NEW ULM – As the federal government shutdown continues, the New Ulm Area Emergency Food Shelf is offering a new Bakery Giveaway program. The Bakery Giveaway will be held twice a week from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays and 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Thursdays. The Bakery Giveaway is an extension of the ...

MANKATO — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and state Department of Public Safety officials broke ground Monday for a new $67 million Bureau of Criminal Apprehension forensic lab and regional law enforcement facility in Mankato. The 56,000 square foot facility to be built just north of the Blue Earth ...

HANSKA – Two online fundraisers have been created for the victims of the double homicide in Hanska on Sunday. The GoFundMe accounts for Tabitha Trescott and Justin Reinarts were created to support their families. The GoFundMe page for Trescott was created by her aunt Angel Yordt. The pledge ...

NEW ULM — The Cottonwood River is eroding a riverbank east of County Highway 10 to the point where cement bunker blocks were placed just north of 220th Street to deal with right of way erosion a couple miles southeast of Sleepy Eye. Brown County Highway Engineer Andrew Lang told Brown County ...

Voters in three southern Minnesota school districts headed to the polls Tuesday to decide the future of school funding and facilities, with two districts securing decisive victories by while a third saw its referendum fail. Nicollet Public Schools celebrated a resounding endorsement from ...

NEW ULM – Last Saturday morning, 13 volunteers with Women of Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (WELCA) were hard at work in Our Savior’s Lutheran Church preparing for Saturday, Nov. 8 bake sale. Preparation for the bake sale begins weeks in advanced. The majority of the volunteers ...