NICOLLET - The Nicollet Public School Board learned about a potential $325,000 shortfall in special education funding Wednesday The board received a financial update from District Business Manager Jim Freihammer at their meeting on Wednesday. Freihammer presented the 2024-2025 preliminary ...

SLEEPY EYE — The Sleepy Eye City Council unanimously approved a $300 firefighter pension hike Tuesday. The increase from $2,500 to $2,800 per year of service does not require any additional financial contribution from the City of Sleepy Eye, according to the Sleepy Eye Fire Department Relief ...

Rural Wabasso farmer Paul Sobocinski is one of three individuals who will share an endowed chair position at the University of Minnesota to help solve the rural meat processing bottleneck. Sobocinski, Tom Nuessmeier and Julie Cesar Tena Soria serve as the Minnesota Farmers Union “Solving ...

SLEEPY EYE — After discussion Tuesday, the Sleepy Eye City Council unanimously approved a resolution for the owner of a former downtown restaurant to make repairs within 90 days or face legal consequences. The resolution orders the razing, removing, or corrections of hazardous building ...

NICOLLET - At Monday’s Nicollet City Council meeting it has decided to move forward with the closure of a portion of 9th Street next to the Hewitt Manufacturing property. A public hearing to hear people’s concerns and questions is scheduled for Tuesday, April 15, at 6 p.m. After Bolton ...

NEW ULM — Spring road weight restrictions in Brown County go into effect at 12:01 a.m., Monday, March 3 to coincide with weight restrictions imposed by the Minnesota Department of Transportation South Zone. All county roads are restricted to five, seven, nine or ten tons per axle as ...