Sibley County Court • Tressa Dee Weeden-Bootz, 40, Savage, pled guilty May 21 to a charge alleging depriving a parent of custodial rights. Adjudication was stayed. She was placed on up to three years supervised probation with conditions that she pay $1,804 in restitution, complete a diagnostic assessment within 60 days, follow all recommendations, follow all parenting time and custody orders in effect.
New Ulm Police • Arrested and transported a 49-year-old New Ulm man to the Brown County Jail for domestic assault, malicious punishment of a child and endangering a child at 6:02 a.m. Thursday on Sunrise Drive. A 17-year-old New Ulm boy was injured but medical attention was not sought. Reports went to Brown County Human Services and the Brown County Attorney’s Office. • A 28-year-old New Ulm man was cited for dog at large at 1:31 p.m. Friday on Payne Street South. A report went to animal control. • Stopped a vehicle at 10:36 p.m. at Payne St. South and 1st Street. A ...
NEW ULM — More than 100 people attended Mark Santelman’s fraud prevention workshop at the New Ulm Community Center on Wednesday. Santelman, who has hosted the sessions for more than a decade, told attendees to question unsolicited contacts. “If it’s too good to be true, it’s ...
NEW ULM – On Nov. 3, New Ulm will have three seats on the city council up for election, but only two of the incumbents plan to file for re-elections. The election filing period for the 2026 general election began Tuesday. Any candidate who wants to be on the ballot for county, state and federal offices must file an affidavit of candidacy before 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 2. In New Ulm, the position of Mayor, Ward 2 City Councilor and Ward 4 City Councilor will be on the ballot. Mayor Kathleen Backer announced Tuesday that she plans to file candidacy for re-election. Backer was first ...
NEW ULM — A decades old tradition of laying a large, poppy-adorned wreath under the New Ulm City Cemetery Doughboy Monument and playing “Taps” in memory of soldiers, sailors and Marines who served their country in time of war continued Thursday. The ceremony had particular meaning to ...
NEW ULM – The bids for the New Ulm’s trap range building project were a misfire. The New Ulm City Council voted to reject all bids received for the new trap range building projects received on April 28. The bids received came in higher than estimated, forcing city staff to request the ...
