NEW ULM — Absentee voters walked into and out of the Brown County Auditor-Treasurers Office to cast their ballots Friday. “Absentee voting that began Sept. 20 has been very steady. With a presidential election, there is always high voter turnout,” said Brown County Auditor-Treasurer ...
NEW ULM — Skeletons standing on every corner, ghosts hanging from every tree, and witches gathering in every yard can only mean one thing: Halloween is less than a week away. Many residents are starting to get in the spirit of the holiday with scary decorations going up across town. In New ...
GAYLORD — A Sibley County Jury found Travis Joel Bauer of Winthrop guilty of second-degree murder with intent and not guilty of 1st-degree pre-meditated murder Friday. Pending sentencing, Bauer’s bail, earlier set at $3 million without conditions, $150,000 with conditions, was revoked by the Court and he was remanded into custody, according to a Sibley County Attorney’s Office news release. A pre-sentence investigation was ordered. Sentencing will be set at a later date, about 60 days out, read the release. “The jury made a decision that Travis Bauer killed Dennis Weitzenkamp. ...
While harvest, fall foliage and festivals fill up the month of October, one constant in the New Ulm and Sleepy Eye areas this time of year are the dedicated individuals bringing the Halloween spirit to life. With tricks, treats and things that makes the hair on one’s arms stand up, here are ...
FAIRMONT – After the relatively pleasant winter last year, the season is projected to return to regularly cold temperatures and precipitation levels. National Weather Service Meteorologist Bill Borghoff said current projections show this winter has a chance to be colder and wetter than normal due to La Nina conditions. “We’ll probably be a degree or two below normal overall,” he said. “Snow is favored to be above average. We usually average 50 inches of snow per winter, and we could get around 50-65 inches depending on how active it is.” October has been a fall mix of ...
NICOLLET -- Adam Huiras, developer, and Mike Drummer, excavator, of the apartment building project at 520 6th Street requested a change to their original plan. The original plan was to tie into the sewer and water lines under the street which is a county road. Now that they have begun the project, they noticed an existing sewer and water lines leading up to the property used by the school that was previously on the site. Huiras said he would like permission from the city to tie into those existing sewer and water lines. Huiras explained that using the existing lines would be a cost ...
