PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLISH
(June 23, 30, 2026)
NOTICE OF HEARING
ON FINAL SPECIAL
ASSESSMENT ROLL
NOTICE IS HEREBY
given that the City
Council will meet on
Tuesday, July 7, 2026,
at 4:30 p.m. at the
Council Chambers in
City Hall, 100 North
Broadway in the City of
New Ulm, Minnesota,
56073 to consider and
adopt the final special
assessment prepared
by the City Manager to
defray the cost of the
following improve-
ments:
FINAL ASSESSMENT
ROLL
FOR THE
2025 SURFACE
RECONSTRUCTION
PROJECT
The improvements
constructed on this
project that are being
specially assessed at
this time are as fol-
lows:
1. 23th North Street
from North Broadway
to Terrace Drive
2. 11th South Street
from Payne Street to
Jefferson Street
3. 5th North Street
from Broadway to Ger-
man Street
4. 15th South Street
from State Street to
Washington Street
5. Summit Avenue
from State Park Road
to Golf Drive
The proposed assess-
ment rolls are on file
for public inspection at
the City Finance
Department. The fol-
lowing is a summary of
the costs of these im-
provements:
2025 Surface Recon-
struction Project
Amount Proposed
Total Cost $440,173.00
To Be Assessed
$143,380.00
Written or oral objec-
tions will be considered
at the public hearing.
No appeal may be tak-
en as to the amount of
an assessment unless
a signed, written objec-
tion is filed with the Fi-
nance Director prior to
the hearing or present-
ed to the presiding off-
icer at the hearing.
After the public hearing
the City Council may
adopt the proposed
special assessment
roll. You will have 30
days from the adoption
date to pay the entire
final special assess-
ment amount without
interest to the City Hall
Finance Office. After
such time, you may
pay to the Brown
County
Auditor-Treasurer’s
Office the entire
amount of the assess-
ment remaining un-
paid, plus the interest
accrued to December
31st of the year in
which such payment is
made. Such payment
to the County must be
made before No-
vember 15th or interest
will be charged through
December 31st of the
succeeding year. The
unpaid balance of any
assessment will be
levied by Brown Coun-
ty and will be collected
as an assessment on
your property tax state-
ment over a ten (10)
year period along with
a 5% percent simple
interest charge on the
unpaid balance.
An owner may appeal
an assessment to dis-
trict court pursuant to
Minnesota Statutes
Section 429.081 by
serving notice of the
appeal upon the Mayor
or Finance Director of
the City within 30 days
after the adoption of
the assessment and fil-
ing such notice with the
district court within ten
days after service upon
the Mayor or Finance
Director.
Under Minnesota Sta-
tutes 435.193 to
435.195 the Council
may, in its discretion,
defer the payment of
this special assess-
ment for any home-
stead property owned
by a person 65 years
of age or older for
whom it would be a
hardship to make these
payments. When
deferment of the spe-
cial assessment has
been granted and is
terminated for any rea-
son provided by law,
all amounts
accumulated plus ap-
plicable interest be-
come due. Any as-
sessed property owner
meeting the require-
ments of this law and
City Code Section 2.80
adopted under it may,
within 30 days of the
confirmation of the as-
sessment apply to the
Finance Director on
such forms as are
prescribed by the
County Auditor for
such deferral of pay-
ment of this special as-
sessment on his pro-
perty.
YOU ARE FURTHER
NOTIFIED:
That the amount to be
specially assessed
against your property is
$:
PIN#:
Property Owner:
Legal Description:
www.newulmmn.gov
Questions regarding
the proposed assess-
ment should be direct-
ed to the City
Engineer’s Office at
(507) 359-8380.
Dated at New Ulm,
Minnesota this
5th day of May 2026.
