Austin

It’s becoming a regular thing in Austin, as rival groups sparred over immigration in front of the Mower County Courthouse. Twenty anti-immigrant demonstrators led by a local National Socialist Movement activist squared off with 50 counter-protesters, including a Socialist Workers Party candidate for Minneapolis mayor. It’s the second anti-immigrant rally in two weeks and the Nazi group says [...]

From the Rochester Post-Bulletin:

‘Fatigued steel’ leads to derailmentRochester Post-Bulletin, Tue, Aug 22, 2006
Two accidents — a derailment in Austin and a truck collision in Utica — tied up Iowa, Chicago & Eastern trains Monday.
First, six corn-filled IC&E rail cars owned by Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad derailed in Austin.
The railroad said in a statement that [...]