Opposition has been rising for months against a proposed data center in Martindale-Brightwood. The center faces its first hurdle at a Feb. 12 meeting.

About 100 people showed up to get the basics on data centers — the new development topic that's sweeping the region. Hosted by the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF), the educational event on Wednesday,

Steve Hacker’s well ran dry in October 2024 for the first time since he moved to Chester County in 1983. Hacker, now retired and working part-time at the local Colonial Theatre, says he went 39 days without running water in his house.