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New Ulm Police Department • At 1:05 a.m. Thursday police stopped a vehicle on Broadway and the block of 800 North Street for equipment violation. The 42-year-old Fairfax woman shows signs of impairment and was arrested. She was transported to jail and then to detox. Report to County Attorney’s office. • Police arrested a 27-year-old New Ulm woman on the block of 300 block of North Broadway Thursday at 11:44 a.m. for a harassment restraining order violation.

The Grand’s back patio dedicated to Bank Midwest

NEW ULM — The Grand Center for Arts and Culture's patio deck is dedicated to Bank Midwest for their generous contribution of $10,000. A sign on the brick wall designates the donors that made the renovation of the patio possible, as the "Bank Midwest PATIO."  The reconstruction spruced up ...

‘A hug from a grateful nation’

SLEEPY EYE – The Patriotic Piecers, a local chapter of the Quilts of Valor Foundation, presented six area veterans with a Quilt of Valor during a special ceremony at Sleepy Eye Veterans Park on Sunday. This year’s veterans receiving Quilts of Valor included William Evans, Grant Friton, ...

Nicollet Public Schools launches new STEM initiative

NICOLLET – Nicollet Public Schools officially launched the Rural Experiential STEM Education Partnership Initiative (RESEPI), a Minnesota State University, Mankato (MSU) program that brings hands-on robotics, programming, and engineering instruction to rural schools at no cost to the ...

Lyon Co. pursuit ends with New Ulm arrest

MARSHALL — A man pursued by law enforcement in Lyon County on Friday morning was later arrested in New Ulm. Chase David Frieze was apprehended around 9 p.m. Friday, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said. Around 11 a.m. Friday, a Lyon County deputy tried to initiate a traffic stop for a 2021 Jeep Gladiator suspected to be driven by Frieze on Minnesota Highway 23, the Sheriff’s Office said. There was a Meeker County warrant out for Frieze’s arrest. Instead of stopping, the Jeep accelerated and fled from the deputy, the Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies pursued the vehicle for ...

'Keep their memory alive, keep talking about them'

SLEEPY EYE – Dozens gathered in Sleepy Eye’s Allison Park Sunday to remember loved ones as part of the annual KT Remembrance Walk. This was the third annual Sleepy Eye KT Remembrance Walk. Two weeks earlier, Alexandria, MN, hosted its sixth annual remembrance walk. The KT Remembrance ...