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Brown County seeks RFP for statewide affordable housing aid

Brown County has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for projects seeking support through the Statewide Affordable Housing Aid (SAHA), a statewide initiative designed to develop and preserve affordable housing, prevent housing instability, and support Minnesotans experiencing homelessness. SAHA funding, certified annually by the Minnesota Department of Revenue, provides essential resources to counties, tribal governments, and greater Minnesota communities for projects that expand and sustain affordable housing options. Brown County invites proposals that address a broad range of ...

BALLPLAYER IN ON BIG REWARD

Grover McGovern, Who Flayed First Base on New Ulm Team in 1922, Shot Westblade. ———— MURDERER IS KILLED BY MCGOVERN, COMPANIONS ———— Reward of $2,500 Offered for Capture of Man Accused of Killing Patrolmen Near Tofte. ———— Grover McGovern, who played first base on the New Ulm team in 1922, came in for his share of $2,500, reward offered for the capture of John Westblade, accused by a coroner’s jury of murdering two state highway patrolmen near Tofte, on Highway No. 1 along the north shore of Lake Superior, recently. About 100 trappers, ...

College students digging into history of the Dakotas

It was 114 years ago, on Aug. 18,1862, that the large body of Dakota Indians surrounded the settlement on the Lower Sioux Agency. Twenty citizens were slain, and the buildings, abandoned or damaged by fire, slowly crumbled into ruins. Over the past 100 years the Minnesota prairie has ...

Hans Richter: the concession king in New Ulm area Hans Richter

Hans Richter, an “institution” in the concession stand at Johnson Park in New Ulm the past nine years, says it’s the last year for him. Richter retired a few years ago from his printer’s job at Kemske Paper Company.Now when he isn’t at home whittling out some wood design, Richter ...

TO REVOKE DRUNKEN DRIVERS’ LICENSES

Justices N. Henningsen and Fred. Pfaender State There Will Be No Exceptions. ———— JUSTICES OF PEACE ARE GIVEN PERMISSION TO ACT ———— Judge Fosseen of Minneapolis Started the Revocation of Intoxicated Drivers’ Licenses. ———— Drunken automobile drivers should give New Ulm a wide berth for if taken into custody by local police officers and brought before Justice N. Henningsen or Justice Fred. Pfaender there is no question but that they will have their automobile licenses revoked. Both local justices state there will be no exceptions made and that ...

ROADS LEADING TO CITY TO BE FIXED BY COUNCIL ORDER

Courtland-Beussmann Roads To Be Repaired Before Circus Comes ———— CENTER STREET WIDTH AGAIN IS CHANGED ———— Roadway Of Eighty Feet Is To Be Left On Entire Street Length ———— Mostly routine matters occupied the attention of the city council at its regular meeting last Tuesday. Among the important things done was the order for repairing two of the roads leading into the city, to be put in a passable condition. Sewer matters and other street matters also demanded much of the council’s time. Want Road Fixed Otto J. Buenger, J. P. Graff and ...