SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye-Cedar Mountain Superintendent John Cselovszki urged school board members Wednesday to contact their legislators by email or phone about supporting compensatory funding formula improvements this year and permanently. “The law states that only direct certification ...
NEW ULM – Plans and specification for the New Ulm Airports Crosswind Runway were approved by the New Ulm City Council Tuesday. As part of the project, the airport’s current turf crosswind runway will be removed and a new turf runway will be created with an east-west alignment. Safety is ...
NEW ULM – The contract for the 18th South Street Storm Sewer Lift Station project was awarded to Holtmeier Construction, Inc for $1.32 million, Tuesday. New Ulm received five bids for the 18 S. Street lift station project. Holtmeier was the lowest bidder, which came in under the engineers estimate of $1.5 million. City Engineer Joe Stadheim said the project was partially funded with a FEMA Pre-Disaster Mitigation fund that was approved in 2023 in the amount of $1.125 million. The remaining $195,000 cost will be funded through a city bond issuance. The 18th Street S. lift station ...
NEW ULM — The New Ulm Farmers Market will return to its original location for the 2026 season, relocating to the Riverbend Education District parking lot at 1315 S. Broadway St. The decision was announced during the market’s annual vendor and stakeholder meeting Tuesday at the Best ...
NEW ULM — A 22-year-old rural New Ulm man faces six felony charges for allegedly strangling a victim and firing a shotgun during a Feb. 10 altercation near Essig ballpark. Bryce Curtis Flitter was charged with three counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, one count of domestic assault by strangulation and two counts of intentional discharge of a firearm endangering public safety Feb. 12. According to court documents, the Brown County Sheriffs’ Office responded to a residence at 11:19 p.m. Feb. 10 for a report of a fight and gunshots. Deputies, Sleepy Eye Police ...
NEW ULM — Old Man Winter returned not long after sunrise Wednesday with snow and wind gusts as high as 55 mph. National Weather Service (NWS) Meteorologist Tyler Hasenstein said the winter blast was more than what was forecast. The weather system dropped the outdoor temperature from 38 to ...
