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Indivisible organization holds empty chair town hall

ST. PETER - Members of the New Ulm and St. Peter/Greater Mankato area chapters of Indivisible, a grassroots movement, held an Empty Chair Town Hall meeting Saturday at Minnesota Square Park Pavilion in St. Peter. Event chair Marian Broida said they invited Representative Brad Finstad to the ...

Sleepy Eye man needs open heart surgery

SLEEPY EYE — Metal scrap dealer Melvin Hoffman continues to work these days despite a serious health condition he was born with. Hoffman works at New Ulm Steel & Recycling and recycles scrap metal with his son Dustin. “I’m old school. I like to work. I’ve worked with broken legs. ...

Six finalists named for Sleepy Eye elementary principal

SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye Public School Superintendent John Cselovszki presented the names of six elementary principal finalists to the school board Wednesday. The list includes New Ulm Public School special education teacher Crystal Ibberson, Fridley Public Schools Special Services Director Laura Seifert-Hertling, New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Learning Coordinator Jason Toupence, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial math teacher Kyle Leeson, Blue Earth second-grade teacher Keri Murphy, and Riverbend Education District Dean of Students Benjamin Westphal. Cselovszki said the ...

‘It’s time to come together’

SLEEPY EYE — A strong advocate for farmers who served eight terms in the Minnesota House of Representatives spoke with zeal about the need to work together and preserve Medicare at a People’s Town Hall at Sleepy Eye Brewing Company Tuesday. Minnesota Farmers Union President Gary Wertish ...

Celebrating agriculture

NEW ULM – Members of the New Ulm Future Farmers of America (FFA) gathered the glockenspiel at 3rd North and Minnesota Tuesday morning for the annual Farm City Hub Club Ag Day Parade. Around 28 FFA members participated in the parade along with 10 area businesses. This year’s parade was led ...

Commissioners OK Essig highway lights

NEW ULM — In response to a Milford Township Board request to add streetlights on Highway 14 and County Highway 11 for safety considerations, Brown County commissioners unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday authorizing a Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) agreement for an LED ...