PUBLISH

(November 19, 26,

2025)

ADVERTISEMENT

FOR BIDS

Sealed bids may be

delivered to the Office

of the Finance Director,

Municipal Building, lo-

cated at 100 North

Broadway, New Ulm,

Minnesota 56073 prior

to the 10:00 A.M. bid

opening on

WEDNESDAY, the 10

th day of DE-

CEMBER, 2025 . The

City will publicly open

and read all bids re-

ceived by the Finance

Director immediately

thereafter for the fur-

nishing of all labor,

tools, equipment, ma-

terials and every other

article or thing neces-

sary for the complete

construction of the fol-

lowing improvement,

to-wit:

SAP

#148-110-011/052-637-007

– 2025 MSAS

IMPROVEMENT

PROJECT

Bridge No. 08520

Scour and Slope

Stabilization

All bids must be sealed

and marked “2025

MSAS IMPROVE-

MENT PROJECT” and

each and every propo-

sal must be accom-

panied by a cash depo-

sit , cashier’s check,

bid bond or certified

check for not less than

five percent (5%) of the

amount of such bid,

payable to the City, to

be forfeited to the City

in case the successful

bidder fails to enter into

contract and to furnish

satisfactory bond

within ten (10) days

after acceptance of

such bid. The bid will

remain subject to ac-

ceptance for 45 days

after the day of bid

opening. The City

reserves the right to re-

ject any and all bids.

Minimum wage rates to

be paid by the Contrac-

tors have been deter-

mined and are subject

to the Work Hours Act

of 1962, P.L. 87-581

and implementing re-

gulations.

READ CAREFULLY

THE WAGE SCALES

AND DIVISION A OF

THE SPECIAL PROVI-

SIONS AS THEY AF-

FECT THIS PRO-

JECT.

The plans and specifi-

cations prepared by

the City Engineer are

on file and may be ex-

amined at the City

Engineer’s Office.

Complete digital pro-

ject plans and specifi-

cations are available at

www.newulmmn.gov or

www.questcdn.com.

You may download the

digital plan documents

for $25.00 by inputting

Quest project

#9957230 on the

website’s Project

Search page. Please

contact

QuestCDN.com at

952-233-1632 or

info@questcdn.com for

assistance in free

membership registra-

tion, downloading, and

working with this digital

project information. An

optional paper set of

the plans and specifi-

cations may be ob-

tained at the Office of

the City Engineer, 100

North Broadway, New

Ulm, Minnesota 56073.

A non-refundable pay-

ment of $100.00, which

includes applicable

sales tax and shipping,

will be required for

each set of plans and

specifications issued.

Approximate quantities

of work include: 21

EACH REPAIR EX-

PANSION BEARING,

225 TON GRANULAR

FILTER MATERIAL,

233 TON RANDOM

RIPRAP CLASS III,

1,485 TON RANDOM

RIPRAP CLASS IV, 71

CU YD REVET MAT-

TRESS.

By Order of the City

Council

Chris Dalton

City Manager

Dated at New Ulm,

Minnesota

This 18th day of No-

vember, 2025

Published in The Jour-

nal & Finance & Com-

merce 11/19/2025 &

11/26/2025

PUBLISH

(November 26, De-

cember 3, 10, 2025)

STATE OF

MINNESOTA

COUNTY OF BROWN

Gary J. Rathman and

Jean Rathman,

Trustees, under the

Rathman Family Revo-

cable Living Trust dat-

ed the 29th day of

January, 2003,

Plaintiffs,

VS.

Jerome J. Rathman;

Dora Ann Rathman, in-

dividually and as

Trustee of the Dora

Ann Rathman Trust

Agreement; Gary Rath-

man aka Gary J. Rath-

man, individually and

as Trustee of the Dora

Ann Rathman Trust

Agreement; John T.

Rathman; Micki Everett

Blair aka Michelle A.

Blair fka Michelle A.

Everett fka Michelle

Dawson, individually

and as Trustee of the

Micki Blair Separate

Property Trust dated

October 4, 2005; David

Edward Blair; Susan

Rathman aka Susan K.

Rathman aka Susan

Kay Rathman aka Su-

san Rohrman, individu-

ally and as Trustee of

the Susan Kay Rath-

man Revocable Living

Trust, utd 6-29-05, and

any amendments

thereto; Teresa M.

Rynchek aka Teresa

M. Ryncheck fka Tere-

sa M. DeWall; Tranger

B. Rynchek; State of

Minnesota, by and

through the Board of

Water and Soil

Resources; also the

unknown heirs of

Jerome J. Rathman,

Dora Ann Rathman,

Susan Rathman aka

Susan K. Rathman aka

Susan Kay Rathman

aka Susan Rohrman,

and David Edward

Blair; and all other per-

sons unknown claiming

any right, title, estate,

interest, or lien in the

real estate described in

the Complaint herein,

Defendants.

IN DISTRICT COURT

FIFTH JUDICIAL DIS-

TRICT Court File No.

08-CV-25-1043

Case Type: Quiet Title

SUMMONS

THIS SUMMONS IS

DIRECTED TO THE

ABOVE-NAMED DE-

FENDANTS.

1. YOU ARE BEING

SUED. The Plaintiffs

have started a lawsuit

against you. The Plain-

tiffs’ Complaint against

you is on file in the of-

fice of the court ad-

ministrator of the

above-named court.

