Terry Lanoue has seven cats at home, but don’t make the mistake of describing her as only a cat person. She favors dogs, too.

ST. JAMES — Watonwan County derives its name from the Dakota language. Loosely translated, "watonwan" means “good fish bait” or “where fish abound.” The county was aptly named as the Watonwan River ...

WATONWAN COUNTY, Minn. — A convict who escaped a Minnesota jail earlier this week is back behind bars Thursday. Two others are also in custody for helping him escape. Leonardo Lopez Jr. escaped from ...

UPDATE: Leonardo Lopez Jr. was recaptured on Thursday. What follows is a modified version of the original story. WATONWAN COUNTY, Minn. — An inmate who escaped from a southern Minnesota jail Monday ...

WATONWAN COUNTY — Across Minnesota, food shelves are making bold moves to meet the growing needs of families in this time of pandemic and inflation. For two years, community champions from University ...

Authorities from Watonwan County are searching for an inmate who escaped on Monday night. Leonardo Lopez Jr., 36, escaped custody at Watonwan County Jail just before 7 p.m. The Watonwan County Sheriff ...

The following article has been updated from print as a review from the county was pending at the time of publishing. Watonwan County's Truth in Taxation public hearing took place on Tuesday night. The ...

ST. JAMES, Minn. — A Watonwan County sheriff’s deputy is facing a felony charge after investigators allegedly found a stolen Bobcat skid loader at his home. A criminal complaint filed Monday says the ...

State officials have confirmed the presence of the emerald ash borer in Watonwan County for the first time. Friday, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) said that Watonwan County is the 38th ...

Data is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalization data is a daily average of Covid-19 patients in hospital service areas that intersect with Watonwan County, an area which ...