ST. PAUL – The 2026 Minnesota Legislative session begins Tuesday and area legislators are expecting fraud and a looming deficit to be the top issues. “I think the top issue we have to deal with is all the fraud and abuse in Minnesota,” Sen. Gary Dahms, R-Redwood Falls said. Rep. Chris ...

NEW ULM — Brown County Court Judge Robert A. Docherty denied a motion Feb. 9 to dismiss a case for lack of probable cause involving a 45-year-old Springfield woman. Judge Docherty ruled there is sufficient probable cause for theft and financial transaction card fraud charges, according to ...

NEW ULM — Minnesota DFL Chairman Richard Carlbom laid out the task ahead for Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party supporters at the Brown County DFL Convention at the New Ulm Community Center Saturday. “November 3, 2026 is a day in which we need to deliver the largest electoral ...

New Ulm - The ballroom at the Best Western Plus New Ulm hosted the city's annual Fasching celebration Sunday for the third straight year at the hotel. The event brought families and visitors from New Ulm  Fairmont, Gibbon, Springfield and other nearby communities to mark the German tradition ...

NEW ULM — Brown County DFL Convention delegates passed 20 resolutions at the New Ulm Community Center Saturday. The resolutions include keeping all voter information private and out of the hands of federal representatives and appointed officials, according to states’ rights and the ...

NEW ULM – Friday the 13th was bad luck for Mayor Kathleen Backer after The Narren of New Ulm easily captured her at City Hall. Backer’s capture was part of the annual start of the Fasching season, which begins the weekend before the start of Lent. Brown County Historical Society executive ...