Wabasha County News

Salmonella contamination at a southeast Minnesota dairy cooperative has led to a recall of its instant nonfat dried milk and whey protein manufactured in the past two years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Sunday.

Lindsey Olson remembers well the intense emotion in the room as she looked at other dairy princesses as clues were read about the next Princess Kay finalist.

A rural Plainview man was arrested Friday for allegedly having items needed to make methamphetamines in his home.

Pete Wagner is in his workshop at 9:30 a.m., surrounded by stacks of boards, a large assortment of tools and the smell of sawdust, when a rooster outside crows.

A 51-year-old man died at Spring Creek Motocross outside Millville on Monday afternoon, according to Wabasha County Sheriff Rodney Bartsh.

Larry Gates raises sheep, a large market garden and harvests firewood and timber from his 230 acres of forests, pastures and fields near Kellogg in Wabasha County.

A 20-year-old Delano woman died earlier this week after falling off a roof while looking at stars.

A St. Cloud State University student died Monday after falling from a roof while looking at stars, Wabasha County Sheriff Rodney Bartsh said, Paquita Suzanne Ray, 20, of Delano, was found non-responsive about 5:45 a.m. when emergency responders from Kellogg and Wabasha County arrived at a rural Kellogg home.

To the vandals who smashed more than 30 gravestones at the old cemetery in Bear Valley: Ultimately, you failed.

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

Dear Answer Man, Olmsted County now has a railroad authority, I see. It seems like we're a little late to the party, aren't we? When did other rail authorities in Minnesota get organized? -- C.C. This question's a bit loaded, since the metro area already has light rail and hopes to build more.

After pleading guilty to felony theft charges, a Lake City man was sentenced to 45 days in jail and ordered to pay $500 in restitution to his victims Tuesday in Wabasha County court.

The battle began at 7:30 a.m., a shout initiating a bike race from a park on the banks of the Mississippi.

Volunteers United is a group convened by the United Way of Goodhue, Wabasha & Pierce Counties and is open to any organization interested in networking around volunteer recruitment, retention and development.

A state board is investigating the Wabasha County attorney following claims that criminal charges he filed against Rep.

A lack of April showers has parched southeastern Minnesota. Farm fields are dusty, rivers are low in their banks and grass fires are cropping up throughout the area.

What most people call a wall cloud is really a roll or shelf cloud and tells a very different story to trained Skywarn storm spotters, Steve Thompson said.

The summer day is sultry, sullen. You can sense the electric feeling of trouble brewing in the supercharged atmosphere.

Highway 60 from Kenyon to Zumbrota will be resurfaced this summer, the Minnesota Department of Transportation announced Wednesday.

I had an hour before I had to leave. I took a walk. It was a perfect chance to be away from the city, to saunter without worrying about traffic.