Eric Johnson

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PHOTOS: Highwater Music & Movies Series kicks off its run Published 8:25 pm Thursday, June 19, 2025 1 of 3 Something 70’s performs during the first night of the Highwater Music & Movie Series Thursday night in Bandshell Park. Eric Johnson/[email protected] People take in the sounds of Something 70’s during the first night of the Highwater Music & Movie Series Thursday night in Bandshell Park.

1 week ago | austindailyherald.com | Eric Johnson

Published 6:00 pm Thursday, June 19, 2025 It was a celebration with meaning as people came out late Thursday afternoon for a Juneteenth Celebration at Lions Park in Austin. A large group from the public came out to take part in community fun including kids games, music and plenty of food.

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Published 5:30 pm Wednesday, June 18, 2025 An Austin man with a history of domestic assault convictions and who will be sentenced in a pair of those cases at the end of month has been arrested in another case. Levi Colton West, 30, was in Mower County District Court Wednesday to face charges of felony domestic assault and damage to property as well as gross misdemeanor interfering with an emergency call and misdemeanor obstruction of the legal process.

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Published 3:05 pm Wednesday, June 18, 2025 Mower County has shut down most of its systems Wednesday as it deals with the fallout from a ransomware attack. According to Mower County Administrator Matthew Verdick, county IT specialists became aware of the attack in the early morning hours and out of an abundance of caution have taken county systems offline as work continues to resolve the issue. “We hope to have most functions up and running by Friday,” Verdick said Wednesday afternoon.

1 week ago | austindailyherald.com | Eric Johnson

Published 5:26 pm Tuesday, June 17, 2025 Every year, archaeologists around the world are dusting off the sands of time to discover how our civilization bumbled our way to this point. While Indiana Jones whipped his way through a series of movies that gave us a glamorous view of the past, the real work is much more tedious as experts use trowels and paint brushes to sift through the ever stacking passage of time.