NEW ULM — Menagerie alumni, friends, family and supporters hugged each other, talked of the good old days and sang their favorite oldies in harmony at the New Ulm Country Club Saturday. Ted Wirtz of Carver, the son of original Menagerie director Bob Wirtz of Florida, said the sing along was ...
BROWN COUNTY — Deaths have outnumbered births in Brown County in recent years, according to data from Brown County Public Health (BCPH) and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). There were 258 more deaths than births in Brown County from 2020 through 2023. Brown County data showed 328 deaths in 2020 — 349 in 2021, 316 in 2022 and 292 in 2023 for a total of 1,285 deaths in four years. There were 1,027 Brown County births over the period — 258 in 2020, 265 in 2021, 270 in 2022 and 234 in 2023, according to BCPH. “We know here in Brown County we have an aging population and ...
SLEEPY EYE — Dawg Haus Bar & Grill owners Geneva and John Bendix recently requested the Sleepy Eye City Council amend city code to allow Sunday liquor sales to begin before noon. The city council approved the first reading of such an ordinance Tuesday, motion by Councilor Nate Stevermer. ...
The Nicollet City Council on Monday gave the personnel committee the go ahead to pursue a new maintenance employee. During the meeting, it was announced that Josh Anderson will be leaving the position on March 9. He has worked for the city since 2007. The committee members — Councilman Kevin Ostermann and Councilwoman Mary Wels — worked with Darin Drill, public works maintenance supervisor, to write an updated job description for the position. The council reviewed the job description during the meeting. Councilman Phil Radel suggested the new hire could possibly go to Iowa for two ...
WINNEBAGO — Winnebago Mayor Scott Robertson and his son Jacob Robertson were arrested Thursday following a drug raid on three Winnebago properties. The Robertsons were transported to the Faribault County Jail for alleged cultivation of marijuana offenses, according to a South Central Drug Investigative Unit (SCDIU) news release. About 240 plants believed to be marijuana and many other items of evidence were seized at 15/17 Main Street, 522 1st Ave. S.W. and 18195 340th Avenue. An investigation by the SCDIU, Faribault County Sheriff’s Office, Faribault County Attorney’s Office ...
REDWOOD FALLS — The FBI arrested a 40-year-old Redwood Falls man at his workplace Wednesday for illegally possessing ammunition. Following an FBI year-long anti-terrorist probe, Andrew David Munsinger was arrested on federal charges. He has prior methamphetamine sale convictions that bar him from firearms or ammunition possession. Munsinger is in Sherburne County Jail custody. He appeared in federal court in St. Paul Wednesday where a judge ordered him to remain detained prior to Feb. 12 hearing and preliminary examination. Several hours after Munsinger was arrested, a SWAT ...
