The Mower County Humane Society had a busy 2024. We rescued 187 cats/kittens and 143 dogs/puppies. There were 192 cat ...

By Tim Ruzek On a February 1948 night, a new basketball team called the Minneapolis Lakers traveled to Austin for an ...

By Katherine Schramek Intern Teacher/Naturalist Oftentimes, by February, the novelty of winter wears off and people begin to ...

Recently, members of Fidelity Lodge and the Austin Shrine Club donated $10,700 to the area food shelf.  This was money collected ringing bells during the holiday season and includes a $5,000 grant ...

Minnesota families who have owned their farms for 100 years or more are invited to apply for the 2025 Century Farm Program. Produced by the Minnesota State Fair in conjunction with the Minnesota Farm ...

The Insight pages of the Austin Daily Herald are some of the most important parts of the paper, albeit perhaps not the flashiest parts of the Herald. What makes it important is that these opinion ...

The ArtWorks Center is opening a new exhibit featuring artist Maw Reh. The show opens Friday, Feb. 7 at 10 a.m. and closes ...

Applications for the 2025 Non-Traditional College Student Scholarship  and Young Women in Leadership Award are now available. People can get both applications by contacting Mary Jo Follmuth either by ...

For adults, about half think it’s a good thing, and about 2 in 10 think it’s a bad thing. The popular weight-loss drugs known as GLP-1 receptor agonists, which were originally meant to treat diabetes, ...

By Amy Thuesen APS Director of Technology In a world where more than 4.7 billion people are online, the question isn’t whether we’re connected — it’s whether we all know how to navigate the digital ...

By Craig Helmstetter Need some good news? The state’s recent spike in hospitalizations due to influenza have now fallen sharply for two consecutive weeks. After a far less dramatic uptick in ...

Tuesday, four and a half tables played. First place, Stan Schultz and Tom Flaherty Second place, Ron Peters and Joyce Kogel Email newsletter signup Sign up for our daily email newsletter Third place, ...