NEW ULM — Under bright, warm sunshine Thursday, New Ulm Mayor Kathleen Backer and the New Ulm Chamber Wilkommen Committee welcomed Lykke Books owner Brie Taralson and event manager Ginny Walters to downtown New Ulm. “Brie and Ginny, thank you for bringing us this brainstorming dream. The ...
Sibley County Sheriff’s Office • Responded to a two-vehicle crash without injuries at the intersection of South Renville St. and West Mill St., Winthrop at 8:10 a.m. Friday. Chad Anderson, 39, Winthrop, was driving a 2009 Chevy Silverado pickup westbound on West Mill St. and Dylan Jackson, 32, Winthrop, was driving a 2014 Chevy Traverse southbound on S. Renville St. Jackson’s vehicle had heavy front-end damage. Anderson’s vehicle had moderate passenger side rear-end damage. Both vehicles were driven from the scene.
NEW ULM — Nobody has filed for the New Ulm City Council Ward 3 seat as of late Friday. Les Schultz currently holds the Ward 3 seat but has not filed for office yet. Nobody else has either. “I’m still on the fence,” Schultz said Friday. New Ulm City Councilors Andrea Boettger and David Christian re-filed for councilor-at-large and Ward 1 seats respectively. Both are incumbents. They are the only candidates to file so far. Brown County District 1 Commissioner David Borchert and District 3 Commissioner Scott A. Windschitl are incumbents. They filed for election again and have no ...
NEW ULM — With new buses arriving, Brown County commissioners unanimously authorized Brown County Heartland Express to sell two buses on the MinnBid state auction website Tuesday. Action came on a motion by Commissioner Tony Berg, seconded by Scott Windschitl to sell a 2012 Ford E450 with ...
NEW ULM — Brown County commissioners learned of the challenges of mental health programs from county human services behavioral staff Tuesday. Brown County Behavioral Health Supervisor Julie Hogen said provider shortages continue to affect access to outpatient mental health services. She said after Southern Minnesota Behavioral Health of New Ulm closed its doors last year, several independent providers opened in New Ulm and Sleepy Eye, reducing client wait lists for individual therapy, diagnostic assessments and medication management. Hogen said adult rehabilitative mental health ...
NEW ULM — In an effort to increase recognition that May is mental health awareness month, Horizon Homes, Inc. Crisis Services Director Tina Olson was invited to present vital service information to Brown County commissioners Tuesday. “We’re here to talk about the South Central Mental Health Crisis Team extending into Brown County since last August,” said Olson. “We want people to look at our services as more of an upstream approach. We don’t want to continue to try to access people when they’re in crisis, when they need law enforcement or go to the hospital for things ...
