Lyle News

The Austin Public School District will be reducing the number of polling places from nine to six, beginning with the November election.

Officers searching for a man who had threatened a relative with a knife were startled to hear his voice coming over their law-enforcement radio.

The owners of Y Waste Removal, Inc. return to the Mower County Planning Commission Tonight for a decision.

We're learning new details about a police call that ended in a high speed chase to Northwood.

A Minnesota man is accused of stealing a patrol car and leading authorities on a high-speed chase into Iowa.

Memorial Day is coming and that means hot dogs, brats and hamburgers. And one more thing: America's veterans.

A male subject was arrested Wednesday night following a high speed chase after the subject stole an Austin Police Department squad car.

The Austin Public School District has proposed reducing its number of polling places from nine to six, starting with the 2009 election.

The cause of the fire, driven by strong southerly winds, is unknown, but firefighters were still battling hotspots into the night.

Several area fire departments responded to multiple grass fires that stretched in a line along the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern railroad line between Austin and Lyle Thursday afternoon.

This morning, a Mower County man has a date-in-court for violating the burning ban.

According to a Freeborn County Sheriffa s Office release, the rollover occurred at 5:52 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of Freeborn County Road 13 and Freeborn County Road 34 in London Township.

Lee Lloyd Willson, age 80, of St. Peter, died Monday, April 6, 2009, at the Benedictine Living Community in St.

A 30-year-old man will be charged for allegedly starving two dogs to death. Mower County Sheriff Terese Amazi said two young black-and-brown Labrador retrievers were found dead Friday in a kennel near a pole building in the 100 block of Third Street in Lyle.

Mower County, MN- A Southern Minnesota man faces animal neglect charges. The Mower County Humane Society officals were called to a home in Lyle, last week.

105 in Lyle. Free-will donations will be accepted with all the proceeds going to the 2010 Lyle Area Cancer Auction fundraiser.

According to the Mower County Sheriffa s Office, the accident occurred at approximately 6 p.m. just outside of Lyle School.

Lowell Steinbach, 56, is a self-employed carpenter. Like most everyone, he knows first-hand the effects of the slow economy.

Mower Countya s townships held its off-year elections last Tuesday. Township supervisor and clerk races were decided, annual budgets and levies adjusted and other official business transacted at annual meetings ...

Look for Cheri's Boutique, owned by Cheri and Paul Brinson, to open its door today on the main level at 521 N. Broadway, the tan stucco house by Broadway Car Care and across the street from the tweaked-out Taco ...