NEW ULM — Dozens of wrestlers in kindergarten through high school hit the sand on Minnesota Street Friday to help kick off the third annual Spikin' in the Street with the first-ever Downtown Throwdown event. More than 100 wrestlers, including the Rolling Thunder Wrestling Club of New Ulm ...

SLEEPY EYE — Powered by warm temperatures and summer sun, algae blooms are threatening Sleepy Eye Lake and the Sleepy Eye Summerfest ski show. Earlier in July, the City of Sleepy Eye closed the Sleepy Eye Lake beach based on a recommendation from Brown County Public Health after lake water ...

WINTHROP — T-Bird Community Arts of Gibbon, Fairfax and Winthrop presents the musical “Anastasia” July 31-Aug 3 in the GFW High School auditorium. Set in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, the musical “Anastacia” follows Anya, a brave and mysterious orphan with no memory of her ...

SPRINGFIELD — A 52-year-old North Mankato man died on a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Highway 14 and CR 4 (Range Road) at 3:47 p.m. Saturday. Jeffrey John Bentdahl of North Mankato was driving a 1998 Harley Davidson motorcycle without a helmet, eastbound on Highway 14 when he ...

SLEEPY EYE — Two individuals with a powerful passion for grain bin and farm safety led a program for farmers and first responders at Sleepy Eye Hockey Arena Wednesday. Kylie Fischer, who will be an eighth-grader at Sleepy Eye Public School this fall, said her concern for grain bin and farm ...

GIBBON — A 54-year-old man died after being struck by a truck on County Road 2 just south of Gibbon early Friday morning. The Sibley County Sheriff’s Office responded to a person being hit by a vehicle at 2:36 a.m. Friday. Dino John Bastian, 54, Gibbon, was walking south on the road when ...