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Kotten stolen property case sentence stayed

NEW ULM — A 42-year-old Hutchinson man, formerly of Sleepy Eye, was convicted of gross misdemeanor receiving stolen property in Brown County District Court Monday. John Charles Kotten’s sentence was a stay of imposition. A second receiving stolen property charge was dismissed. Kotten was ...

Police logs

New Ulm Police • Responded to a two-vehicle crash with suspected minor injury at 11th North Street and Jefferson Street at 4:55 p.m. March 10. A 2011 Chevy Impala driven by Deborah Ann Clyne, 70, New Ulm, was northbound on Jefferson St., approaching 11th North when it collided with a 2017 ...

Veterans Square flag discussion goes elsewhere

NEW ULM — Though originally the Park and Rec Commission only intended to discuss adding flag poles to Veterans Square in German Park, the conversation went in different directions. Park and Rec Director Joey Schugel said adding three flag poles to the center of Veterans Square is included ...

EDA approves CTE Center Grant

NEW ULM — The New Ulm Economic Development Authority (EDA) approved $40,000 in EDA funds for the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center. The center is looking to raise around $92,000 total for new and better equipment, including a CNC Plasma Cutter and CNC Router. The $40,000 request ...

Farm show seminar centers on fraud prevention

NEW ULM — Fraud losses in the United States were $10 billion last year, according to information presented at a fraud prevention seminar at the Farm-City Hub Club seminar at the New Ulm Civic Center Friday. Nicollet County Attorney Michelle M. Zehnder Fischer said her grandmother was ...

Farm show town hall covers many issues

NEW ULM — Rep. Paul Torkelson, R-Lake Hanska and Sen. Nick Frentz, D-N. Mankato covered a wide range of legislative topics at a public town hall meeting at the Farm-City Hub Club Farm Show at the New Ulm Civic Center Saturday. “I will be on the ballot this fall, said Torkelson, in his 16th ...