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Mobile crisis team reaching out to Brown County

NEW ULM — In an effort to increase recognition that May is mental health awareness month, Horizon Homes, Inc. Crisis Services Director Tina Olson was invited to present vital service information to Brown County commissioners Tuesday. “We’re here to talk about the South Central Mental Health Crisis Team extending into Brown County since last August,” said Olson. “We want people to look at our services as more of an upstream approach. We don’t want to continue to try to access people when they’re in crisis, when they need law enforcement or go to the hospital for things ...

Brown Co. speed study hearing targets N. Highland

NEW ULM — By a 4-1 vote Tuesday, Brown County Commissioners approved a June 18 public hearing date for input on a proposed speed study for County State-Aid Highway (CSAH) 13 (North Highland Ave.). Commissioner Dave Borchert cast a dissenting vote on the request approved on a motion by Commissioner Scott Windschitl, seconded by Tony Berg that set the public hearing at the beginning of the Tuesday, June 18 county board meeting. Speed data from 2023 was reviewed from a radar sign on CSAH 13. The posted speed limit is 30 mph. Seventy percent of traffic exceeded the speed limit. ...

‘We take it everywhere’

NEW ULM — Rivian and Tesla electric vehicle owners described their electric vehicle experiences in great detail. Most of their responses were positive. Rural New Ulm welder and farmer Tad Ulrich bought a brand new Rivian all-wheel drive pickup that was delivered to his door a couple years ...

SE Council OKs ending community center leases

SLEEPY EYE — Due to building damage caused by lessees, the Sleepy Eye City Council unanimously approved no longer offering leases at the Community Center main hall Tuesday. Sleepy Eye City Manager Bob Elston said he recently noticed permanent Magic Marker marks on the new community center floor. “We spent $15,000 on a new floor. It’ll cost us several hundred dollars to clean it. It’s aggravating. Do we want to continue fixing and re-fixing it?” Elston said. “If we can’t pay someone to babysit people using the Sleepy Eye Community Center, (115 2nd Ave. N.E.) I suggest we ...

Bomb threat delays SE schools two hours

SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye Public School and St. Mary’s Catholic School opened at 10 a.m. Thursday, two hours late, due to an early morning potential bomb threat. “It has been determined there is no credible threat to the safety of students,” read a Brown County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) news release sent Thursday. The BCSO was contacted by the Minnesota Fusion Center, part of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, regarding a bomb threat reported by a social media platform to the FBI National Threat Operations Center (NTOC). Upon receiving information of the potential ...

Nicollet working on potential development

Ryan Johnson, of Total Package, LLC, presented a potential plan for development to the Nicollet City Council at their meeting on Monday. Johnson’s plan is to develop twenty-six acres on the south side of Nicollet that currently belongs to Bob Freitag. His plan is to build 320 storage units that are approximately ten feet by twenty feet on the west 2 1/2 acres of the land. With the potential of using up to ten acres for storage units. The remaining land would be available to be used for other opportunities. Those could be apartments, restaurants, hotels, office spaces, retail spaces, ...