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Rabies detected in southern Minnesota cow

The Minnesota Board of Animal Health confirmed a cow in southern Minnesota has tested positive for rabies. The Board of Animal Health stated rabies was found in a Hereford heifer located in Brown County, though the exact location of the animal or its owners is not being released. Board of Animal Health Communication Director Michael Crusan said unless there is a threat to the wider population and wildlife, the board will only identify the county where the infection was identified. In this case, there is no risk of infection moving off the premise. Board of Animal Health did confirm ...

Shining through the years

NEW ULM - Senior living communities across New Ulm celebrated National Assisted Living Week Sept. 13-19 under the national theme "Shining Through the Years" with themed days, grill-outs and community events. National Assisted Living Week was celebrated locally by Orchard Hill Senior Living, ...

Wall too high

SLEEPY EYE – After discussion Tuesday, Sept. 8, the Sleepy Eye City Council unanimously approved an amended settlement agreement and resolution to ordering the partial take down of a wall on Prescott Street Northwest. The wall is located on the property of Glen and Lisa Schuster property. ...

Celebrating a permanent fixture of New Ulm

NEW ULM — Community members and visitors gathered across Hermann Heights Park and Harman Park for the  annual Hermannfest celebration, a free-admission festival that has become a late-summer anchor for German heritage, live music, and living history under the shadow of the Hermann ...

‘This is a humbling experience, It will humble you’

LAKE CRYSTAL – Friday, on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, firefighters from four area departments paid tribute to those who sacrificed everything to save lives through a memorial climb of the POET Bioprocessing grain bin outside Lake Crystal. The staircase leading to the ...

‘A lifeline when I had lost all hope’

NEW ULM - Bernadette Schendel, leader of New Ulm’s Compassionate Friends chapter was honored with a national Chapter Leadership Award by the organization. Compassionate Friends is an organization that offers support for families who experience the death of a child. Founded in England by a ...