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 ...
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 – 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sibley County Court • Joshua Eric Henry, 51, Winthrop, was charged with felony possession of stolen property and fourth-degree misdemeanor DWI Sept. 22. Sibley County Deputy Sheriff Cody Theis conducted a traffic stop on County Road 57 south of Winthrop Sept. 18 due to a vehicle pulling a trailer without operable lights. Henry was identified as the vehicle driver. Michael Lee Doering, 72, Winthrop, was identified as a passenger who admitted to Deputy Theis that the trailer they towed was stolen and they were driving to dump the trailer on a gravel road for law enforcement to find ...
