SLEEPY EYE — The Sleepy Eye Public School Board unanimously approved hiring McKenzie Wagelie as elementary principal for the 2026-27 school year June 10. A 2018 Sleepy Eye High School graduate, Wagelie begins working in Sleepy Eye July 1. Her contract includes a $90,000 annual salary. She ...

NEW ULM — Denis Warta was many things — a musician, businessman, U.S. Navy sailor, writer, member of many government and civic organizations, and a lover of history and philosophy, to mention a few. Perhaps being what he called a collector of friends made him unique. A good share of his ...

SLEEPY EYE — A satire of corporate America that is just as funny today as when it premiered on Broadway in 1961, “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” is coming to St. Mary’s Auditorium June 25-28. The musical that won seven Tony Awards and the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for ...

NEW ULM — Tom Henderson will share stories from his decades of Scout leadership during a keynote address focusing on bears and storms at the closing of Camp Cuyuna and Scout reunion Saturday at Cross Lake. The 79-year-old former Brown County Human Services director served more than 50 years ...

NEW ULM – The old National Guard Armory and Field Maintenance Shop will officially become City of New Ulm property. The New Ulm City Council approved a resolution Thursday authorizing the execution of the quitclaim deeds with Minnesota Department of Military Affairs to officially acquire the ...

ST. PETER — Police reported an officer shot by a male suspect Thursday night was in stable condition in a Twin Cities hospital Friday. The shooting of the officer yet to be identified, was reported at about 8 p.m. on the 2100 block of Bunker Lane in St. Peter following an attempt to stop a ...