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Peterson advocates for vaccines

Staff photo by Fritz Busch Shannon Duffy Peterson and her son Nicholas, six, in their rural Sleepy Eye home.
November 20, 2009

BROWN COUNTY —Just a couple weeks from her sixth birthday in early 2001, Abby Peterson seemed to be recovering from the chicken pox. She fell violently ill and died on the way to the hospital, just 10 hours after showing symptoms. Abby Peterson never received a chicken pox (varicella) or pneumococcal vaccine after a pediatrician convinced her mother, Shannon Duffy Peterson of rural Sleepy Eye, that she didn’t need them. The child got a severe case of chicken pox that made her so weak, she got a second infection, a form of pneumonia that the pneumococcal vaccine protects against. The child’s autopsy showed she never had a spleen, which was not known until after she died, Peterson said. After that experience, Peterson became a vaccination advocate. Her quests have included testifying for a law requiring both vaccinations before the Minnesota state legislature in 2003, which led to them being added to the vaccination schedule, Peterson adde.

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Firefighters answer two calls Thursday

November 20, 2009

NEW ULM — New Ulm fire fighters answered two calls on Thursday.

Nobody was injured in either fire.

A grain bin fire was reported at 7:30 a.m. at the Rachel Mangen farm, 18610 County Road 27.

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Cable Board OKs 2010 budget request

November 20, 2009

NEW ULM — The Cable Communications Advisory Board Thursday approved a $145,700 budget request for 2010, and the significant part of the approval is that internally generated revenue is expected to amount to $145,700.

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Appreciating agriculture

November 20, 2009

Staff photo by Steve Muscatello



Hundreds of people enjoyed a free breakfast courtesy of KNUJ, the Farm-City Hub Club and the New Ulm Area Chamber of Commerce Thursday at the Brown County Fairgrounds in New Ulm.

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‘Legends of Medicine’ named

November 19, 2009

NEW ULM — New Ulm Medical Center named its 2009 “Legends of Medicine” on Wednesday, honoring two women who contributed much to the hospital over the years.

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Missing New Ulm man found after intensive search

November 19, 2009

NEW ULM — A New Ulm man reported missing at 8 a.m. Wednesday was located shortly before noon at a home three blocks from his residence after an intensive search.

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