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Changes and improvements planned for Courtland

There are changes and improvements coming to Courtland. The City Council worked on a variety of projects at their Thursday, January 4, meeting. Eric Hauser, representing Bolten and Menk, presented a revised 2024 Street Improvement Project engineering report for Collin Drive. This replaces the ...

Highway 14 completion the top local news story in 2023

NEW ULM — For decades, residents of New Ulm and the surrounding area have dreamed of having a safer Highway 14 and in 2023 that dream came true. On Nov. 22, two days before Thanksgiving, the four-lane Highway 14 expansion between New Ulm and Nicollet opened to the public. This stretch of ...

Opioid-involved deaths more than double since 2019

OLIVIA — Renville County will receive $600,000 from the historic 26 billion July 2021 Johnson & Johnson national opioid settlement including Amerisource Bergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson opioid distributors. The county will receive $454,000 from the $20.4 billion December 2022 Teva ...

Gaylord, RF mobile home parks receive state funding

ST. PAUL — Housing developments in Gaylord and Redwood Falls were among properties selected to receive 2023 Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Manufactured Home Community Redevelopment funds Thursday. El Nuevo Amanecer (The New Dawn) Cooperative Gaylord Mobile Home Park was awarded ...

Comfrey Comets replace Mulligan Town Hall sign

COMFREY — The Comfrey Comets 4-H Club recently replaced the deteriorating Mulligan Township Town Hall sign with a new one. The 4-H club submitted their sign replacement idea for the 2023 Helping Hands Award and were awarded $500 from to complete the project, according to the University of ...

SE City Council oks 3.1% tax hike

SLEEPY EYE — The Sleepy Eye City Council unanimously adopted the final 2024 budget with a 3.12% tax hike Tuesday. Action came on a motion by Councilor Nate Stevermer, seconded by Gary Windschitl to set the 2024 budget levy at $1,694,257, $51,247 greater than last year. The final 2024 budget ...