SLEEPY EYE - Emergency teams conducted a joint training drill Wednesday evening on Sleepy Eye Lake that simulated a multi-casualty boat crash. The exercise involved six victims, five injured and one missing. Firefighters, police, ambulance personnel, and Sleepy Eye Medical Center staff ...
NEW ULM – Republican candidate for Governor, Lisa Demuth, spoke during a candidate townhall during the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC) conference in New Ulm on Thursday. In addressing the CGMC members, many of whom come from small communities throughout Minnesota, she stressed ...
NEW ULM — Nearly 1,000 people attended the Citizens Bank Minnesota 150th Anniversary Client Appreciation event at the Brown County Fairgrounds Tuesday. The band Revline performed country/rock music at the fairgrounds. Headquartered in New Ulm with branches in Lakeville, Lafayette, La ...
NEW ULM — Area candidates filing for election to offices that don’t feature a primary election continue. On July 20, Greg Juberian filed for Courtland City Councilor-at-Large and Jay Shields filed for Winthrop City Councilor. In Gibbon, Mayor Steve Klukas refiled for election July 21. City councilors Rachel Holmquist and Roger Tabbert both refiled July 22. Jesse Diehn refiled for Fairfax City Council July 17. Comfrey City Councilor Darlene Arnsdorf refiled July 20. Gibbon Fairfax Winthrop (GFW) school board members George Grosam of Fairfax and Emilee Stehr of Gibbon refiled July ...
NEW ULM — A 44-year-old Springfield woman originally charged with 14 criminal sex counts was sentenced to five years, four months in prison in Brown County District Court July 13. Sarah Marie Riederer was convicted of one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct. She pled guilty to the charge May 27 and 13 first-degree criminal sexual conduct charges were dismissed. Riederer was sentenced to 64 months at the Shakopee Correctional Facility, credited with one day served and must serve 32 months supervised release. Her prison time may be extended to eight full years for ...
NEW ULM — Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen talked about agriculture opportunities and challenges in detail at the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC) Summer Conference at the New Ulm Convention Center Wednesday. “We need all the farmers we have,” said Petersen. ...
