Austin Daily Herald

The Austin Daily Herald is a widely circulated newspaper that comes out Monday to Friday in the afternoons, and on Saturday and Sunday mornings. It has a distribution of 7,000 copies, primarily in Austin, Minnesota. Additionally, the newspaper offers an Early Edition that is sent to 16,000 homes on Sundays at no cost.

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Full House: With four three-sport high school student athletes under one roof, the Schwarz family stays busy - Austin Daily Herald

3 days ago | austindailyherald.com | Rocky Hulne

Published 6:33 pm Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Editor’s Note: This is the first of a three-part series on former high school athletes raising high school athletes in today’s world. BLOOMING PRAIRIE — The competition is nonstop at the Schwarz household. After a day of workouts, practices and summer basketball, the kids are on the court playing a game of basketball.
Southland battery leads All-Herald Softball Team - Austin Daily Herald

1 week ago | austindailyherald.com | Rocky Hulne

Published 5:38 pm Friday, June 20, 2025 Laney Weis, pitcher, SouthlandThe sophomore went 19-4 overall in the circle with an ERA of 2.47. Weis struck out 149 in 147 innings, while allowing 116 hits, 93 walks and 19 hit batters.
Denzer delivers right before dark as Post 91 beats Rochester - Austin Daily Herald

1 week ago | austindailyherald.com | Rocky Hulne

Published 9:31 pm Thursday, June 19, 2025 The setting sun was putting plenty of pressure on the Austin Post 91 Legion baseball team to finish the job and Casey Denzer made sure the team entered sundown with a win when he came up with a clutch, two-out, RBI walk-off single to beat the Rochester Patriots 4-3 in eight innings in a game that was played in a Riverland Field that didn’t have lights Thursday night.
PHOTOS: Highwater Music & Movies Series kicks off its run - Austin Daily Herald

1 week ago | austindailyherald.com | Eric Johnson

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.
Juneteenth Celebration recognizes progress and work still to be done - Austin Daily Herald

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.
Man with a history of domestic assault convictions arrested Monday, charged - Austin Daily Herald

1 week ago | austindailyherald.com | Eric Johnson

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.
Hulne: How much have sports changed in 30 years? - Austin Daily Herald

1 week ago | austindailyherald.com | Rocky Hulne

Published 3:04 pm Wednesday, June 18, 2025 The world of sports is changing fast and soon I’ll be embarking on an effort to find out just how much things have changed. In the coming weeks, expect to see some stories on sports parents who were once athletes themselves. You’ll get an inside look on how things have changed in the past 30 years and you’ll also hear about what it means to go from athlete to parent of an athlete.
Mower County systems down after ransomware attack - Austin Daily Herald

1 week ago | austindailyherald.com | Eric Johnson

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.
Al Batt: Precious memories from a meadowlark - Austin Daily Herald

1 week ago | austindailyherald.com | Al Batt

Published 5:28 pm Tuesday, June 17, 2025 Echoes from the Loafers’ Club MeetingI’ve got big news for you. Well, I’m glad I’m sitting down. I just painted that chair you’re sitting in. Driving by Bruce’s driveI have a wonderful neighbor named Bruce. Whenever I pass his drive, thoughts occur to me. The sky was as black as blue and as blue as black. Then, a beautiful day shouldered its way in.
The Wide Angle: Digging into leftover’s past - Austin Daily Herald

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.