Paul Barta News Today

MANKATO — Blue Earth Countys outdoor warning sirens failed to sound during a monthly test Wednesday, Capt. Paul Barta said in a press release.

Authorities in Blue Earth County, Southern Minnesota, are searching for the person who fatally shot a dog at her home. Reports say the medium-sized, mixed-breed dog named Lily was sunbathing on the home’s second-story deck when someone fired at her. Shockingly, Lily’s killing came two weeks after her family received a threatening note. The note […] The post Dog Shot & Killed in Minnesota While Sunbathing on Deck appeared first on DogTime.

The handwritten note, left under a rock on Preston Fleischer’s rural Mankato property two weeks ago, didn’t mince words.

MANKATO — Deer hunters in Southern Minnesota have always been in the “shotgun” zone, where they are limited to shotguns with slug ammunition.

EAGLE LAKE — An Eagle Lake man allegedly shot by his son on New Years Day remains hospitalized in stable but critical condition.

MANKATO — A 19-year-old Minnesota State University student from Robbinsdale was killed in a landslide Dec. 2 at Minneopa State Park.

LAKE CRYSTAL — A Nicollet couple’s rare sighting of a large animal Sunday evening between Lake Crystal and Madelia elicited an identical response.

A southern Minnesota couple's rare sighting of a large animal Sunday evening between Lake Crystal and Madelia elicited an identical response.

LAKE CRYSTAL — A Nicollet couples rare sighting of a large animal Sunday evening between Lake Crystal and Madelia elicited an identical response.

North Mankato resident Robert Honda said he didn’t realize how serious the overnight storm was until he went outside and saw what he described as a big mess.