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Gaylord woman convicted of child neglect violates terms of probation

GAYLORD — A 25-year-old Gaylord woman sentenced for gross misdemeanor child neglect Dec. 18, 2025, was ordered to be held without bail in the Sibley County Jail April 8. Victoria Lavelle Noyes of Gaylord admitted to allegedly violating probation terms (by use of alcohol) at the April 8 bail hearing. According to court documents, law enforcement responded Sept. 30, 2025 to residence on First Avenue in Gibbon for a 1-year-old child who consumed alcohol. Officers found a one-year old child and a four-year old child in the residence. Clothes, diapers and a quarter-full bottle of Bacardi ...

EDA helps fund CTE coordinator

NEW ULM – The New Ulm Economic Development Authority (EDA) agreed to provide $80,000 in funding over the next two years to New Ulm Public Schools to assist with hiring a Career Technical Education (CTE) Center Coordinator. New Ulm Public Schools (NUPS) originally opened its CTE Center at 208 N. Valley Street in 2021. The purpose of the center is to educate students who are looking to learn a trade or technical skills. The CTE Center was opened as an extension to NUP’ technical classes as well as further vocational training. However, the center is currently without a coordinator. ...

Indoor garage sale brings collectors from outside New Ulm

NEW ULM — Shoppers lined up outside the New Ulm Civic Center before the citywide garage sale opened Saturday. “At 8 a.m., this place was packed. I come here every year,” said antique dealer Scott Gilsrud of Redwood Falls. “A guy from the Minneapolis bought $350 worth of comics after ...

Klawitter seeks District 15B seat

MORGAN — Retired Cedar Mountain High School English teacher and coach Keith Klawitter recently announced he is running for the District 15B Minnesota House of Representatives seat. A 50-year Morgan resident, Klawitter will seek the Democratic Farmer Labor endorsement at the Senate District ...

Fort Ridgely, an outpost on the prairie

FORT RIDGELY — Fort Ridgely, a U.S. military post built in 1953 near the southern border of the Dakota reservation and northwest of the German settlement of New Ulm, was originally designed to keep peace as colonists settled on former Dakota land. Yielding to U.S. government pressure in ...

‘Roper Romp’ comes to downtown NU

NEW ULM — A wave of colorful caftans and oversized wigs swept through downtown New Ulm on Saturday as more than 35 women gathered for the city’s inaugural Mrs. Roper Romp. The themed bar crawl was organized by local residents to celebrate the life of Kristin “Sissy” Holm and to raise a ...