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Seven file for three Winthrop City Council seats

NEW ULM — Two Winthrop City Council candidates filed for election late Tuesday afternoon creating a seven-way race for three council member seats. Jacki Kruggel and Pam Rolf filed for city council member late Tuesday, joining Bradley Bodecker, Randy Krienke, Jay Shields, Dawn Wickenhauser and Tom Witucki who filed a week or two earlier. Winthrop voters have a choice of mayoral candidates too. Challenger Mark Santelman filed Monday and will face incumbent Julie Trebelhorn on election day. Fairfax City Councilor James J. Schroeder filed for mayor Tuesday and is the only candidate to ...

St. Peter man faces felony drug charges

GAYLORD — A 57-year-old St. Peter man admitted he sells methamphetamine after he was found with 543.77 grams of the drug in Green Isle July 28. Dennis Charles Bourquin was charged with felony first-degree sale of a controlled substance and first-degree possession of a controlled substance in Sibley County Court Thursday. According to court documents, the Sibley County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Cannon River Violent Offenders and Drug Task Force with an investigation of Bourquin including a search warrant that included locating he and his vehicle at the Club New Yorker Bar in ...

Growing the Ivy House model of day care

NEW ULM – For nine years, Ivy House has served the New Ulm area as a 24/7 crisis nursery, providing childcare for children 0-10 years of age for up to 72 hours. Since Ivy House was founded, the need for emergency childcare has increased in the community. In June, Ivy House received 142 ...

Tri-Community Arts presents ‘Frozen’

WINTHROP — Tri-Community Arts presents “Frozen,” a heartwarming adventure July 30-Aug. 2 about two royal sisters whose bond is tested when magical powers accidentally send their kingdom into an eternal winter. In the kingdom of Arendelle, young sisters Princess Elsa (Elissa Ries) and ...

SE couple accused of bilking woman out of $90k

SLEEPY EYE — A rural Sleepy Eye couple accused of taking more than $90,000 from a woman’s bank account to pay their personal expenses were charged with felony financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult and theft in Brown County District Court July 23. David Lynn Remus, 67, was charged with two felony counts of financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult. Wendalena “Wendy” Remus, 66, was charged with two felony counts of a vulnerable adult and four felony theft counts. According to court documents, Sleepy Eye Police began an investigation Dec. 4 after investigator Bohnen ...

Adapting with the times

NEW ULM – For the last 22 years, Greg Omori has worked in New Ulm Medical Center’s (NUMC) Outpatient Mental Health Department as a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW). Just under two weeks ago, Omori officially retired, but not before giving one final interview to The ...