SLEEPY EYE — Dealing with increased costs, the Sleepy Eye City Council unanimously approved raising the 2025 preliminary tax levy 9.17% Tuesday. Approval to raise the levy $155,443 over the 2024 final levy came on a motion by councilor Christina Andres, seconded by Scott Krzmarzick. The tax ...

WINTHROP — Voters can choose between seven people who filed for two expiring Winthrop City Council seats in the Nov. 5 State General Election. City councilor Ed Stoll II refiled for election. Challengers filing for two city council seats were Myranda Bauer, Jacki Kruggel, Brandon Nelson, ...

NEW ULM — It’s been a summer of extremes for much of southern Minnesota and weather data proves it. “We set rainfall records across most of the state this summer. Most heavy rains were in June,” said National Weather Service (NWS) Meteorologist Tyler Hasenstein. He said Mankato ...

Maintenance and Utilities Supervisor Dave Ubel brought forward a variety of issues to the Courtland City Council at their Thursday meeting. The new park equipment has been delivered to Courtland and work will begin soon to install it. Ubel has been removing the old playground equipment and ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A teacher with over 20 years of employment at New Ulm Public School was indicted for allegedly using using a messaging app to distribute and receive child pornography. According to court documents, between Oct. 14, 2023 and Jan. 29, 2024, Daniel John Janke, 54, used Kik, a ...

REDWOOD COUNTY — Joey Goodthunder had a wide smile on his face before he climbed into a tractor and began cutting industrial hemp just west of Jackpot Junction Casino Hotel Thursday. “Now, I’m going to do what I really love to do,” he said at the Lower Sioux Industrial Hemp Campus ...