SLEEPY EYE — After discussion Tuesday, the Sleepy Eye City Council unanimously approved setting a 12.5% 2026 preliminary tax hike. Sleepy Eye City Manager Bob Elston initially recommended a 9.76 preliminary tax increase that would have boosted the city levy 9.76 percent, from $1,849,700 to ...

NEW ULM — New Ulm’s Turner Park will be buzzing with energy on Saturday as Turner Hall hosts its Second Annual Dodgeball Tournament — a spirited fundraiser to help replace the Hall’s aging water tank. Jeanne Kretsch, longtime Turner Hall volunteer and event organizer, shared details ...

Brown County District Court (Charges are petty misdemeanors unless otherwise noted) CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT THEFT-BY SWINDLE Gina May Olson. Mountain Lake. $4,225 including $4,100 restitution. 13 mos. Shakopee Correctional Facility stayed for 3 years supervised probation. Do not use or possess ...

NEW ULM – Mankato will take over administering some of New Ulm’s rental assistance following an agreement between the two cities Economic Development Authority (EDA). On Tuesday, the New Ulm EDA approved a memorandum with the Mankato EDA that would allow Mankato to administer the Bring It ...

NEW ULM – Samuel Knoops of Ulm, Germany, was welcomed to New Ulm, Monday by the Sister Cities Commission during a special banquet at Kegel Klub. Knoops arrived in New Ulm a week ago on Sept. 2 as part of the Hans Joohs Intern Exchange program. For the next three months, he will live and ...

Summer is coming to an end, but Minnesotans should still be careful to avoid mosquito bites, the Minnesota Department of Health said. So far this year, the Minnesota Department of Health has reported 20 cases of illness from West Nile virus. Two of the affected people have died. According to ...