Linda Hackett and Mary Wright are unemployed  and were looking for ways they could be involved in doing volunteer work. Along came the devastating earthquake in Haiti over two weeks ago. Hackett and Wright made a phone call to Kids Against Hunger in Mankato.

    Watonwan County Teen Court Coordinator, Lydia Olsen nominates Liliana Sanchez, for this week’s A Leader Among Us.

Freeze Your Caboose Off

January 28th Legals

When this idea was brought up, it was viewed as just “another” added task for our management team to do.

Staff Management at Tony Downs is proud to have accomplished one year without any time loss and no recordable injuries.

    It wasn’t quite the same as the last snowstorm that engulfed the area, but the results were similar-motorist unable to navigate the highways because of blowing snow. Winds gusted up to 55 mph, making travel at times impossible.

  Democrats and Republicans from around Watonwan County will gather on Tuesday, February 2 for the parties  biennial precinct caucuses’.

 A Food For All event was held Tuesday afternoon at the First Presbyterian Church.

   It’s easy to get comfortable in a place you’ve lived in for a long time. At a certain point, many St. James residents may find themselves thinking they know everyone and everything about their community, but the question is, Do they know Jorge Portillo?

January 21st Legals

The St. James Ambulance Service has been serving the public for 35+ years. Last August 2009 something happened aboard one of their ambulances that had never occurred before - a baby was delivered while in route from St. James to Mankato.

February 4th Legals

    Organization rallying its members by pledging to match $1 for every $2 of donations up to $1 million

“This is both good news and bad news, bad because Watonwan County is economically distressed, but good news because there exists federal government grants,” was the way Region Nine Community and Economic Development Director, Ronda Allis, described the designation to County Commissioners on January 19, 2010.