BY ORDER OF THE
CITY COUNCIL
Nicole L. Jorgensen
Finance Director
PUBLISH
( June 30, 2026)
NOTICE OF FILING
DATES FOR
ELECTION
TO THE SCHOOL
BOARD INDEPEN-
DENT SCHOOL
DISTRICT NO. 88
(New Ulm Public
Schools)
STATE OF
MINNESOTA
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that the period
for filing Affidavits of
Candidacy for the of-
fice of school board
member of Indepen-
dent School District
No. 88 shall begin on
July 14, 2026, and
shall close at 5:00
o’clock p.m. on July 28,
2026.
The General Election
shall be held on Tues-
day, November 3,
2026. At that election,
three members will be
elected to the School
Board for terms of four
(4) years each.
Affidavits of Candidacy
are available from the
school district clerk at
the District Offices, 414
South Payne Street
(Entrance Door #1),
New Ulm, Minnesota.
The filing fee for this
office is $2. A candi-
date for this office must
be an eligible voter,
must be 21 years of
age or more or will be
upon assuming office,
will have maintained
residence in the school
district from which the
candidate seeks elec-
tion for thirty (30) days
before the general
election, and must
have no other affidavit
on file for any other of-
fice at the same pri-
mary or next ensuing
general election, ex-
cept as authorized by
Minnesota Statutes,
section 204B.06, sub-
division 9.
The Affidavits of Can-
didacy must be filed in
the office of the school
district clerk and the fil-
ing fee paid prior to
5:00 o’clock p.m. on
July 28, 2026.
Dated: June 25, 2026
BY ORDER OF THE
SCHOOL BOARD
/s/ Jonathan Schiro
School Board Clerk
Independent School
District No. 88
(New Ulm Public
Schools)
State of Minnesota
PUBLISH
(June 30, 2026)
Notice for Filing for
2026 Township
Election
Notice is hereby given
to the qualified voters
of Sigel Township,
Brown County, State of
Minnesota, that filing
for town office will be
held for a two week
period beginning July
14, 2026 and closing
July 28, 2026 at
5:00pm.
Affidavits of Candidacy
shall be filed with the
Town Clerk at the
Clerk’s office between
the hours of 9:00 am
and 5:00pm from July
14, 2026 and ending
July 28, 2026 at 5 pm.
Please call
507-766-2551 to
schedule a time
between these hours.
Filing fee is 2.00 Of-
fices to be filled at the
November General
Election: one (1) Su-
pervisor
Dated June 30, 2026
by Clerk, Rose
Wurtzberger
PUBLISH
(June 23, 30, 2026)
NOTICE OF HEARING
ON FINAL SPECIAL
ASSESSMENT ROLL
NOTICE IS HEREBY
given that the City
Council will hold a pub-
lic hearing on Tuesday,
July 7, 2026 at 4:30
p.m. at the Council
Chambers in City Hall,
100 North Broadway in
the City of New Ulm,
Minnesota, and consid-
er adoption of the final
special assessment
prepared by the City
Manager to defray the
cost of the following
improvements:
FINAL ASSESSMENT
ROLL
FOR THE
2025 UTILITY,
STREET AND ALLEY
IMPROVEMENTS –
GROUP I
The Improvements
constructed on this
project are as follows:
1. Bridge Street from
Cottonwood Street to
Tower Road. Recon-
struction of the existing
watermain, sanitary
sewer main, sewer and
water end services,
storm sewer modifica-
tions, and reconstruc-
tion of the existing
roadway section in-
cluding excavation and
replacement of
subgrade, aggregate
base, bituminous pav-
ing, pavement sub-
drains, concrete curb
and gutter, concrete
sidewalk extension,
pedestrian sidewalk
ramps, street lighting
and selective replace-
ment of concrete drive-
way pavement.
2. Lakeside Village Ad-
dition. Initial roadway
improvements on the
existing roadway seg-
ments where under-
ground utilities have
been previously con-
structed. Project con-
sists of grading, aggre-
gate base, bituminous
paving, concrete curb
and gutter, concrete
sidewalks, concrete
driveway pavement,
boulevard restoration
and street lighting.
