Riders group.

Outside the Grandstand at the Nicollet County Fairgrounds, there is plenty to do at this year’s fair Aug. 7-11.

The Nicollet County Fair runs Aug. 7-11.

The St. Peter Police Department was contacted Monday morning by a couple of businesses in the city that reported attempted phone scams.

The St. Peter Recreation Department’s Volunteer in the Park program participated in “Cents for Service” through Operation Gratitude.

Citing concerns about safety and parking congestion, the Nicollet County Board of Commissioners voted to approve a bid on a new parking lot at the Government Center in St. Peter during its meeting last week.

Most of the 61 Nicollet and Sibley county farmers who applied for assistance to plant cover crops on fallow fields affected by this spring’s flooding asked the same thing: What’s the catch?

The filing period for seats on the St. Peter City Council and School Board opened at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, July 30 and continues until 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13.

A recent change in state law regarding local sales tax could affect the timeline of the proposed fire hall project, something St. Peter city councilors discussed during their goal session on Monday.

Fireworks may shoot up from the ground, but they don’t grow in trees.

The St. Peter William R. Witty American Legion Post 37 is in the process of making lots of changes to its facility, both inside and out. With the recent sale of the Whiskey River building, the St. Peter American Legion leaders can now move forward with plans to renovate their current locatio…

Every year, the police departments and emergency service departments in St. Peter and Le Sueur host Night to Unite, a chance for neighborhoods in the area to hold parties and meet with their cities’ police departments; Le Center has also participated in the past, but won’t be taking part this year.

Almost seven weeks after surgeons removed most of a grapefruit-size tumor from inside Keely Davis’ head, the Cleveland 12-year old doesn’t show many outward signs of her ordeal.

A Lake Crystal mad died from his injuries Friday afternoon after crashing his motorcycle on Shanaska Creek Road, near the intersection of North Shore Drive in Kasota Township.

It doesn’t take a farmhand to raise your own livestock in Nicollet County. As the Nicollet County Fair begins to kick off, St. Peter residents are preparing to exhibit livestock that they’ve been training through 4-H’s animal leasing program.

After 17 years as a St. Peter fixture, River Rock Coffee is opening a second location in Mankato this August.

Excellence is the quality of being outstanding or extremely good, as defined by Webster’s dictionary. For others, such as 14 year old, Elyssa Meixner, excellence is but a stepping stone, in which to reach for greater goals and stand out from the crowd.

Depending on the season and weather, Minneopa Falls southwest of Mankato can be picturesque, chocolate-brown or even vivid green. In the latter cases, geography, rainfall, and land-use combine to dislodge tons of sediment, along with fertilizer and algae.

It was in the early 1990s, as Jeff Olson taught one of his social studies classes at Gustavus Adolphus College, that he first saw a particular student with big potential.

After serving on the St. Peter City Council for 10 years, Susan Carlin announced during Monday night’s meeting that she is resigning this Friday.

A man is accused of attempting to break into a Kasota home shirtless and covered in mud after crashing his vehicle in a nearby cornfield. He is further accused of attempted assault twice while in the Le Sueur County Jail.