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  SLAYTON — The city of Slayton approved a $10-per-capita agreement for its ambulance service for an amount of $20,610 during a city council meeting earlier this week. “The ambulance was formerly run by Murray County and then a few years ago it was taken over by the Murray...

  WORTHINGTON — If anyone needed confirmation that the winter of 2013-2014 would go down in history as one of the worst winters in a long time, Iowa State University Extension Climatologist Elwynn Taylor provided it. Taylor, a keynote speaker at the Farmer Spring Break...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Cracking down on bullying in Iowa schools has been a priority this year for Gov. Terry Branstad, but lawmakers have criticized two competing bills and are seeking changes to the proposals. A bill in the House and another in the Senate both focus on giving...

By DAVID HAMMERS, St. Paul Pioneer Press MINNEAPOLIS ­— Amy Senser is getting sprung early. The woman sentenced to 41 months for the 2011 hit-and-run death of Thai chef Anousone “Bic” Phanthavong had been scheduled to be let out on supervised release Oct. 20, but...

ST. PAUL ­­— Minnesota House Democrats want voters to know that most rural residents should pay lower property taxes on their homes after actions they took. “We think it is good news for Minnesotans and Minnesota homeowners,” House Speaker Paul Thissen, D-Minneapolis,...

  MOORHEAD — Prosecutors have charged a man with bigamy in Clay County, the second time in six months someone has allegedly gotten married here without getting a divorce beforehand. Jeremy Michael Anderson, 36, of Dilworth, was charged Thursday in Clay County District Court...

WORTHINGTON ­— Did you know Ruthy Tu was the first woman airplane pilot in the Chinese Army? This was 1932. Believe me, I did not know either. I have a magazine in front of me. I also never knew this: Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman to obtain a pilot’s...

By KATIE CLARKE, District 518 WORTHINGTON — The Worthington School District is among all districts in Minnesota working to equip students for the next generation of the “World’s Best Workforce.” Minn. Stat.§ section 120B.11, passed in 2013, requires all school districts...

Accidents MAGNOLIA — The Minnesota State Patrol responded to a rollover crash at 1:42 a.m. Friday on Interstate 90. The driver sustained no injuries, and the passenger sustained non-life threatening injuries. The Rock County Ambulance also assisted at the scene. SANBORN — The...

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT To Whom it May Concern: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota, will meet in the Council Chambers of City Hall at 7:00 p.m., on Monday, March 24, 2014, to consider the making...

WASHINGTON — Kerry Kennedy was just acquitted, and rightly so, of “drugged driving” — she mistook a sleeping pill for her thyroid medication and conked out at the wheel. It’s an outrage that she was prosecuted in the first place, but even more of an outrage that steps aren’t...

NoblesCountyBoard Summary of Minutes February 18, 2014, Regular Session   The Nobles Board of Commissioners met in regular session at the Government Center in the City of Worthington.  Commissioners Marvin Zylstra, Matt Widboom, Gene Metz, Donald Linssen and...