CROSS COUNTRY At Worthington, 4:30 p.m. At Maple River, 4:30 p.m. TENNIS Fairmont at New Ulm Blue Earth Area at Waseca BOYS SOCCER St. Peter at Fairmont Worthington at St. James/Windom/Madelia GIRLS SOCCER Fairmont at St. Peter St. James/Windom/Madelia at Worthington VOLLEYBALL Worthington at Fairmont Madelia at Martin County West New Ulm at St. James Area Sioux Falls Christian at Jackson County Central
MADELIA, Minn. (AP) — A meat processing company in Minnesota on Friday agreed to pay $300,000 in penalties after an investigation found it employed children as young as 13 to work in hazardous conditions, such as operating meat grinders, while they worked overnight shifts and longer hours than allowed by law. Tony Downs Food Company, based in Mankato, also agreed to obey child labor laws and hire a compliance specialist as part of a consent order with the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry. “In this case, Tony Downs has agreed to take important steps to prevent child labor violations,” department Commissioner Nicole [...]
CLASS 3A 1. Dassel-Cokato (2) 2-0 87 2. Esko (3) 2-0 82 3. Stewartville (3) 2-0 79 4. New London-Spicer (3) 2-0 76 5. Fairmont 2-0 66 6. Watertown-Mayer 2-0 50 7. Annandale 2-0 49 8. Jordan 2-0 26 9. Pequot Lakes 2-0 22 10. St. Croix Lutheran (2-0) 20 Others receiving votes: Minneapolis North 15, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 10, Morris Area 7, Pierz 4, Two Harbors 4, Waseca 4, Foley 3, Milaca 2, Rochester Lourdes 1 CLASS 2A 1. (tie) Barnesville (5) 2-0 ' 86 1. (tie) Caledonia (3) 2-0 86 3. Chatfield (2) 2-0 81 4. Eden Valley-Watkins 2-0 69 [...]
TENNIS Fairmont 4, Waseca 3 BOYS SOCCER Worthington 7, Fairmont 0 GIRLS SOCCER Fairmont 6, Worthington 0 VOLLEYBALL Blue Earth Area def. Fairmont 25-18, 25-27, 18-25, 25-18, 17-15 Alden-Conger def. MCW 25-17, 25-15, 25-18 St. Clair def. GHEC-TML 25-18, 16-25, 25-18, 25-12 Waseca def. St. James 25-18, 28-26, 25-10 North Union def. Algona Garrigan 25-22, 25-14, 25-18 Belmond-Klemme at North Iowa CROSS COUNTRY Norwood-Young America Meet Girls Team Scores 1. Mankato West 67 2. Belle Plaine 85 3. Mound-Westonka 88 4. Sibley East 194 5. St. Peter 196 6. G-F-W 224 7. Mt. Lake Area - [...]
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NSIC Minnesota State 31, Wayne State 14 Bemidji State 34, Southwest Minnesota State 14 Winona State 33, Concordia-St. Paul 8 MSU Moorhead 56, Minot State 14 Augustana 27, Chadron State 3 Sioux Falls 36, Mary 17 Minnesota Duluth 41, Northern State 21 MIAC Macalaster 56, Martin Luther 27 Wartburg 16, Bethel 2 Wisconsin Whitewater 58, St. John's MN 28 Hamline 49, Minnesota Morris 28 Rockford 38, St. Scholastica 37 St. Olaf 52, Luther 21 Carleton 45, Pomona-Pitzer 24 Concordia Moorhead 26, Pacific Lutheran 21
MSHSL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 AWAY SCORE HOME SCORE BELLE PLAINE 14 FAIRMONT 49 WASECA 42 ST. PETER 0 LUVERNE 7 JORDAN 49 ALBERT LEA 18 NEW ULM 29 TRI-CITY UNITED 31 SIBLEY EAST 8 JACKSON CO CENTRAL 43 WORTHINGTON 0 ADRIAN-ELLSWORTH 35 MARTIN COUNTY WEST 12 T-M-B 14 SLEEPY EYE UNITED 24 MURRAY CO. CENTRAL 14 SPRINGFIELD 27 R-T-R 20 WABASSO 7 MVL 23 LAKE CRYSTAL-WM 0 PIPESTONE AREA 34 LESUEUR-HENDERSON 33 REDWOOD VALLEY 19 MAPLE RIVER 22 ST. JAMES AREA 32 WINDOM AREA 22 TRITON 14 BLUE EARTH AREA 8 J-W-P 8 G-F-W 40 [...]
VOLLEYBALL Fairmont at New Ulm (on KSUM, 7:30 p.m.) GIRLS SOCCER Fairmont at Marshall BOYS SOCCER Marshall at Fairmont CROSS COUNTRY Fairmont at TCU Invitational, Montgomery, 4:00 p.m. TENNIS Fairmont at Maple River
On Friday, District Judge John Sandy filed a scheduling order to set a plea and sentencing hearing for 42yo Nathaniel Kassel of Rock Rapids in connection with the fatal shooting of his mother, 62yo Jody Duskin, last March in Sheldon. The hearing is scheduled to take place on September 18th at 8:30 am in O'Brien County District Court, with details of the plea agreement yet to be publicly released. Kassel had initially pleaded not guilty to a first-degree murder charge and was scheduled to stand trial next month. He was arrested two days after the shooting while in South Dakota, [...]
A man has died while in the custody of the Faribault Police Department and State authorities are conducting an investigation into the case. The department said that officers performed a traffic stop late on Saturday, Sept. 2, after the driver was in and out of consciousness. The driver was taken into custody without incident and an ambulance was called. However, he became unresponsive while being transported to Rice County jail pending DWI charges. The officers attempted life-saving efforts and Narcan was administered, but he was pronounced deceased at Allina Health Faribault Medical Center. Faribault Police Chief John Sherwin issued a statement, [...]
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has expanded the current air quality alert to include the western half of Minnesota. The alert now runs until 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 6. The affected area includes Brainerd, Alexandria, Albert Lea, Marshall, Worthington, Ortonville, Mankato, Bemidji, East Grand Forks, Moorhead, International Falls, Hibbing, Ely, Roseau, and the tribal nations of Upper Sioux, Mille Lacs, Leech Lake, and Red Lake. The alert has also been upgraded to Red AQI for western Minnesota.
