Nicollet County News

At a disappointing Nov. 3 New Ulm City Council meeting, the council considered approving a Minnesota Legacy grant application to place primitive campsites at Riverside and Minnecon Parks.

Finally being able to take advantage of warmer, dry weather this week, farmers got in their combines, tractors and trucks to harvest Minnesota's largest corn crop in history.

A controversial former Watonwan County sheriff agreed to let his law enforcement license lapse and not make another run for sheriff in a plea agreement Monday for a felony theft charge.

On Tuesday, Brown County Commissioners reviewed the 2010 Brown-Nicollet-Watonwan Adult Drug Court budget request subject to participation by the other two counties.

Counties across the state are taking action to make it easier for their workers to stay home sick.News 12's Ryan Gustafson reports on the newest tools being used to stave off the H1N1 virus.At the Nicollet County Administration Building, county workers have plenty of interaction with citizens, and each other.Which is why the county has made such an ...

Wanting to avoid an eminent domain confrontation involving its proposed wind farm project in western Nicollet County, the New Ulm Public Utilities Commission voted Tuesday to petition the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission for a waiver, allowing the project to go forward with the 237 acres of wind rights it already has.

Green glass is piling up at the recycling center in North Mankato A- and most other places.

At just over a million bucks, the Warner Zeno gift to Minnesota State University has the potential to make a lot of local prospective MSU students very happy.

Russell Lindsay and Marilyn A'SkipA' Nielsen graduated together in the Mankato High School class of 1950.

Blue Earth-Nicolette County Humane Society volunteer Marilyn Okey holds Google, the seven-month-old cat who is blind due to a neglected infection in his eyes.

Unhappy about proposed cuts in funding for library and bookmobile services, North Mankato officials were ready for a fight with Nicollet County Monday.

A St. Peter man who was sentenced to prison for a burglary conviction is now charged with attempting to hide a razor blade while he was still in the Nicollet County Jail.

Sharon Sanford and Christine Baidoo had never heard of the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train and didn't know the show was coming to their towns to benefit their food shelves.

A local businessman who passed away in January leaves a lasting legacy to the Mankato Area...The estate of Warner A. Zeno, who founded the Zeno Glass Company, today handed out checks totaling one - point - eight million dollars to various organizations in the area...One of those recipients was to Blue Earth Nicollet County Humane Society who got ...

The community in Lafayette Township of Nicollet County has made the informed decision that it does not want this wind project.

Nicollet County health officials say all systems are go for operation of a county flu center should a massive outbreak occur.

A statewide effort is under way to have at least one flu center ready to operate in every county to help combat H1N1.Nicollet County has taken the lead in that effort and has a plan in place.News 12s Lisa Cownie outlines what they'll do if the virus gets out of control...The River's Edge hospital in St.

Warner Zeno was born in Mankato, graduated from Mankato High School, started Zeno Glass Company of Mankato, died in Sunrise Cottage of Mankato and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery.

Sticker shock is in store for any North Mankato resident who happens upon the city's five-year capital improvement schedule.

Adam Gray, a Mankato police officer, said drivers and their passengers should be prepared to get a ticket if they're caught on the road without a seat belt.