NEW ULM – The New Ulm League of Women Voters (LWV) held a candidate forum for Keith Klawitter of Morgan and Lydell Sik of Lamberton, both of whom are seeking the DFL nomination for the State House 15B seat in the Aug. 11 primary. Throughout the forum, the two candidates acknowledged the ...
SLEEPY EYE — The Sleepy Eye City Council unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday to begin the process of refunding itself with up to $1.2 million in bond proceeds for costs to upgrade park and pool facilities. Sleepy Eye City Manager Bob Elston said the resolution would allow the City to ...
NEW ULM — Non-primary election filing picked up in a number of area communities Tuesday and Wednesday. Redwood Falls Mayor Tom Quackenbush and Sanborn Mayor Edward J. Cohrs refiled for election Tuesday. Winthrop Mayor Julie Trebelhorn refiled for election Wednesday. City council candidates filing for election Tuesday were Chase Hermes Bakken in Fairfax, Mark Slater in Madelia, Alicia Dudley in New Auburn, Robert Albertson and Chad A. Halvorson in Revere, Jacob Beckius in St. James Ward 2 and Mary J. Fennern in Sanborn. Filing for election Wednesday were Tim Portner for Courtland ...
NEW ULM – After decades of services, New Ulm’s aging water and wastewater facilities are in need of long awaited maintenance, overhauls and outright replacements. To cover the costs of these projects New Ulm Public Utilities is looking at sizable rate increase to water and wastewater ...
NEW ULM — Last month, Chloe Dickson joined the New Ulm Public Library as the newest librarian. Dickson grew up in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C., near Andrews Air Force Base. She was homeschooled through high school. She earned a bachelor’s degree at Messiah ...
On Monday, the American Red Cross announced that it is in the midst of an emergency blood shortage. In June, the American Red Cross declared in a press release, the blood supply fell nearly 25%. While the Red Cross anticipates a shortage in blood during the summer months — usually because of increased injury and being unable to hold school blood drives — this has been the lowest blood supply the Red Cross has had during these months since 2015, said Nate Russell, the regional communications manager at the American Red Cross. According to Russell, blood has a shelf life, and ...