3. Alley Block 59 South
of Center Street. Alley
from 6th South Street
to 7th South Street
between Minnesota
Street and German
Street. Reconstruction
of the existing alley
pavement section in-
cluding grading, aggre-
gate base, bituminous
surfacing, selective
seven inch (7″) con-
crete alley approach
pavement, miscellane-
ous removals and res-
toration.
4. Alley Block 60 South
of Center Street. Alley
from 5th South Street
to 6th South Street
between Minnesota
Street and German
Street. Reconstruction
of the existing alley
pavement section in-
cluding grading, aggre-
gate base, bituminous
surfacing, selective
seven inch (7″) con-
crete alley approach
pavement, miscellane-
ous removals and res-
toration.
5. Miscellaneous Con-
crete Sidewalk and
ADA Improvements.
ADA pedestrian ramp
and miscellaneous
concrete improve-
ments to compliment
the improvements
scheduled within the
2025 Capital Improve-
ment Plan to meet the
current ADA require-
ments as per New
Ulm’s adopted ADA
Transition Plan and
other deficient concrete
sidewalk at locations
determined by the City
Engineer.
Amount Proposed To
Be Assessed
Total Cost
2025 Utility, Street and
Alley
Improvement – Group I
Cost Summary
$2,978,088.47
$1,400,379.79
The proposed assess-
ment rolls are on file
for public inspection at
the City Finance
Director’s office.
1 | Page
Written or oral objec-
tions will be considered
at the public hearing.
No appeal may be tak-
en as to the amount of
an assessment unless
a signed, written objec-
tion is filed with the Fi-
nance Director prior to
the hearing or present-
ed to the presiding off-
icer at the hearing.
After the public hearing
the City Council may
adopt the proposed
special assessment
roll. You will have 30
days from the adoption
date to pay the entire
final special assess-
ment amount without
interest to the City Hall
Finance Office. After
such time, you may
pay to the Brown
County
Auditor-Treasurer’s Of-
fice the entire amount
of the assessment
remaining unpaid, plus
the interest accrued to
December 31st of the
year in which such
payment is made.
Such payment to the
County must be made
before November 15th
or interest will be
charged through De-
cember 31st of the
succeeding year. The
unpaid balance of any
assessment will be
levied by Brown Coun-
ty and will be collected
as an assessment on
your property tax state-
ment over a ten (10)
year period along with
a 5% percent simple
interest charge on the
unpaid balance.
An owner may appeal
an assessment to dis-
trict court pursuant to
Minnesota Statutes
Section 429.081 by
serving notice of the
appeal upon the Mayor
or Finance Director of
the of the City within 30
days after the adoption
of the assessment and
filing such notice with
the district court within
ten days after service
upon the Mayor or Fi-
nance Director.
Under Minnesota Sta-
tutes 435.193 to
435.195 the Council
may, in its discretion,
defer the payment of
this special assess-
ment for any home-
stead property owned
by a person 65 years
of age or older for
whom it would be a
hardship to make these
payments. When
deferment of the spe-
cial assessment has
been granted and is
terminated for any rea-
son provided by law,
all amounts accumulat-
ed plus applicable in-
terest become due.
Any assessed property
owner meeting the re-
quirements of this law
and City Code Section
2.80 adopted under it
may, within 30 days of
the confirmation of the
assessment apply to
the Finance Director on
such forms as are
prescribed by the
County Auditor for
such deferral of pay-
ment of this special as-
sessment on his pro-
perty.
YOU ARE FURTHER
NOTIFIED:
That the amount to be
specially assessed
against your property is
$:
PIN#:
Property Owner:
Legal Description:
2 | Page
www.newulmmn.gov
Question regarding the
proposed assessment
should be directed to
the City Engineer’s Of-
fice at (507) 359-8380.
Dated at New Ulm,
Minnesota this
5th day of May 2026.
