SLEEPY EYE - Emergency teams conducted a joint training drill Wednesday evening on Sleepy Eye Lake that simulated a multi-casualty boat crash. The exercise involved six victims, five injured and one missing. Firefighters, police, ambulance personnel, and Sleepy Eye Medical Center staff ...
NEW ULM – Republican candidate for Governor, Lisa Demuth, spoke during a candidate townhall during the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC) conference in New Ulm on Thursday. In addressing the CGMC members, many of whom come from small communities throughout Minnesota, she stressed ...
HANSKA — The New Ulm Area Foundation (NUAF) awarded an $1,800 grant to the City of Hanska to support its summer Park and Rec program for children. The grant will pay for materials and supplies, including a new storage cabinet. NUAF Executive Director John Illikman acknowledged, the ...
MARSHALL — A Minnesota commission has officially opened the application process to fill the vacancy left after the death of District Court Judge Tricia Zimmer. Interviews for new judicial candidates are expected to be held in early September, said an announcement by the office of Gov. Tim Walz. Zimmer was appointed as a judge in Minnesota’s Fifth Judicial District in 2018. Zimmer’s legal career started in Lyon County, and she served as an assistant Lyon County attorney before later becoming a judge. She died June 27 at the age of 54. On Friday, the Commission on Judicial ...
New Ulm — Dain’s Dutchmen performed polka music at the annual KNUJ Shunkle Fest at the Glockenspiel in downtown New Ulm on Friday morning. Shunkle Fest took place as part of activities tied to the Bavarian Blast festival weekend. Adam Munsterman, dressed in German lederhosen, played ...
NEW ULM – The groundwork has begun on New Ulm’s smallest housing division. Last week, the New Ulm Business Resource Innovation Center (NUBRIC) began foundation work at 418 and 424 S. 13th Street and 1305-1315 South Minnesota Street as part of the Tiny Homes projects, also known as ...
