SLEEPY EYE — The Sleepy Eye City Council unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday to begin the process of refunding itself with up to $1.2 million in bond proceeds for costs to upgrade park and pool facilities. Sleepy Eye City Manager Bob Elston said the resolution would allow the City to ...

NEW ULM — Non-primary election filing picked up in a number of area communities Tuesday and Wednesday. Redwood Falls Mayor Tom Quackenbush and Sanborn Mayor Edward J. Cohrs refiled for election Tuesday. Winthrop Mayor Julie Trebelhorn refiled for election Wednesday. City council ...

NEW ULM — Last month, Chloe Dickson joined the New Ulm Public Library as the newest librarian. Dickson grew up in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C., near Andrews Air Force Base. She was homeschooled through high school. She earned a bachelor’s degree at Messiah ...

BROWN COUNTY — The election filing period for candidates in cities, townships and school districts where primary elections are not held opened Tuesday, July 14. The filing period ends at 5 p.m., Tuesday, July 28. New Ulm Public School District 88 school board member Steve Gag refiled for ...

NEW ULM - The New Ulm Economic Development Authority (EDA) took an earlier tour of the new Highland Apartments, Tuesday. Kuepers Construction started on the apartment project last September. The entire project consists of four three-story apartment buildings with eight detached garages, along ...

On Monday, the American Red Cross announced that it is in the midst of an emergency blood shortage. In June, the American Red Cross declared in a press release, the blood supply fell nearly 25%. While the Red Cross anticipates a shortage in blood during the summer months — usually ...