About KIMT

KIMT News 3 is your leading provider of local news, weather information, sports, community events breaking news and entertainment programming from the CBS Television Network. KIMT covers Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa, including Rochester, Mason City, Austin, Albert Lea and Charles City.

KIMT broadcasts programming from the CBS Television Network, the best in syndicated programming, Antenna TV and Ion Television.

KIMT-TV, on the air for more than 65 years, has grown and innovated along with the television broadcasting industry, bringing news and programming from black and white to the implementation of digital television in May of 2002, expanding later that summer to high-definition television to now a leader in North Iowa and Southern Minnesota news.

Owned by Allen Media Broadcasting, KIMT is a reliable and trustworthy news station that integrates the latest technology to bring you the most accurate newscasts on a daily basis along with CBS’ prime programming.

The station signed on for the first time on May 15, 1954, as KGLO-TV owned by Lee Enterprises along with the Globe Gazette and KGLO radio.

In August of 1977, the Federal Communications Commission ruled that one company could not own all the media outlets in a city, and Lee Enterprises was forced to break up its cluster. KGLO was sold to BY communications and the television station was renamed KIMT, standing for Iowa/Minnesota Television. In 1980, it was sold to the Shott family of Bluefield, West Virginia. In 1984, they sold KIMT to Spartan Radiocasting Company (Spartan Communications).

Spartan merged with Media General in 2000, and KIMT celebrated its 50th anniversary on May 15, 2004.

On August 2, 2006, New Vision Television made it public that it had bought KIMT, and on May 7, 2012, LIN TV Corporation announced it would acquire the New Vision Television group, including KIMT. On March 21, 2014, Media General announced it would acquire LIN TV Corporation.

Heartland Media acquired KIMT on Jan. 17, 2017. The station was sold to Allen Media Broadcasting in 2019.

Minnesota Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 770246

Reported Deaths: 8661

County	Cases	Deaths
Hennepin	153749	1923
Ramsey	63444	980
Dakota	57071	526
Anoka	54052	520
Washington	33690	331
Stearns	28419	253
St. Louis	23735	361
Scott	21652	160
Wright	21388	171
Olmsted	18144	120
Sherburne	15515	115
Carver	13665	56
Clay	10253	99
Rice	9985	131
Blue Earth	9666	59
Crow Wing	9518	109
Chisago	8372	63
Kandiyohi	8351	97
Otter Tail	8061	105
Benton	7477	111
Beltrami	6580	79
Mower	6455	41
Douglas	6291	90
Goodhue	6199	85
Itasca	6188	85
Winona	6118	54
McLeod	5957	70
Steele	5858	25
Isanti	5730	74
Morrison	5577	67
Becker	5348	62
Polk	5128	79
Freeborn	4876	42
Nobles	4816	52
Lyon	4563	56
Carlton	4468	66
Nicollet	4344	54
Pine	4285	32
Cass	4257	45
Mille Lacs	4169	67
Brown	4115	47
Todd	4000	36
Le Sueur	3863	32
Meeker	3568	54
Waseca	3273	31
Martin	3263	36
Wabasha	2953	8
Hubbard	2927	44
Dodge	2735	10
Roseau	2652	27
Fillmore	2438	12
Redwood	2404	43
Wadena	2384	29
Houston	2311	17
Renville	2285	49
Faribault	2206	30
Pennington	2172	27
Sibley	2116	12
Cottonwood	1971	28
Kanabec	1922	30
Chippewa	1903	40
Aitkin	1840	43
Watonwan	1711	12
Pope	1614	8
Yellow Medicine	1572	20
Rock	1553	19
Jackson	1473	15
Koochiching	1386	19
Clearwater	1366	18
Murray	1350	11
Swift	1346	19
Marshall	1345	20
Pipestone	1334	27
Stevens	1249	11
Lake	1095	21
Wilkin	1028	14
Lac qui Parle	985	24
Mahnomen	903	12
Norman	878	9
Big Stone	797	4
Grant	786	9
Lincoln	784	5
Kittson	611	22
Red Lake	589	9
Unassigned	538	124
Traverse	516	5
Lake of the Woods	476	4
Cook	246	0

Iowa Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 474151

Reported Deaths: 6785

County	Cases	Deaths
Polk	74657	729
Linn	29194	394
Scott	24733	274
Black Hawk	20335	358
Woodbury	19207	244
Johnson	17988	100
Dubuque	15834	229
Pottawattamie	14276	200
Dallas	14109	108
Story	12885	51
Warren	7742	96
Cerro Gordo	6951	110
Webster	6950	111
Clinton	6929	101
Des Moines	6675	94
Marshall	6418	85
Muscatine	6352	113
Wapello	5936	137
Jasper	5782	79
Lee	5656	89
Sioux	5656	76
Marion	5081	91
Buena Vista	4917	46
Plymouth	4634	87
Henry	3898	47
Jones	3708	61
Washington	3668	56
Benton	3592	57
Bremer	3571	68
Boone	3509	37
Carroll	3463	53
Crawford	3393	47
Mahaska	3228	56
Dickinson	3010	52
Clay	2791	33
Buchanan	2790	39
Jackson	2735	46
Kossuth	2718	73
Hardin	2702	49
Tama	2649	76
Fayette	2606	49
Delaware	2585	46
Cedar	2495	26
Page	2493	28
Wright	2436	45
Hamilton	2339	54
Winneshiek	2333	38
Floyd	2218	45
Harrison	2177	77
Madison	2169	25
Clayton	2145	58
Poweshiek	2117	41
Iowa	2080	29
Butler	2066	38
Cass	2015	57
Jefferson	2010	40
Mills	1999	29
Allamakee	1947	53
Cherokee	1938	44
Lyon	1929	41
Hancock	1876	39
Winnebago	1866	33
Calhoun	1861	16
Appanoose	1808	50
Shelby	1784	39
Louisa	1710	52
Grundy	1685	37
Humboldt	1677	27
Emmet	1671	46
Franklin	1646	28
Mitchell	1640	43
Union	1626	37
Chickasaw	1593	18
Sac	1579	24
Guthrie	1554	34
Montgomery	1423	42
Palo Alto	1420	32
Clarke	1413	28
Keokuk	1396	35
Monroe	1343	35
Howard	1282	22
Ida	1186	41
Greene	1163	15
Davis	1152	25
Lucas	1137	24
Pocahontas	1114	23
Monona	1087	38
Worth	1081	8
Adair	1053	35
Osceola	940	17
Fremont	861	11
Van Buren	842	21
Decatur	826	12
Taylor	797	13
Wayne	748	24
Ringgold	677	27
Audubon	668	14
Adams	509	5
Unassigned	38	0