Area Breaking News

Gaylord’s City Council recently fielded annual reviews from various departments.  The Public Works Department reported an “average” year for the Gaylord Area Aquatic Center.  For more details, see this week’s Hub.

Sibley County’s Board of Commissioners, in a workshop meeting earlier this year, gave its verbal support to an approach that, if successful, would provide $1 million in economic development funds for Gibbon, Winthrop and Fairfax.  See more on this GFW School District proposal in the March 23rd issue of The Gaylord Hub.

Gaylord’s Economic Development Authority (EDA) recently fielded a presentation on an entrepreneurial program provided by the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation.  For more on the story, see the March 23rd issue of The Gaylord Hub.

Travis Lee Bauer was arrested late Friday and is expected to be charged with second degree murder in connection to the death of a rural Winthrop man last September. Bauer reportedly had a working relationship with Dennis Weitzenkamp.   It was mid-afternoon on Tuesday, September 20th when the Sibley County Sheriff’s Office received a call…

Siblings Natalie and Benito Diaz were both medal winners at the State Wrestling Tournament.  For more on their story and state tourney results, see the March 9th edition of The Gaylord Hub.

Gaylord’s City Council, last week, approved a construction bid for the restoration of the park pavilion.  For more on the bid and a project update, see the March 9th Hub.

Sibley County Board of Commissioners, after an hour long public hearing last week, approved multi-year repair lien levies for six county ditches. For more on the story, see the March 9th issue of The Hub.

Barre Pinske, a 1981 graduate of Gaylord High School, continues to be known as one of the world’s premier chainsaw artists.  See more on his story, and why he changed his name from Barry to Barre, in the Febuary 9th issue of The Hub.

Gaylord’s City Council gave the green light to hiring plans for the Gaylord Area Aquatic Center.  For more on the story, see the February 9th edition of The Hub.

Warrants have been issued and charges  filed in a Thanksgiving Day armed robbery in Sibley County’s Faxon Township.  See more in the February 9th issue of The Gaylord Hub.