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WORTHINGTON — In a brief Worthington City Council meeting Monday night, a group participating in Blandin Community Leadership Training made a brief presentation regarding its interest in supporting the city of Worthington and the council.  The Blandin group attended the...

WORTHINGTON — Millions of dollars in capital improvement projects, from roof replacements to a new heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, were discussed during a Monday morning work session of the Nobles County Board of Commissioners. The roof replacement costs alone...

WORTHINGTON — Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership will offer a two-day Home Stretch workshop Feb. 3 and 5. This homebuyer education opportunity will help prospective buyers decide if home ownership is right for them. The workshop will be from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. both days at...

Accidents WORTHINGTON — The Worthington Police Department responded to a rollover crash at 10:49 a.m. Monday at the intersection of 250th Street and Dillman Avenue. No injuries were reported. WORTHINGTON — The Worthington Police Department responded to a crash at 12:37 p.m....

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration Monday unveiled an ambitious plan to control health costs by moving the $2.9 trillion U.S. health systems away from costly fee-for-service medicine, beginning with the Medicare program for the elderly and disabled. By the end of 2018, Health...

By HEIDI OMERZA, Coalition of Greater Minnesota ELY — We’ve seen the headlines and heard the sound bites touting 2015 as the “Greater Minnesota session” — a chance to finally address lingering needs and restore balance between the urban and rural parts of the state. Given...

By Phil Drietz, Delhi It’s been 42 years already since America authorized legal killing of children by abortion. Some of those kids would have now been grandparents. Here’s a question for the Republican party leadership: Why is it that election after election, you...

By Kathy Fodness, Rushmore Regarding the closing of Prairie View Golf Links, I read the second article written by Ron Wood, but missed the first one. Not knowing or having met Mr. Wood, I was unaware that, as it was put, “he didn’t leave the council in the smoothest...

By Barb Atchison, Administrator, South Shore and Crossroads Care Centers, Worthington My dad once said, “You don’t realize you are getting older and all of a sudden, you’re there.” The Globe has published two articles about the need for reform in nursing...

The Minnesota House of Representatives has taken the first step toward providing tens of thousands of Minnesotans with tax relief by recently approving a tax conformity proposal. I supported the measure. This is the first bill approved by the full House this year, and it is urgently...

SLAYTON — At 25-for-79 from the field, Worthington definitely didn’t have its finest shooting night Monday at Murray County Central. But, it made up for it on the boards. The Trojans finished with 44 offensive rebounds while finishing with 76 boards to 54 by the Rebels. Nine...

COTTONWOOD — Lakeview had everything clicking Monday night in an 86-52 nonconference victory over Edgerton. The Flying Dutchmen were in a 43-28 hole at halftime and were never able to recover. Mason Sluis finished with 27 points and four steals. Luke Drooger added 16 points and...

FULDA — Fulda held off a fiesty effort by Red Rock Conference rival Adrian Monday. The Raiders won a hard-fought contest 59-51. Courtney Tiesler led Fulda with 22 points and six rebounds. Randi Tiesler scored 16 and dished out five assists while Sariah Cheadle scored 11. Elizabeth...

AUSTIN — The Worthington Stingrays swimming team brought 36 swimmers to Saturday’s regional meet in Austin. So far, 30 have advanced to state. In order to reach the state meet, swimmers had to finish in the top three of their event. Relay teams that finished in spots 4-7 have...