Editors Note: Days after this interview, candidate Mike Newcome announced he was suspending his campaign for Minnesota Governor, stating he no longer sees a realistic path to victory, citing financial hurdles. Newcome said he would continue to advocate for accountability, reform and a ...
FAIRMONT — Oliver “Ollie” and Eunice Meyer have been each other’s valentine for three quarters of a century. The couple, married on Nov. 12, 1950, celebrated its 75th anniversary, or Diamond Anniversary, last year. According to U.S. Census Bureau statistics, only one-tenth of one ...
NEW ULM — Brown County Court Judge Robert A. Docherty denied a motion Feb. 9 to dismiss a case for lack of probable cause involving a 45-year-old Springfield woman. Judge Docherty ruled there is sufficient probable cause for theft and financial transaction card fraud charges, according to the Feb. 9 ruling. Jacquelynn Rae Streich was charged with three felony counts of theft and three felony counts of financial transaction card fraud based on an alleged series of events from June 2022 to June 2023 that created an alleged loss of more than $100,000. The State alleged Streich took ...
NEW ULM — Minnesota DFL Chairman Richard Carlbom laid out the task ahead for Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party supporters at the Brown County DFL Convention at the New Ulm Community Center Saturday. “November 3, 2026 is a day in which we need to deliver the largest electoral ...
NEW ULM — Brown County DFL Convention delegates passed 20 resolutions at the New Ulm Community Center Saturday. The resolutions include keeping all voter information private and out of the hands of federal representatives and appointed officials, according to states’ rights and the constitution. The DFL supports the rights of immigrant people and calls for enforcement of their rights to due process, and a halt to the inhumane policies and practices of ICE and Customs and Border Patrol, including ICE incursions in civic gathering places such as houses of worship, schools, ...
New Ulm - The ballroom at the Best Western Plus New Ulm hosted the city's annual Fasching celebration Sunday for the third straight year at the hotel. The event brought families and visitors from New Ulm Fairmont, Gibbon, Springfield and other nearby communities to mark the German tradition ...
