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Three file for Winthrop City Councilor

WINTHROP — Three individuals filed for three openings on the Winthrop City Council this week. Challenger Bradley Bodecker and incumbent Dawn Wickenhauser filed on Thursday and challenger Randy Krienke filed on Friday. Tom Polich re-filed Thursday for Lafayette City Councilor-at-Large. Sheila Wurtzberger refiled for her Sleepy Eye Public School board seat on Thursday. The non-primary election filing period ends at 5 p.m., Tuesday, July 28. For more information on candidate filings, visit https://www.sos.mn.gov.

‘Everything is above board’

NEW ULM – Brown County staff conducted a Public Accuracy Test (PAT) of its electronic voting equipment Friday. State statute requires all Minnesota counties and municipalities that are conducting elections to administer PATs at least three days before it is used. The test must be open to ...

Shunkle Fest 2026  

New Ulm — Dain’s Dutchmen performed polka music at the annual KNUJ Shunkle Fest at the Glockenspiel in downtown New Ulm on Friday morning.  Shunkle Fest took place as part of activities tied to the Bavarian Blast festival weekend. Adam Munsterman, dressed in German lederhosen, played ...

A hot start to Bavarian Blast 2026

NEW ULM — The annual Bavarian Blast festival opened for it's 20th anniversary on Thursday evening at the New Ulm Civic Center and fairgrounds with tribute band performances as temperatures and humidity remained high. The four-day event runs Thursday through Sunday, July 16-19. Thursday’s ...

Krzmarzick covers all the bases

NEW ULM — In a quick 90 minutes Thursday, Sleepy Eye farmer and baseball history lover Randy Krzmarzick glowingly recalled Brown County baseball history from July of 1871 to the present day. His stories ranged from the likes of major league stars Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Terry Steinbach ...

Sunderman refiles for Dist. 88 school board

NEW ULM — Election filings continued to pick up in the region. New ULm District 88 School Board member Melissa Sunderman refiled for election Wednesday. School board chairman Steve Gag refiled on Tuesday. School board member Amanda Groebner's seat is also up for election this year, but Groebner announced she will not being running for another term. This means at least one seat of New Ulm's school board seats will be open to a new candidate. For the Redwood Area School Board, incumbent, Andrew Lueck, refiled for election on Tuesday. Also in Redwood Falls, mayoral challenger Dennie ...