PUBLISH

(June 24, July 1,

2020)

STATE OF

MINNESOTA

COUNTY OF

BROWN

DISTRICT COURT

FIFTH JUDICIAL

DISTRICT

Court File No.:

08-PR-20-409

In Re: Estate of Arline

Mildred Schmiesing,

also known as Arline

M. Schmiesing, De-

cedent.

NOTICE OF INFOR-

MAL PROBATE OF

WILL AND INFORMAL

APPOINTMENT OF

PERSONAL

REPRESENTATIVE

AND NOTICE TO

CREDITORS

Notice is given that an

Application for Informal

Probate of Will and In-

formal Appointment of

Personal Representa-

tive was filed with the

Registrar, along with a

Will dated October 7,

2009. The Registrar

accepted the applica-

tion and appointed

Stephanie Kolbe,

whose address is 1014

Almar Place, Owaton-

na, Minnesota 55060

and Kim White, whose

address is 15325 Hol-

dridge Dr., Wayzata,

Minnesota 55391, to

serve as the personal

representatives of the

decedent’s estate.

Any heir, devisee or

other interested person

may be entitled to ap-

pointment as personal

representative or may

object to the appoint-

ment of the personal

representatives. Any

objection to the ap-

pointment of the per-

sonal representatives

must be filed with the

Court, and any proper-

ly filed objection will be

heard by the Court

after notice is provided

to interested persons

of the date of hearing

on the objection.

Unless objections are

filed, and unless the

Court orders otherwise,

the personal represen-

tatives have the full

power to administer the

estate, including, after

thirty (30) days from

the issuance of letters

testamentary, the

power to sell, en-

cumber, lease, or dis-

tribute any interest in

real estate owned by

the decedent.

Notice is further given

that, subject to

Minn. Stat. 524.3-801,

all creditors having

claims against the

decedent’s estate are

required to present the

claims to the personal

representatives or to

the Court within four

(4) months after the

date of this notice or

the claims will be

barred.

Dated: 6/19/2020

Carol M. Weikle

Registrar

Michael H. Boyle (MN#

148994)

Blethen Berens

219 N. Broadway,

Suite C, PO Box 428

New Ulm Minnesota

56073-0428

Telephone: (507)

233-3900

Facsimile: (507)

354-7297

ATTORNEY FOR

PERSONAL

REPRESENTATIVE

PUBLISH)

(June 10, 17, 24,

2020)

PUBLIC NOTICE OF

FINAL HEARING ON

ENGINEER’S FINAL

DETAILED SURVEY

REPORT, VIEWERS’

REPORT OF

REDETERMINATION

OF BENEFITS AND

DAMAGES, AND THE

VIEWERS’ REPORT

OF DETERMINATION

OF BENEFITS AND

DAMAGES FOR THE

IMPROVEMENT ON

JUDICIAL DITCH #18

IN WATONWAN AND

BROWN COUNTIES

In the matter of the En-

gineer’s Final Detailed

Survey Report, and the

Viewers’ Report of

Redetermination of

Benefits and Dam-

ages, and the Viewers’

Report of Determina-

tion of Benefits and

Damages for the Pro-

posed Improvement of

Judicial Ditch #18 of

Watonwan & Brown

Counties,

NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN, that a public

hearing for the pur-

pose of considering

the Engineer’s Final

Detailed Survey Re-

port and the Viewers’

Report of Redetermi-

nation of Benefits

and Damages, and

the Viewers’ Report

of Determination of

Benefits and

Damagesin the

matter of the Im-

provement of Judi-

cial Ditch #18

drainage system of

Watonwan & Brown

Counties, will be held

by and before the

Joint Board

Watonwan and

Brown County Board

of Commissioners,

acting as Drainage

Authority for Judicial

Ditch #18 of

Watonwan & Brown

Counties, at the

American Legion lo-

cated at 620 1st. Ave

S, St. James, Min-

nesota 56081, on

Monday, June 29th,

2020 at 2:00 P.M.; at

which time and place,

all persons, parties,

corporations, and

others interested in

said matter are here-

by invited to appear

and be heard, and

show cause if you

have any, why the

said Final Survey Re-

port, Viewers’

Redetermination of

Benefits and Dam-

ages, and the

Viewers’ Report of

Determination of

Benefits and Dam-

ages should not be

approved, or in

respect to any other

matters in connec-

tion therewith.

Whereas,

The said proceeding

is pending;

That the Engineer ap-

pointed herein has

made and filed their

final report in the Of-

fice of Watonwan

County

Auditor/Treasurer,

That the Viewers ap-

pointed herein have

made and filed their

final report in the of-

fice of Watonwan

County

Auditor/Treasurer.

The following is a brief

description of the lands

drained by the Judicial

Ditch #18 system of

Watonwan and Brown

Counties by its main

open ditch, mainline

tile, improvements,

various laterals, exten-

sions, and tile systems.

Said system drains all

or part of the following

townships:

Watonwan County —

Riverdale Township

Sections

1,2,3,10,11,12,13,14 —

Madelia Township

Sections

5,6,7,8,9,16,17,18,19

Brown County – Lake

Hanska Township Sec-

tion 34

In order to provide at

least a 0.50 in/day

drainage coefficient,

the proposed JD #18

Improvement Project

will consist of installing

new tile for the main-

line, branches, and la-

terals. The tile mainline

along with Branches 1,

2, 3, 4 ,5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,

11, 12, 13, and La-

terals A, B, C, and D.

