NEW ULM — Jay Ernest performed with his band Church of Cash on the final night of Bavarian Blast at the Brown County Fairgrounds. Ernest, who performs under that name and was born Jay Ernest Kalk, told the audience he grew up in the New Ulm area. He said he spent his first year of life in ...
HANSKA — A woman died Monday afternoon from injuries received after a falling tree limb struck her, said the Brown County Sheriff’s Office. The Brown County Sheriff’s Office, the Hanska Fire Department and Alina Ambulance responded to a report of a woman struck in the head by a falling tree limb at 2:40 p.m. Monday on 112th Avenue, Linden Township, about 5 miles northeast of Hanska, the sheriff’s office said. At the scene, emergency responders began CPR and other life saving measures, but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene because of her injuries, the Brown County ...
GIBBON — The Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (GFW) School Board unanimously approved a resolution Monday calling for a special, two-question special election Nov. 3. Question 1 proposes a 10-year, $4 million capitol project levy to be used for the acquisition and maintenance of software, ...
SLEEPY EYE — Six veterans received Quilts of Valor at Veteran’s Park in downtown Sleepy Eye Thursday. Four of the men, Gary Hinderman, Bill Lochner, Dennis Krzmarzick and Gordon Kuelbs went to Vietnam together in 1968 with soldiers from the Winthrop U.S. Army Reserve Center. U.S. Marines ...
NEW ULM — More than 40 Habitat for Humanity bike riders paused in New Ulm Friday while participating in a five-day cycling event supporting affordable housing. A Mankato man with New Ulm roots, Adam MartiRock, coordinated New Ulm stops at Hermann Heights, Schell’s Brewery and Bavarian ...