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BY ORDER OF THE
CITY COUNCIL
Nicole L. Jorgensen Fi-
nance Director
PUBLISH
(June 23, 30, 2026)
NOTICE OF FILING
FOR THE
CITY OF
COURTLAND
2026 ELECTIONS
Notice is hereby given
that filing for Mayor
and City Council will
open Tuesday, July 14,
2026 at 8:00
am and close Tuesday
July 28, 2026, at 5:00
pm.
Offices to be filled:
One (1) Mayoral seat
which serves a
two-year term,
Two (2) Council
member seats which
serve a four-year term.
One (1) Council
member seat special
election to serve
remaining two years of
four-year term
All terms begin Janu-
ary 7, 2027
Affidavits of Candidacy
will be available and
received weekdays at
the Courtland City Of-
fice, 329 Main Street,
during regular business
hours. (Monday,
Wednesday and
Thursday from 8:00am
– 4:30pm., AND Friday
8:00am-12:00pm) You
must state which seat
or position you are fil-
ing for on your Affidav-
it.
The following criteria
must be met for the
mayor or council seats.
The candidate:
1.Must be an eligible
voter
2.Has no other affidavit
on file as a candidate
for any office at the
general election
3.Is, or will on assum-
ing office, 21 years of
age or more
4.Will have maintained
residence in the City of
Courtland for 30 days
before the election
5.Must pay the $2.00
filing fee at the time of
filing
The election for these
positions will be held
Tuesday, November 3,
2026.
Julie Holm
City Clerk
PUBLISH
(June 30, 2026)
NOTICE OF FILING
Courtland township
residents. Notice is
hereby given to the
residents of Courtland
Township that the an-
nual filing for election
of officers opens July
14th and continues
through July 28th. The
following positions are
to be filled at the elec-
tion on Nov. 3rd. One
town supervisor 4 year
term one town supervi-
sor 4 year term one
town treasurer 4 year
term. If you wish to file
for candidacy, please
file with the township
clerk at His residence
in the evenings or by
appointment. If you
would like to make an
appointment or need
further information call
507-276-8772. The
clerks office is 43370
541st av. Courtland
MN 56021 and will be
open for filing on July
14th-28th from 1:00
until 5:00 there is a
$2.00 filing fee. Tim
Harmening Township
clerk
PUBLISH
(June 30, 2026)
School Board
Proceedings
Independent School
District No. 88
New Ulm, Minnesota
The ISD 88 School
Board met for the Reg-
ular Meeting on May
28, 2026. Present:
Gag, Groebner, Leslie,
Ringhofer, Sunderman.
1.Sunderman/Groebner
revised agenda and
appendix approval.
(5-0)
2.Groebner/
Sunderman minutes
approval. (5-0)
3.Sunderman/
Ringhofer consent
agenda approval.(5-0)
4.Reports:
Superin-tendent’s, Fa-
cility, Community Edu-
cation, Study Session,
District Technology,
RBED, and
Announcements.
5. Ringhofer/Leslie
Local Literacy Plan
approval.(5-0)
6.Sunderman/
Groebner finance
reports approval.(5-0)
7.Groebner/
Sunderman Superin-
tendent Contract
approval.(5-0)
8.Ringhofer/
Sunderman donations
acceptance.(5-0)
9. First and second
policy readings.
10. Leslie/Sunderman
revised policies adop-
tion.(5-0)
11. Sunderman/
Leslie MSHSL
Membership Renewal
adoption.(5-0)
12. Leslie/Groebner
Extended Leave of Ab-
sence for Kristi
Schlangen-Lindquist
approval.(5-0)
13.Ringhofer/Leslie
Pro Kinship for Kids
Grant approval.(5-0)
14.Leslie/Groebner
Grand Center for Arts
Grant approval.(5-0)
15. Sunderman/Leslie
NU Park & Rec Grant
approval.(5-0)
16. Ringhofer/
Groebner CAST Grant
approval.(5-0)
17. Groebner/
Sunder-man termina-
tion and nonrenewal of
staff members im-
pacted by budget
reduction.(5-0)
18. Sunderman/
Ringhofer MN Teach-
ers Joint Apprentice-
ship Training Commit-
tee MOU approval.
