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Former NU public school teacher indicted for child porn

MINNEAPOLIS — A teacher with over 20 years of employment at New Ulm Public School was indicted for allegedly using using a messaging app to distribute and receive child pornography. According to court documents, between Oct. 14, 2023 and Jan. 29, 2024, Daniel John Janke, 54, used Kik, a ...

Courtland discusses park improvements

Maintenance and Utilities Supervisor Dave Ubel brought forward a variety of issues to the Courtland City Council at their Thursday meeting. The new park equipment has been delivered to Courtland and work will begin soon to install it. Ubel has been removing the old playground equipment and ...

A summer of extremes for southwest Minnesota

NEW ULM — It’s been a summer of extremes for much of southern Minnesota and weather data proves it. “We set rainfall records across most of the state this summer. Most heavy rains were in June,” said National Weather Service (NWS) Meteorologist Tyler Hasenstein. He said Mankato ...

Lower Sioux shows off industrial hemp campus

REDWOOD COUNTY — Joey Goodthunder had a wide smile on his face before he climbed into a tractor and began cutting industrial hemp just west of Jackpot Junction Casino Hotel Thursday. “Now, I’m going to do what I really love to do,” he said at the Lower Sioux Industrial Hemp Campus ...

MnDOT offers road map for District 7 projects

NEW ULM — Brown County commissioners learned about current and future highway projects through fiscal year 2028 from Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) District 7 project managers Zak Tess and Sam Parker Tuesday. District 7 includes a good share of south central and the southwest ...

Morton man dies in Redwood County crash

REDWOOD COUNTY — A Morton man died in a single-vehicle crash on CSAH 1, north of 270th Street reported at 9:10 p.m. Saturday. Richard Gewerth was driving a vehicle that left the road, entered a ditch and hit a field approach and utility pole. Gewerth was pronounced dead at the scene. ...