NEW ULM - A petition to rezone land on North Highland Avenue was approved the New Ulm City Council on Tuesday. The rezone will change a 1.9-acre agricultural open space at 2405 N. Highland Avenue to a medium-density residential district. The request to rezone came from Adam and Shana Wels. ...
SLEEPY EYE – Students from the River Bend enjoyed a day on the water Monday during a fishing trip to Sleepy Eye Lake. River Bend teacher Jennifer Isaac said each grade got a chance to try their hand at fishing during the day. This was the first time the school held a fishing field trip. ...
NEW ULM — Brown County Commissioners turned down Sheriff Jason Seidl's request for additional deputy and deputy sergeant positions for the 2027 budget Tuesday by a 4-1 vote. “We’re understaffed compared to other comparable-sized counties,” Seidl told the commissioners. “When Sheriff Hoffmann took office (in 2007), he went to 24-hour coverage as part of his campaign promises without adding staff. We’ve slowly added staff to be where we should be.” In his request, Seidl said Lyon County is comparable to Brown County. He said Brown County has 14 licensed deputies, compared ...
NEW ULM — Alexander Roth, curator of the Wanda Gág House, will speak before the St. Paul branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) in November on Gág’s legacy. Roth views his talk with AAUW as a thank you, as the organization is responsible for preserving a major ...
NEW ULM — After brief discussion Tuesday, a motion for a mental health evaluation for Randy Thomas Zimmerman was approved by Brown County District Court Judge Robert Docherty. Zimmerman remains in Brown County Jail custody with $10 million bail without conditions, $5 million with conditions. Last November, a grand jury formally indicted him with first-degree murder in the Nov. 2, 2025 deaths of Justin Reinarts and Tabitha Trescott in Hanska. Initially charged with second-degree murder, a grand jury investigation later in November added nine counts including first and second degree ...
NEW ULM – The candidate filing period to appear on the Nov. 3 general election ballot closed 5 p.m. Tuesday with no new candidates adding their names to local elections. In New Ulm, this mean Mayor Kathleen Backer and Ward 2 City Council Eric Warmka will run for re-election unopposed. Backer and Warmka were the only candidates to file for their respective offices before the filing deadline. New Ulm’s Ward 4 is also up for election in November. Ward 4 City Councilor Larry Mack was first elected to the council in 2014 and was re-elected in 2018 and 2022. Earlier this year, Mack ...
