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There are a few fundraising events coming up as Southern Minnesota fights back against cancer. It's the 33rd annual Geneva Cancer Auction coming up the weekends of January 13 and 14 and January 20 and 21. The Friday night sessions at the Geneva Bar and Grill start at 7PM and the Saturday auctions begin at 2PM...

With the closing of the Masonic Lodge in Blooming Prairie, a decision was made to auction off the furnishings with the proceeds going to the Blooming Prairie Veteran's Memorial. The auction will take place on Saturday, December 17, at 10AM at the Masonic Lodge, across from the Senior Center...

Blooming Prairie invites everyone to attend their annual Holiday Dazzle celebration on Friday, December 2. Bring along the whole family. Most of the businesses will be offering specials, unique gift ideas and some will be giving away prizes...

Three area high schools will present their fall plays this weekend. Blooming Prairie is staging a fall musical titled Into the Woods. The characters are from Grimm's Fairy Tales. As a result of a curse from a once beautiful witch, the Baker and his wife are childless...

Upcoming events in Blooming Prairie include a bike rodeo on Thursday, September 15. Kids are asked to have their bikes at the Boys and Girls Club by 4PM. Police officers will give bike safety lessons and hand out free bike helmets. There will also be a drawing for a new boys bike and a new girls bike...

Cory Neal Stucky, 31, of Blooming Prairie, was charged in the suffocation death of his 8-week-old son in July 2015. He had been charged with second-degree manslaughter and child endangerment. He pleaded not guilty to both charges on Jan. 4. The baby's mother had originally stated she found Stucky passed out on a living room couch with the baby under his arm on July 18, 2015...

The 16th annual Blooming Prairie Cancer Auction will be Friday, September 9, and Saturday, September 10, starting at 7PM each evening under the big top. Some of the items up for bids this year include: Handmade Oak Curio Cabinet One-week stay at a Fort Myers Beach House A salad and dinner plate from the old Met Stadium Ice Fishing Weekend on Cross Lake Half a Hog and Steak Bundles Tickets to the

Come on out and support the Ellendale Fire Department on Wednesday, August 31. A meal will be served starting at 5PM at the Community Building. The menu consists of pulled pork sandwiches with fire house beans and a salad bar. A silent auction of pies will be held from 5-6PM...

Stephen Habberstad, a former banker in southern Minnesota, was awarded possibly the largest payout to a single person in a sexual orientation discrimination case by a Steele County judge. His relatives maintain he was fired for business reasons...

Get ready for the Westfield Razorbacks to take the mat this school year. The Blooming Prairie and Hayfield school districts will combine for wrestling starting this winter.