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Little House gathering

WALNUT GROVE — The Wilder Pageant hosted its second week of performances over the weekend. But this week brought along new and familiar faces to longtime fans of the Little House books and show. Actresses, historians and people with direct connections to the Ingalls family arrived over the ...

Church of Cash closes out Bavarian Blast

NEW ULM — Jay Ernest performed with his band Church of Cash on the final night of Bavarian Blast at the Brown County Fairgrounds. Ernest, who performs under that name and was born Jay Ernest Kalk, told the audience he grew up in the New Ulm area. He said he spent his first year of life in ...

Court proceedings

Brown County District Court INELIGIBLE TO POSSESS ANY TYPE OF FIREARM/AMMUNITION • Erasmo Ozuna Jr. St. Cloud. 60 mos. St. Cloud Correctional Facility. Pay restitution, open for 30 days after July 7, 2026. Felony. FIFTH-DEGREE DRUG POSSESSION-NOT SMALL AMOUNT MARIJUANA • Shawn Henry Staudinger, Comfrey. 364 days local confinement, credit for 364 days served. Pay restitution, to remain open 30 days after July 10, 2026. Gross misdemeanor. Also fourth-degree assault peace officer. Gross misdemeanor. DWI • Alyssa Lee Guggisberg, New Ulm. $610. 90 days local confinement stayed ...

Police logs

New Ulm Police • Received a forged check report in the amount of $4,766.98 at West Point Dairy Products, 315 N. Broadway at 3:54 p.m. Thursday. Police continue to investigate the incident. • Received a theft report at 6:21 p.m. Thursday on the 1300 block Jefferson Street North involving motor vehicle tampering. The 15-year-old juvenile male was caught by the vehicle owner inside a vehicle without permission. A cell phone valued at $50 was reported taken but was later recovered. A report went to the Brown County Attorney’s Office. • Responded to a juvenile trouble report at ...

Sibley County Court

• Derrick Deleon Green, 55, Charlotte, N.C. pled guilty July 16 on a charge alleging felony theft of a motor vehicle. The court stayed adjudication and placed Green on up to one year unsupervised probation with conditions that he serve two days in the Sibley County Jail, pay $940 restitutution to the victim, pay $100 in costs. • Stephen Bradley Kizer, 49, Winthrop, pled guilty to a charge alleging failure to register as a predatory offender July 16. He was sentenced to 16 months imprisonment, beginning immediately. • Mark David Schwarzrock, 42, Gibbon, pled guilty July 16 to a ...

Community Calendar

Saturday BCHS Popccorn Wagon 10-5 p.m. behind the BCHS Museum off Broaday Narcotics Anonymous, 10:30 a.m., River Valley Christian Church, 100 N. Washington St., New Ulm. Use side entrance. Open to the public. The New Ulm Farmers Market will be held 9am-12pm in the River Bend Education District parking lot through October 10 Paddlefish Brewing Tasting Event at Sweet Haven 2-5 p.m. Bavarian Blast, Brown County Fairgrounds SUNDAY Bavarian Blast parade 12:30 p.m. Begins at Fairgrounds, travels State to 6th North, then 6th North to Jefferson St. Just For Today Nar-Anon Family Group, ...