WABASSO — The city of Wabasso will be terminating the general contractor in an improvement project for the city’s water treatment facility and wells. That action came after the city learned the general contractor had an issue with their performance and payment bonds, said Wabasso City ...

NEW ULM — New Ulm Medical Center (NUMC) Emergency Department Patient Access Representative Madie Guggisberg received the BEE (Being Exceptional Every Day) Award March 26. She was nominated for the award by NUMC Hospital Patient Access Manager Lisa Westholder “for her extraordinary ...

GLENCOE — Jeff and Sue Brandes of Courtland finished second overall and third among 12 couples in 2B Continued’s sixth Annual Dancing Like the Stars event at the Glencoe City Center April 11. Daryl and Marilee Peterson of Gibbon were overall grand champions, taking home the Mirrorball ...

NEW ULM — New Ulm has been designated a bronze‑level Bicycle Friendly Community for the second time, the Parks and Recreation Commission learned Monday.  The recognition comes from the League of American Bicyclists and reflects ongoing efforts to improve safety, infrastructure and ...

SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye’s long-standing tradition of displaying fireworks over Sleepy Eye Lake on July Fourth will continue this summer. The Sleepy Eye City Council unanimously approved a fireworks permit Tuesday allowing the Sleepy Eye Fire Department to display fireworks over Sleepy Eye ...

NEW ULM — A Music & Makers market at Lykke Books on Saturday included a fundraiser for a latex-detection service dog needed by a local teenager with a life-threatening allergy. The market, which occurs every one or two months, gives regional vendors commercial space and offers ...