It is back to school time for districts across the state, for the Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (GFW) elementary students, they are not going back but forward into a new building. In April 2023, the GFW school board approved the construction of a K-12 school at 1157 E 13th Street Gibbon. After ...
WINTHROP — A 45-year-old Winthrop woman faces four felony charges after an Aug. 22 shooting spree in which she admitted to shooting her gun inside her residence and into her neighbor’s house. In Sibley County District Court Monday, Julia Renee Stolfa was charged with second-degree assault, intentional discharge of a firearm that endangers safety, first-degree criminal damage to property and reckless discharge of a firearm within a municipality. Unconditional bail was set at $750,000; $250,000 with conditions. An omnibus hearing was set for 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9. Stolfa remains ...
NEW ULM — Aided by nature enthusiast Deb Steinberg, about a dozen monarch butterflies began their migration to central Mexican forests at Woodstone Senior Living Thursday. Steinberg and a couple of her nature-loving friends told residents about monarch butterflies, tagged their wings and ...
• Taylor Christine Jordan, 31, Brownton, was ordered to be held without bail Aug. 18 on allegations she violated probation terms on an underlying offense of felony fifth-degree possession of a controlled substance. • Unconditional bail was set at $250,000 cash or bond Aug. 19 for Kristopher James Hipp, 37, Henderson on a charge alleging first-degree DWI. Conditional bail is $5,00 cash or $50,000 bond. A Rule 8 Hearing was set for 10:30 a.m. Aug. 28. • Unconditional bail was set at $250,000 cash or bond, $5,000 cash or $50,000 bond with conditions Aug. 20 for Michael Lee Doering, ...
NEW ULM — In an effort to keep up with technology, Brown County commissioners unanimously approved the purchase of an Autel Robotics EVO II 640T drone bundle Tuesday. “It think this is money ($9,183.52) well spent. When we have a bad situation, we need all hands on deck. I’m really happy its a shared resource,” said Commissioner and New Ulm Police Chief Dave Borchert. “You have to keep up with technology to have a reliable, effective drone. When you need it. You need it We used them in spring to look at ditches during floods. It basically paid for itself the very first year I ...
OLIVIA — Unconditional bail was set at $1 million Monday in Renville County Court for a 62-year-old rural Sacred Heart man accused of molesting children in a Renville daycare. Darrel Kerwin Hanson faces 10 counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. Bail with conditions was set at $500,000 Monday. He is accused of inappropriately touching three victims under the age of 14. Hanson was arrested after a nine-year-old victim told police about the touching Aug. 15. He was listed in Renville County Jail custody Monday. A settlement conference is scheduled for 9 a.m. Nov. 12.
