SLEEPY EYE — After more than 35 years on the job, Sleepy Eye Ambulance Director Shari Hittesdorf will retire from the organization Jan. 5, 2027. Her interest in paramedical rescue services goes back to her childhood when the action-adventure medical drama television series “Emergency!” ...
NEW ULM — New Ulm Police Chief and Emergency Management Director Dave Borchert is looking for volunteers. He plans to create a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), a group of local volunteers trained by emergency experts to provide basic life-saving and support skills during disasters ...
The New Ulm Fire Department keeps its old fire trucks in an equipment building on North 21st Street. The collection spans from 1870 to the 1950s and shows how much firefighting has changed in southern Minnesota over the years. The oldest piece is an 1870 hand pumper. “This hand pumper was ...
SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye Fire Department Assistant Fire Marshal Shaun Heiderscheidt was surprised when he was named the 2025 Firefighter of the Year by the Minnesota American Legion. “It’s a helluva surprise,” said Heiderscheidt who lived outside the fire department’s five-minute ...
The New Ulm Fire Department responded to 141 fire calls in 2025 while maintaining an average in-town response time of 5.31 minutes from initial dispatch tone-out to scene arrival. The department currently operates with a roster of 41 active paid-on-call firefighters. Under this operational ...
NEW ULM — Allina Health EMS New Ulm responded to 2,170 calls for service in 2025, including 911 emergency responses, interfacility transports, discharge rides and special event coverage. Of that total, 1,197 were 911 emergency responses, according to Mark Newman, Supervisor of EMS ...