The proposed mainline

will consist of tile rang-

ing in size from 24-inch

to 60-inch in Option 1

and in Option 2 the

mainline would range

from 24-inch to

48-inch. The proposed

improvement also con-

siders a storage pond

to reduce flow at the

outlet.

The following owners

of property in

Watonwan and Brown

County are affected by

the Redetermination

and Determination of

Benefits:

Steven C Cunningham

Rev Trust, Bruce A &

Lorene J Anderson,

Lavonne M Cunning-

ham Trust, Lynn B

Griffith, Amy Moore,

South Central Electric

Assn, Adeline Ander-

son Etal, Benjamin

Busse, Marlys A John-

son Etal, Marlys G

Anderson Johnson

Etal, Robert W Reihs,

George D Cunningham

Rev Trust & Jodeen

Cunningham Rev

Trust, Robert W &

Dawn Kaiser, Robert C

& Judith Michniewicz,

William F Kunz, Daryl

Mosenden, Patrick D &

Joyce E Kennedy,

Kathryn A Guyer &

Alan Guyer Disclaimer

Trust, Wade Stensrud

Etal, Norma J Haugen

Revocable Trust,

Daniel L Wihlm,

Timothy R & Shawna

Boomgarden, Don O &

Jackie M Nierman, Jef-

frey & Tonya Klinkner,

Eric Cooling, Mark

Christenson, Thomas

C Schofield Trust Etal,

Erin M Stevensen,

Chad Hoppe, Lloyd J

Trullinger & James C

Trullinger, Timothy J &

Kay M Peterson, Tom

Anderson Gravel LLC,

Donald & Diana R L

Schaefer & Seth

Schaefer, Paul D &

Joanne K Evjen, Coun-

ty of Watonwan,

Wayne L Mathistad

Trust & Shirley La-

vonne Mathistad Trust,

Larry & Cynthia

Wiederhoeft, Yuri

Jelokov, Ann Hoppe &

Erin Stevensen, Todd

& Kathryn Wright, La-

vonne M Cunningham

Rev Trust, Lynn B Grif-

fith Inc, Thomas Kunz,

Roger & Brenda Kelly,

Lance & Shelly Dagel,

Arlo M & Mary Ann

Kelly Trust, Richard W

Koberoski, Charles &

Vilah Peterson Trust,

Kevin & Beth Lassas,

Zachory G Beckius,

Richard Jr & Lisa

Koopmann, David C

Olson

The following govern-

mental entities in

Watonwan and Brown

County are affected by

the Redetermination

and Determination of

Benefits:

Madelia Township,

Riverdale Township,

Brown County High-

way Department,

Watonwan County

Highway Department

Dated this 5th day of

June, 2020

ATTEST: Kelly Pauling

Watonwan County

Auditor/Treasurer

PUBLISH

(June 24, 29, 2020)

SECTION 00 11 13-

ADVERTISEMENT TO

BID

NEW ULM PUBLIC

UTILITIES

TRANSMISSION

POLE

REPLACEMENTS

ADVERTISEMENT

FURNISH AND

DELIVER

OVERHEAD

ELECTRICAL

TRANSMISSION AND

DISTRIBUTION

POWER LINE

CONSTRUCTION

for the

TRANSMISSION

POLE

REPLACEMENT

PROJECT

NEW ULM PUBLIC

UTILITIES

NEW ULM,

MINNESOTA

New Ulm Public Utili-

ties, New Ulm, Min-

nesota, will receive

sealed bids for the

Transmission Pole Re-

placement Project in-

cluding the supply of

necessary labor, equip-

ment, and materials.

Bids will be received at

the offices of New Ulm

Public Utilities until

1:00pm local time on

the 13th day of July,

2020, at which time all

bids will be publicly

opened and read

aloud.

A voluntary pre-bid

conference call is ten-

tatively scheduled for

2:00 pm on June 24,

2020.

Bids shall be ad-

dressed to New Ulm

Public Utilities, Attn:

Dan Pirsig, 310 1st

Street, New Ulm, Min-

nesota 56073, and

shall be marked

“SEALED BID –

Transmission Pole Re-

placements – Submit-

ted by (Bidder’s

name)”.

The Bidder shall in-

clude evidence of hav-

ing satisfactorily fur-

nished and delivered

similar materials and/or

construction for at least

3 similar installations

during the past five (5)

years.

Specifications and bid

documents may be ex-

amined at or obtained

from the Consulting

Engineering Firm:

Power System En-

gineering, Inc., Attn:

Mike Mezera, 1532 W.

Broadway, Madison,

WI 53713. Ph#

608-268-3537 or by

email at

mezeram@power

system.org. The bid-

ding documents will be

issued electronically for

a non-refundable fee of

twenty dollars ($20.00).

No proposal will be ac-

cepted unless accom-

panied by a certified

check or bid bond for

ten percent (10%) of

the amount of the pro-

posal, payable to the

Owner.

The Owner reserves

the right to reject any

or all bids, to waive

any informalities in a

bid, and to make

awards in the interest

of the Owner.

Published by authority

of Dan Pirsig, Utilities

Director, and duly au-

thorized agent for New

Ulm Public Utilities.

New Ulm Public Utili-

ties

Transmission Pole Re-

placements