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Data error forces Nicollet Schools to plan for budgets cuts

NICOLLET – Nicollet Public Schools (NPS) lost nearly $200,000 in special education funding due to a data collection error. Last month, the Nicollet Public School (NPS) Board learned about the potential shortfall to special education. Initially the board was told the error resulted in $325,000 in lost funding. On Wednesday Todd Netzke, owner of School Management Services (SMS), and District Business Manager Jim Freihammer clarified the information presented last month was incorrect. The actual short fall was $195,627.60. SMS has investigated the error and found that NPS faced a ...

No plans to reopen Fort Ridgely interpretative center

FAIRFAX — Fort Ridgely State Park is one of the rare state parks that includes the remains of an actual battlefield. The fort for which the park derived its name was built between 1853 and 1854 and prove an important position during the U.S. Dakota War of 1862. During the conflict the ...

Nicollet City Council approves rezoning

The Nicollet City Council approved the rezoning of parcels on the northeast side of Nicollet, Monday. The rezoned properties are a mixed use of industrial and commercial. The parcels rezoned were the northern half of four parcels. All the parcels are located north of 2nd Street, south of 3rd Street, and east of Elm Street. The rezone will amend the zoning district of these four parcels from industrial to commercial to be consistent with the southern end of all parcels currently zoned commercial. The council approved this with an ordinance that amends the Nicollet city zoning map, and ...

NU Community Garden back in bloom soon

NEW ULM— It’s springtime, which means it’s time to garden, or at least start those seeds. Peppers, squash, cucumbers, potatoes, kale, basil, beet, peas, beans—are common at the New Ulm Community Garden. “What grows best in the garden always varies from year to year. Last year was ...

Treasures found at Civic Center garage sale

NEW ULM – Kid’s clothing, shoes, hats, comic books, Pokémon collectables, lunch boxes, Roller blades, typewriters, a knitting machine, giant popcorn tub, five dollar box of hangers—vendors sold a huge assortment of goods at the Annual Spring Civic Center Garage Sale hosted by New ...

Brown board OKs Mound Creek Park improvements

NEW ULM — As Mound Creek County Park opening day approaches, Brown County commissioners authorized the purchase of swimming area buoys, rope and rope floats Tuesday. The $2,166.52 purchase includes three buoys, 500 feet of poly rope and 48 rope floats to mark out the park swimming area. ...