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Leaping labradors

NEW ULM — DockDogs returned to the Brown County Free Fair for a third consecutive year with nearly 40 dogs from Iowa, North Dakota and Minnesota competing in distance, speed and height. ​"This is my dock and my pool. I brought it here," said Don McCracken, who operated the mobile setup ...

Zimmerman to plead guilty in Hanska double-murder

NEW ULM – Randy Zimmerman entered a petition to plead guilty in the double-murder of Justin Reinarts and Tabitha Trescott, Monday. Last November, a grand jury formally indicted Zimmerman with first-degree murder in the Nov. 2 deaths of Reinarts and Trescott. He was charged with breaking ...

Miller, Meyer win steinholding contests

NEW ULM — A New Ulm man and woman competing in their first-ever steinholding events punched their tickets to the Minnesota State Steinholding Contest at the Brown County Fair Saturday. Ryan Meyer finished first among six men, holding a stein of water for 3 minutes, 45 seconds. Pat Jakeway ...

Surviving after cancer

NEW ULM — Surviving a battle against breast cancer is something to celebrate, but getting back to a positive, healthy life is another battle many survivors face. However, it’s not something they have to face alone. That’s a message New Ulm Fitness trainer Brandy Toomer shares with ...

Five-year-old pulls through

NEW ULM — A five-year-old rural Springfield boy pedal-pulled his tractor 30 feet, winning his age group at the Brown County Kid’s Tractor Pull Friday. Tyler Janni’s pull-through effort topped more than a dozen 5-year-olds. “He works hard at it,” said Tyler’s mother Lori Janni. ...

‘It’s a great time to adopt a cat’

NEW ULM - Wednesday afternoon, Brown County Humane Society volunteer Jill Tostenrud returned to the shelter after picking multiple cat carriers full of kittens from the veterinarian in Springfield. The kittens had been turned over several weeks earlier. Tostenrud recently taken the animals to ...