(5-0)
19.Leslie/Ringhofer
adjournment.(5-0)
Complete minutes and
documents are avail-
able for review in the
District Offices, 414
South Payne Street,
New Ulm, Minnesota.
Independent School
District #88
New Ulm, Minnesota
By: Amanda Groebner,
Clerk
PUBLISH
(June 16, 23, 30, July
7, 14, 21, 2026)
NOTICE OF MORT-
GAGE FORECLO-
SURE SALE
THE RIGHT TO VE-
RIFICATION OF THE
DEBT AND IDENTITY
OF THE ORIGINAL
CREDITOR WITHIN
THE TIME PROVIDED
BY LAW IS NOT AF-
FECTED BY THIS AC-
TION.
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN, that default
has occurred in condi-
tions of the following
described mortgage:
DATE OF MORT-
GAGE: December 29,
2020
MORTGAGOR: Megan
Freeman and Margaret
Freeman, Married to
each other, As Joint
Tenants.
MORTGAGEE: Mort-
gage Electronic Regis-
tration Systems, Inc.,
as mortgagee, as nom-
inee for United Whole-
sale Mortgage, LLC its
successors and as-
signs.
DATE AND PLACE OF
RECORDING: Record-
ed January 11, 2021
Brown County Record-
er, Document No.
429014.
ASSIGNMENTS OF
MORTGAGE: As-
signed to: Bungalow
Funding, LLC. Dated
June 4, 2026 Recorded
June 9, 2026, as Docu-
ment No. A453098.
TRANSACTION
AGENT: Mortgage
Electronic Registration
Systems, Inc. TRAN-
SACTION AGENT’S
MORTGAGE IDEN-
TIFICATION NUMBER
ON MORTGAGE:
100032412207733293
LENDER OR BROK-
ER AND MORTGAGE
ORIGINATOR STAT-
ED ON MORTGAGE:
United Wholesale
Mortgage, LLC
RESIDENTIAL MORT-
GAGE SERVICER:
Valon Mortgage, Inc.
MORTGAGED PRO-
PERTY ADDRESS:
513 North Payne
Street, New Ulm,
MN 56073
TAX PARCEL I.D. #:
00100118704040
LEGAL DESCRIP-
TION OF PROPERTY:
Lot 4, Block 187, North
of Center Street, City
of New Ulm, Brown
County, Minnesota.
COUNTY IN WHICH
PROPERTY IS LO-
CATED: Brown ORIGI-
NAL PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF MORT-
GAGE:$110,000.00
AMOUNT DUE AND
CLAIMED TO BE DUE
AS OF DATE OF NO-
TICE, INCLUDING
TAXES, IF ANY, PAID
BY MORTGAGEE:
$95,413.53
That prior to the com-
mencement of this
mortgage foreclosure
proceeding
Mortgagee/Assignee of
Mortgagee complied
with all notice require-
ments as required by
statute; That no action
or proceeding has
been instituted at law
or otherwise to recover
the debt secured by
said mortgage, or any
part thereof;
PURSUANT to the
power of sale con-
tained in said mort-
gage, the above
described property will
be sold by the Sheriff
of said county as fol-
lows: DATE AND TIME
OF SALE: August 11,
2026 at 10:00 AM
PLACE OF SALE:
Front Door of the
Brown County Sheriffs
Office,
Washington Street
Side, New Ulm, MN
to pay the debt then
secured by said Mort-
gage, and taxes, if any,
on said premises, and
the costs and disburse-
ments, including attor-
neys’ fees allowed by
law subject to redemp-
tion within six (6)
months from the date
of said sale by the
mortgagor(s), their per-
sonal representatives
or assigns unless re-
duced to Five (5)
weeks under MN Stat.
