WORTHINGTON -- The election of Donald Trump as U.S. president certainly represented a political upheaval at the national level, but there was also some significant change locally in southwest Minnesota.
By Marvin Kroontje, Magnolia Hang on folks, a pendulum swings like a pendulum does. It swings about so far left and then swings back right, and that's democracy. The media was accusing Donald Trump of being a poor loser before he lost. Now who's ...
By Brian Abrahamson, District 22 Senate Candidate I am not going to say I'm shocked that we are at this point. We have a situation now that we have a Republican president, and a Republican-led House and Senate. Some might feel vindicated and happ...
By Mike Bogle, Windom Although the election is over, I can't let Bob Lindaman's selective outrage from his letter to the editor ("A few Election Day questions for voters") go unchallenged. The reasons for closing the borders are numerous -- drugs...
JACKSON -- Jackson County's election results came in a little later than expected Wednesday morning due to the county's time-consuming process of counting votes.
WORTHINGTON -- Strong turnout, early voting and a lack of roadblocks at the polls helped many southwest Minnesota counties hit 90 percent voter participation among registered voters.
Nobles County FEDERAL President/Vice-President Donald J. Trump and Michael R. Pence 5299 Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine 2733 Darrell Castle and Scott Bradley 41 Dan R. Vacek and Mark Elworth, Jr. 45 Alyson Kennedy and Osborne Hart 3 Jill Stein and...
WORTHINGTON -- Residents of District 518 rejected Tuesday a $79 million bond referendum to build a new high school and improve existing district buildings.
WORTHINGTON -- Incumbents were defeated in two three-way races for Worthington City Council Tuesday. Chad Cummings won the race for the at-large seat with 2,079 votes. Incumbent Diane Graber and Jessica Velasco trailed with 1,084 and 751, respect...
WORTHINGTON -- Political newcomer Justin Ahlers unseated the senior member of the Nobles County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday. Justin Ahlers garnered 1,010 votes to First District incumbent Marv Zylstra's 720 votes. There were four write-in v...
ST. PAUL -- Finally. It is safe to say most Americans are happy Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, is here. Frustration and disgust in the battle between two unpopular presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, has spilled down onto other Min...
ST. PAUL -- The Nov. 8 election will be rare. The big difference from other elections, obviously, is two unpopular presidential candidates sit at the top of the ballot. But differences do not stop there. In Minnesota, the only statewide race is a...
RED WING, Minn. -- Lisa Bayley laughs, halfheartedly, when talking about a political flyer showing her shoveling money into an incinerator. Then "there is one of me with a bunch of cows wandering around and it says that Lisa Bayley must think we ...
