Minnesota regulators Thursday approved a 200-megawatt wind farm in southern Minnesota that would be paid for by Wisconsin utility ratepayers. The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission said Wisconsin ...

Holli Mayer is sworn in as Freeborn County’s newest judge, bringing experience as Hormel senior counsel and former assistant ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 20-year-old South Dakota man was killed Tuesday in a head-on crash on Interstate 35 in southern Minnesota, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Authorities responded to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 24—Coordinators of the Age-Friendly Freeborn County initiative are asking seniors throughout the county to fill out a survey ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 18—As the nation has watched the Republican National Convention unfold on television and online, four members of the Freeborn ...

A 30-year-old Mankato man died after a UTV crash in Freeborn County Saturday. According to the Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office, at 3:49 p.m., deputies responded to a report of an injury crash ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – After a two-year fight, a new wind farm has finally been given the green light in southern Minnesota. But in Freeborn County, hundreds of neighbors are making some noise about it.

Jun. 29—Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz today announced that 22 counties, including Freeborn County, have been approved for a federal disaster declaration by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for ...

Freeborn County, the rural area surrounding Albert Lea, Minn., roughly 90 minutes south of the Twin Cities, is in the midst of a movement called "Choose Civility," an attempt to get folks to be nicer ...

Kurt Freitag asked his employer for a raise. More than a year later, that request has turned into a bitter battle over how much a rural Minnesota county can afford to pay its sheriff. Freitag, who was ...

Apr. 24—Coordinators of the Age-Friendly Freeborn County initiative are asking seniors throughout the county to fill out a survey to identify gaps in services for seniors in the community. Freeborn ...