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A drill to save lives

SLEEPY EYE — Sirens wailed as ambulances, a fire department rescue unit and helicopter descended to Southdale and 7th Avenue S.W. Wednesday night. It was all part of an hour-long, multi-casualty motor vehicle crash drill involving Sleepy Eye Police, Fire and Ambulance Service, Sleepy Eye ...

Comrades of Valor receive donation honoring former mayor

NEW ULM — A very special donation was given to the Comrades of Valor at the American Legion Tuesday. Dash and Jace Beussman Nelson, ten and seven years old respectively, have run a lemonade stand since 2020 in Carver. Since the beginning, they have wanted to use the lemonade stand to give ...

Brown Co. Farm Bureau honors four farms

SLEEPY EYE — The Brown County Farm Bureau recognized four 2023 Brown County Sesquicentennial Farms and one 2023 Brown County Century Farm at its annual meeting Tuesday. Sesquicentennial farms honored included the James and Carolyn Drexler farm in Cottonwood Township. The barn built in 1897 ...

Talking entrepreneurship

NEW ULM — The Rural Voice series, moderated by Minnesota Public Radio's (MPR) Kerri Miller, made it’s first stop on a return tour at Schell’s Brewery Tuesday. The event drew a crowd of business owners, city officials, and business aid groups for a town hall on entrepreneurship. The ...

Detour for Highway 15 pavement repairs south of Winthrop begins Sept. 18

MANKATO. – Motorists traveling on Highway 15 south of Winthrop can expect a detour starting Monday, Sept. 18 for approximately a week so crews can complete pavement repairs, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Highway 15 will be closed at the junction of Highway 19 to ...

Loans look to bring new opportunities

NEW ULM — Two loans approved by the New Ulm Economic Development Authority (EDA) look to provide New Ulm with new opportunities in the near and distant future. A $10,000 loan was approved for the Christmas Haus, located at 127 N Minnesota St, as a small business loan. As a member of the ...