580.07.
TIME AND DATE TO
VACATE PROPERTY:
If the real estate is an
owner- occupied,
single-family dwelling,
unless otherwise pro-
vided by law, the date
on or before which the
mortgagor(s) must va-
cate the property if the
mortgage is not rein-
stated under section
580.30 or the property
is not redeemed under
section 580.23 is 11:59
p.m. on February 11,
2027, unless that date
falls on a weekend or
legal holiday, in which
case it is the next
weekday, and unless
the redemption period
is reduced to 5 weeks
under MN Stat. Secs.
580.07 or 582.032.
MORTGAGOR(S)
RELEASED FROM
FINANCIAL OBLIGA-
TION ON MORT-
GAGE: None
“THE TIME ALLOWED
BY LAW FOR
REDEMPTION BY
THE MORTGAGOR,
THE MORTGAGOR’S
PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVES
OR ASSIGNS, MAY
BE REDUCED TO
FIVE WEEKS IF A
JUDICIAL ORDER IS
ENTERED UNDER
MINNESOTA STA-
TUTES, SECTION
582.032, DETERMIN-
ING, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, THAT THE
MORTGAGED PREM-
ISES ARE IMPROVED
WITH A RESIDEN-
TIAL DWELLING OF
LESS THAN FIVE UN-
ITS, ARE NOT PRO-
PERTY USED IN
AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTION, AND
ARE ABANDONED.”
Dated: June 9, 2026
Bungalow Funding,
LLC Mortgagee/
Assignee of Mortgagee
LIEBO, WEINGAR-
DEN, DOBIE & BAR-
BEE, P.L.L.P.
Attorneys for
Mortgagee/Assignee of
Mortgagee
4500 Park Glen Road
#300
Minneapolis, MN
55416
(952) 925-6888
108 – 26-003468 FC
IN THE EVENT RE-
QUIRED BY
FEDERAL LAW: THIS
IS A COMMUNICA-
TION FROM A DEBT
COLLECTOR.
Document version 1.2
July 20, 2021
PUBLISH
(June 30, 2026)
NOTICE OF FILING
DATES FOR
ELECTION TO THE
SCHOOL BOARD
INDEPENDENT
SCHOOL DISTRICT
NO. 507
NICOLLET PUBLIC
SCHOOL
STATE OF
MINNESOTA
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that the period
for filing affidavits of
candidacy for the office
of school board
member of Indepen-
dent School District
No. 507 shall begin on
July 14, 2026, and
shall close at 4:00
o’clock p.m. on July 28,
2026.
The general election
shall be held on Tues-
day, November 3,
2026. At that election,
3 members will be
elected to the School
Board for terms of four
(4) years each. Affidav-
its of Candidacy are
available from the
school district clerk,
One Pine Street. The
filing fee for this office
is $2. A candidate for
this office must be an
eligible voter, must be
21 years of age or
more on assuming of-
fice, must have been a
resident of the school
district from which the
candidate seeks elec-
tion for thirty (30) days
before the general
election, and must
have no other affidavit
on file for any other of-
fice at the same gen-
eral election.
The affidavits of candi-
dacy must be filed in
the office of the school
district clerk and the fil-
ing fee paid prior to
4:00 o’clock p.m. on
July 28, 2026.
Dated June 15, 2026.
BY ORDER OF THE
SCHOOL BOARD
School District Election
Clerk
PUBLISH
(June 30, July
10,2026)
NOTICE OF FILING
FOR TOWNSHIP
ELECTION
Notice is hereby given
to all registered voters
of Milford Township,
Brown County, MN,
that anyone wishing to
place their name on
the ballot for the Gen-
eral Election must file
an affidavit of candida-
cy with the clerk
between July 14 and
July 28, 2026.The of-
fice to be elected is
Supervisor, Seat B for
a term of 4 years.
Kristine Runck, clerk
Milford Twp.