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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 ...

Kwik Trip employee dies in Mankato stabbing

MANKATO — A suspect has been arrested after a Kwik Trip clerk was fatally stabbed early Tuesday morning, according to Mankato Police. Officers responded to a disturbance shortly after 3 a.m. Tuesday at the Kwik Trip on Madison Avenune and found a man unresponsive, later identified as 34 year-old Dennis Vosika, with a knife wound. He was rushed to Mayo Clinic Health System where he was pronounced dead. Using a surveillance video, police identified the suspect, a 28-year-old man name Michael Miller and arrested him at his home. Kwik Trip President/CEO Scott Zietlow issued a news ...

Kallevig crowned Miss Sleepy Eye

Lily Kallevig, center, is crowned 2025 Miss Sleepy Eye at the Sleepy Eye Event Center Sunday. Princesses from left, Caroline Currans and Paige Haala.

Finstad praises federal transparency

NEW ULM — Congressman Brad Finstad of New Ulm praised the Trump administration at the Congressional District (CD) 1 Republican Convention at New Ulm High School Saturday. He called the November 2024 election an election for the record books. “We had great results in the First District ...

Data error could cost Nicollet Public School $325,000

NICOLLET - The Nicollet Public School Board learned about a potential $325,000 shortfall in special education funding Wednesday The board received a financial update from District Business Manager Jim Freihammer at their meeting on Wednesday. Freihammer presented the 2024-2025 preliminary budget, a year-to-date report, and a 2024-2025 end of the year projected budget. The preliminary budget listed a $178,432 surplus with an enrollment of 337 students, the year-to-date shows a $921,971 deficit with an enrollment of 306 students, and the end of the year predicts a $605,427 deficit. ...