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07/15/11 Former Hawkeye All-American wrestler Ty Eustice was hired as an assistant coach at South Dakota State last week. The move will be the first time Eustice, a native of Blue Earth, Minn., will coach at the Division-I level, although he coached at lower-level schools after graduating from Iowa.
07/10/11 TRUMAN - Cleanup hitter Carter Hanson and the Blue Earth American Legion Post 89 baseball team reeled off three weekend elimination-bracket victories to reach the Sub-District 'C' finals on Sunday in Truman.
07/06/11 The man who was driving the car that hit Nick Winger during the early morning hours of Oct. 10 was sentenced in Blue Earth County District Court Wednesday morning.
07/06/11 Blue Earth County is slashing its contribution to the regional bookmobile by more than 70 percent, and that will mean the end of stops at several facilities for older folks and kids.
07/05/11 BLUE EARTH - Blue Earth City Council has decided to take its time deciding the fate of the police department. City Administrator Kathy Bailey previously announced that Faribault County Sheriff Mike Gormley is interim police chief.
06/13/11 ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Small Business Administration reminds eligible Private Non-Profit Organizations (PNPs) located in Minnesota that July 13, 2011 is the deadline to submit loan applications. These Economic Injury Disaster Loans are available because of severe storms and flooding that began on Sept. 22, 2010. PNPs located in the following counties are eligible to apply: Blue Earth ...
06/03/11 BLUE EARTH - The Fairmont VFW Post 1222 baseball team swept a doubleheader from Blue Earth on Thursday in Blue Earth. Fairmont claimed the opener 3-2 before claiming a 7-0 win in Game 2.
05/24/11 The Mankato East softball team erupted for nine runs in the first inning Tuesday and went to notch a 10-0 victory over Blue Earth Earth on the opening day of the Section 2AA, South Subsection Tournament. Junior pitcher Coley Ries pitched a one-hitter for the Cougars. To read Jim Rueda's account of the game, go to Wednesday's print edition or the e-edition
05/18/11 FAIRMONT - The Fairmont boys reclaimed the South Central Conference track and field crown, while the Blue Earth Area girls held the trophy for the first time ever.
05/17/11 BLUE EARTH - The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is inching closer to a ruling on a wastewater pipeline running from Buffalo Lake Energy's ethanol plant in Fairmont to the Blue Earth River.
05/16/11 BLUE EARTH - Blue Earth City Council discussed combining police forces with Faribault County on Tuesday.
05/11/11 FAIRMONT - South Central Conference baseball rivals Fairmont and Blue Earth Area locked up in a good old-fashioned pitcher's duel at Cardinal Park in a rare Tuesday night clash.
04/29/11 BLUE EARTH - "Summer is really our busiest time of the whole year," says Eva Gaydon, director of Blue Earth Community Library. Three programs for all ages will kick off when school end.
04/28/11 BLUE EARTH - "The rain in September and the early winter didn't do us any good," says John McDonald, Faribault County engineer. But he says progress is being made on what's known in Blue Earth as the "swimming pool bridge.
04/25/11 NEW ULM - New Ulm's Kelton Schmitz shot a 79 to take medalist honors as the Eagles beat Blue Earth Area 355-371 in South Central Conference play at the New Ulm Country Club.
04/01/11 Memorial services will be held at a later date for Bryan Fisher, 61, who passed away Thursday, March 31, 2011, at the St. Cloud Hospital. Bryan David Fisher was born Nov. 12, 1949, in Blue Earth,...
03/31/11 NEW ULM - Minnesota saw a significant statewide increase in the purchase of flood insurance policies in 2011, while Brown County and Blue Earth County more than doubled the number of policies over the same period.
03/22/11 Prize college football recruit Jonah Pirsig of Blue Earth will leave Thursday morning for a four-day unofficial trip to five Big Ten Conference schools.
03/11/11 The St. Peter girls basketball team held Blue Earth Area scoreless for a 12-minutes span in the second half and went on to down the Bucs 55-38 in Friday's Section 2AA championship game at Minnesota State's Bresnan Arena. The win puts the Saints into the Class AA state tournament that begins Wednesday. For more details, see Saturday's print edition or e-edition .
03/11/11 After more than a year of trial delays, a 34-year-old Lake Crystal man was taken into custody and is facing a long prison sentence after a Blue Earth County jury found him guilty of selling crack cocaine.
03/09/11 BOYS BASKETBALL SECTION 2AA SOUTH Quarterfinals Kasson-Mantorville 69, Blue Earth Area 49 No. 7 BLUE EARTH AREA (49) Plocker 3, Anderson 16, Holmseth 8, Barslou 9, Owen 6, Plocker 5, | 
