Sibley County News

A 75-year-old rural Winthrop man died Monday afternoon inside a grain bin in Alfsborg Township.

A 75-year-old rural Winthrop man was found dead in a grain bin Monday afternoon at a residence in Alfsborg Township, about seven miles southwest of Gaylord.

A 75-year-old rural Winthrop man was found dead in a grain bin Monday afternoon at a residence in Alfsborg Township, about seven miles southwest of Gaylord.

Earlier this week, the Gibbon Fairfax Winthrop School Board unanimously approved a custodial management, custodial building and grounds maintenance services and health, safety and risk management services bid from Dashir Management Services, Inc.

Three people were seriously injured in a broadside accident near Winthrop Sunday.

Luck might be an asset on top of all the numerous skills required for fire department training these days, but firefighter Steve Dietel of Lester Prairie will take it.

A bike trail between St. Peter and Mankato? Designs for a new health sciences building at Minnesota State University? A multi-million-dollar contribution for the upgrade of a railroad up in Sibley County? Ask lawmakers about the prospects for funding in the 2010 legislative session for those and virtually any other project around the region and the ...

Mayona A. Schultz, age 90, of Le Sueur died on Thursday, September 03, 2009, at Immanuel St.

Terry Morrow is taking teachers to the state Capitol. The St. Peter Democrat, who is himself an instructor of speech communications at Gustavus Adolphus College, has started a teacher fellowship program that will begin with the 2010 legislative session.

Submitted by Mathias Baden on August 22, 2009 - 11:22am. Scott County will hire an additional appraiser in order to handle additional assessment work in three townships.

An infusion of $2.5 million in federal economic stimulus funding puts a small railroad that serves Sibley County within striking distance of a big goal.

Prospects for businesses including a recently-closed local Main Street grocery store got a shot in the arm this week when the City of Gibbon was awarded a $99,000 grant from the American Recovery and Re-investment Act.

Lonsdale's Bill Paulsen Wednesday announced his candidacy for state Senate, a seat currently held by Northfield's Kevin Dahle.

Lloyd V. Olson, 85, of Gaylord, died Wednesday, July 8, 2009, at The Lutheran Home in Belle Plaine.

When the property value for Ed Chapman's home along the Minnesota River in rural Jordan kept rising by double digits, he only wanted an explanation.

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Carol Anderson, 79, of Buffalo Lake, died on Saturday, May 30, 2009, at the Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center.

It wasn't your typical music being played in Henderson today. The Sibley County Historical Society Museum celebrated its 60th Anniversary by showcasing music boxes and band organs from before the turn of the century.

Fast, a 2008 graduate of Mt. Lake Public High School, is the daughter of Chuck andSuzanne Fast of Bingham Lake.

Another member of the Gaylord Police Department is on paid administrative leave in an alleged "bugging" scheme.