Do not throw these pa-

pers away. They are

official papers that af-

fect your rights. You

must respond to this

lawsuit even though it

may not yet be filed

with the Court and

there may be no court

file number on this

Summons.

2. YOU MUST REPLY

WITHIN 20 DAYS TO

PROTECT YOUR

RIGHTS. You must

give or mail to the per-

son who signed this

Summons a written

response called an

Answer within 20 days

of the date on which

you received this Sum-

mons. You must send

a copy of your Answer

to the person who

signed this Summons

located at:

O’Leary and Moritz,

Chartered

Melanie Griffith

102 North Marshall

Avenue

P.O. Box 76

Springfield, MN 56087

melanie.ann.griffith@gmail.com

3. YOU MUST

RESPOND TO EACH

CLAIM. The Answer is

your written response

to the Plaintiffs’ Com-

plaint. In your Answer,

you must state whether

you agree or disagree

with each paragraph of

the Complaint. If you

believe the Plaintiffs

should not be given

everything asked for in

the Complaint, you

must say so in your

Answer.

4. YOU WILL LOSE

YOUR CASE IF YOU

DO NOT SEND A

WRITTEN

RESPONSE TO THE

COMPLAINT TO THE

PERSON WHO

SIGNED THIS SUM-

MONS. If you do not

answer within 20 days,

you will lose this case.

You will not get to tell

your side of the story,

and the Court may de-

cide against you and

award the Plaintiffs

everything asked for in

the Complaint. If you

do not want to contest

the claims stated in the

Complaint, you do not

need to respond. A de-

fault judgment can

then be entered

against you for the re-

lief requested in the

Complaint.

5. LEGAL ASSIS-

TANCE. You may wish

to get legal help from a

lawyer. If you do not

have a lawyer, the

Court Administrator

may have information

about places where

you can get legal as-

sistance. Even if you

cannot get legal help,

you must still provide a

written Answer to pro-

tect your rights or you

may lose the case.

6. ALTERNATIVE

DISPUTE RESOLU-

TION. The parties may

agree to or be ordered

to participate in an al-

ternative dispute reso-

lution process under

Rule 114 of the Min-

nesota General Rules

of Practice. You must

still send your written

response to the Com-

plaint even if you ex-

pect to use alternative

means of resolving this

dispute.

7. THIS LAWSUIT

MAY AFFECT OR

BRING INTO QUES-

TION TITLE TO REAL

PROPERTY located in

Brown County, State of

Minnesota, legally

described as follows:

8. The Northwest

Quarter (NW 1/4) and

the Southwest Quarter

of the Northeast Quar-

ter (SW 4 of NE 4) and

the Northwest Quarter

of the Southeast Quar-

ter (NW 4 of SE 4) ex-

cept the south 1 rod

(16.5 feet) thereof, all

in Section Thirty-three

(33), Township One

Hundred Eight (108),

Range Thirty-three

(33), Brown County,

Minnesota, except the

portion described as

follows:

Beginning 33 feet

South and 33 feet East

of the Northwest corner

of the Northwest Quar-

ter (NW 1/4), Section

33, Township 108,

Range 33, Brown

County, Minnesota,

thence East 270.0 feet,

more or less, to the

97.0 ft. contour eleva-

tion as shown on the

Topographic Map of

the State Relief Agen-

cy of the State of Min-

nesota, dated May 29,

1936; thence

Southeasterly along

the 97.0 ft. contour

elevation to the East

line of said Northwest

Quarter (NW 4), Sec-

tion 33, Township 108,

Range 33, thence

North along said East

line of the Northwest

Quarter (NW 1/4), a

distance of 70.0 ft,

more or less, to the

Northwest corner of the

Southwest Quarter of

the Northeast Quarter

(SW 1/4 of NE 1/4),

Section 33, Township

108, Range 33, thence

East along the North

line of said Southwest

Quarter of the

Northeast Quarter (SW

4 of NE 4) to the

Northeast corner

thereof, thence South

along the East line of

said Southwest Quar-

ter of the Northeast

Quarter (SW 14 of NE

1/4) a distance of 1040

feet, more or less, to

the 97.0 ft. contour line

as shown on the above

mentioned map;

thence Northwesterly

along said 97.0 contour

line to a point which is

33 feet East and 263.0

feet South of the

Northwest corner of

said Northwest Quarter

(NW 1/4), thence North

a distance of 230.0 feet

to the place of begin-

ning, containing 39.08

acres, more or less.

NOTICE IS FURTHER

GIVEN that the object

of said action is to ob-

tain a judgment that

Plaintiffs are the own-

ers in fee of the proper-

ty described above and

that none of the said

Defendants have any

right, title, estate, in-

terest, or lien in or

upon the said real

estate.

9. NOTICE IS FURTH-

ER GIVEN that no per-

sonal claim is made by

Plaintiffs against any of

the Defendants.

Civil cases are subject

to Alternative Dispute

Resolution processes

as provided in Rule

114 of the General

Rules of Practice for

the District Courts. Al-

ternative Dispute

Resolution includes

mediation, arbitration,

and other processes

set forth in the rules.

You may contact the

Court Administrator for

information about

these processes and

about resources avail-

able in your area.

Dated: November 7,

2025

O’LEARY AND MOR-

ITZ, CHARTERED

/s/ Melanie Griffith

Melanie Griffith

(#0402594)

Attorney for Plaintiffs

P.O. Box 76 Spring-

field, MN 56087

Phone: (507) 723-6272