Houston County

SEMAC is the Southeast Minnesota Arts Council, and they awarded 52 grants that totaled over $311,525.

The Minnesota State Patrol says a Rochester man was killed Thursday in Houston County when his motorcycle collided head-on with a dump truck.

The Fillmore County Unemployment rate is at its lowest since November of 2015, at 3 percent. For the month of April, Fillmore Counties sat at 3.6 percent, which was down 1.5 percent from the month of March. According to the Minnesota Employment and Economic Development, Fillmore and Mower County have had unemployment rise 1 point compared to last year, while Houston was down 1 point compared to 20