Gibbon News

Milton Black, 82, of Gibbon, died Thursday, July 2, 2009 at the North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale.

Ricky Holmquist, Jr., 17, of Gibbon, died Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at his home in Gibbon.

Voters in south-central Minnesota will soon go to the polls to decide the fate of the McLeod West school district and its 500 students.

May 4, 2009 3:27 pm US/Central BROWNTON, Minn. Click to enlarge The district's finances are so poor it cannot survive another year -- it will be $2.5 million in the red at the end of the year, which is over two-thirds of its annual budget.

Louis A. E. "Pud" Melius, age 93, of Winthrop died Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at the Winthrop Good Samaritan Center in Winthrop.

The closing of Gibbon Grocery in 2007 marked the first time the 800-population Sibley County town had ever been without a food market.

Gibbon - Melvin "Mel" Meyer, 90, of Gibbon died Monday, April 6, 2009, at his home.

A one vehicle accident in Renville County sends six people to the hospital yesterday.A 2005 Ford Pick-up was traveling eastbound on 620th Street 3 miles south of Fairfax when it struck a guideline pole.The driver and two other passengers were treated and released for minor injuries at the Sleepy Eye Hospital.38 Year Old Mary Jean Lastine and 33 ...

Marietta C. Sauck, 91, of Stewart, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009 at the Buffalo Lake Health Care Center in Buffalo Lake.

A fire late Friday night in Winthrop sent one man to the hospital, and claimed the life of his wife.Her name was Deb Hanson, she was a teacher at Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop High School, and today her students ...

A 60-year-old Winthrop man suffered burns and smoke inhalation and the body of an unidentified woman was recovered from a Friday night house fire at 605 West 6th Street.

The Winthrop Police Department says a late night house fire in Winthrop, Minnesota has left one dead and another injured.

Minnesota Valley Lutheran buried McLeod West, winning the Tomahawk Conference boys basketball game Monday.

Superintendent John Currie, leader of the fourth-largest school district in Minnesota, will retire in June.

School District 196 School Superintendent John Currie announced his retirement, effective at the end of the current school year.

Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop easily defeated Sibley East in the nonconference girls basketball opener for both teams Monday.