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Aug 16, 2024 | 
the-tls.co.uk | Fiona Green |Naush Sabah |Amir-Hussein Radjy |Mark Glanville
When Emily Dickinson was twenty-four she returned with her family to the Homestead, the ancestral house on Amherst’s Main Street that her father had sold some years before, and which the family was now in a position to take back. She recalled this homecoming in a letter to her friend Elizabeth Holland: I cannot tell you how we moved. I had rather not remember. I believe my “effects” were brought in a bandbox, and the “deathless me”, on foot, not many moments after.
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Jun 2, 2024 | 
faribaultcountyregister.com | Fiona Green
The piano is a ubiquitous instrument in the 21st century, but it did not always look, and sound, as it does today. Like many things, the modern-day piano is the result of centuries of evolution. Its predecessor, the fortepiano, was a lighter model with leather-covered hammers and thin, harpsichord-like strings. It was the instrument of choice for the Classical masters of its time – enduring Viennese composers such as Wolfgang Amadé Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and Joseph Haydn.
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May 26, 2024 | 
faribaultcountyregister.com | Fiona Green
Shellie Poetter has a vision: a playground in Blue Earth that any, and every child can enjoy. “I don’t think Blue Earth has an ADA-accessible playground right now, so (an inclusive playground) would be a plus for Blue Earth,” she explains. “Forty percent of our population in the United States has some sort of disability.
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May 26, 2024 | 
faribaultcountyregister.com | Fiona Green
The Blue Earth City Council granted city attorney David Frundt the authority to negotiate the return of the Three Sisters buildings to the city’s ownership on May 6. Two weeks later, the council learned the results of Frundt’s negotiations at a meeting held on Monday, May 20. “The buildings are ours at this point in time,” Frundt reported.
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May 26, 2024 | 
faribaultcountyregister.com | Fiona Green
Forty-four United South Central seniors will walk the halls of their high school for the last time on Friday, May 31 – as USC students, at least. That evening, they will gather to don their caps and gowns, receive their diplomas, and say ‘farewell’ to United South Central High School. In the months to come, USC’s Class of 2024 will disperse across the Midwest, or even further in some cases.
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May 19, 2024 | 
faribaultcountyregister.com | Fiona Green
On Sunday, June 2, 76 Blue Earth Area seniors will gather together for the last time to don their gaps and gowns, receive their diplomas, and say ‘farewell’ to Blue Earth Area High School. The students have shared many experiences up until this point, but June will mark a divergence in their paths. The Class of 2024’s post-graduation plans will scatter them far and wide – from Blue Earth, Minnesota, to Wisconsin, Wyoming, Missouri and Hawaii.
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May 19, 2024 | 
faribaultcountyregister.com | Fiona Green
At the start of a Winnebago City Council meeting held on Tuesday, May 14, the council made police chief Nathan Goette’s new title official by administering his Oath of Office. They also reviewed Goette’s request for new tasers following an evaluation of the police department’s equipment. He recommended purchasing three Axon Taser 10s, with an estimated $17,884 total cost. “I come from a larger agency where we had back-up whenever we needed it. Here, back-up is far away,” Goette explained.
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May 19, 2024 | 
faribaultcountyregister.com | Fiona Green
Genesis Classical Academy in Winnebago opened its doors in the fall of 2015, marking a watershed moment for the small town. Nine years later, the school is celebrating another monumental event: the graduation of its first class of seniors. Genesis was formed in 2015 when the Blue Earth Area School District closed its elementary school in Winnebago. Shortly after the closure, a local group began exploring educational alternatives for their community.
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May 19, 2024 | 
faribaultcountyregister.com | Fiona Green
The BEA boys tennis team set out to slay the Litchfield Dragons at the Varsity Section Quarterfinals on Thursday, May 16, but they came up one match short. The No. 5-seeded Dragons upset the No. 4-seeded Bucs with a narrow, 4-3 defeat. BEA’s No. 1 singles player, Joe Frundt, faced a tough opponent in Litchfield’s Lincoln Dille. Dille won the match in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2. However, the Bucs scooped up three wins in the remaining singles match-ups.
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May 12, 2024 | 
faribaultcountyregister.com | Fiona Green
The Blue Earth City Council discussed ongoing annexation proceedings with the Township of Blue Earth City at a meeting held on Monday, May 6. City attorney David Frundt informed the council that an amended three-year agreement for the annexation proceedings was recently rejected by the Township Board, who instead requested to return to the original five-year annexation agreement which was presented to the board on March 21.
