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Senior Meals

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Monday Country Friend Chicken w/ cream gravy, mashed potatoes, green peas, wheat bread w/margarine, sugar cookie and milk Tuesday Beef cabbage bake, sliced carrots, cranberry pear, sauce, dinner roll w/margarine and milk Wednesday Oven roasted turkey, w/ turkey grravy, mashed potatoes, whole kernel corn, wheat bread w/margarine, gingersnap cookie and milk Thursday Beef goulash, mixed vegetables, pumpkin bar, dinner roll w/margarine and milk Friday Baked pork chop w/pork gravy, scalloped potatoes, diced carrots, wheat bread w/ margarine oatmeal raisin, cookie and milk

Gibbon man faces two felonies

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GIBBON — A 42-year-old Gibbon man faces two felonies after authorities found a Schedule IV controlled substance in a safe at his residence Tuesday. The Sibley County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at Mark David Schwarzrock’s residence on 12th Street in Gibbon at 7 a.m. May 5. During the search, one of two children who also live at the residence, opened a gun safe using the safe code, according to court documents. Items found in the safe were a glass pipe with methamphetamine residue, a silver spoon with cocaine residue, a plastic baggie with methamphetamine residue, ...

Downtown businesses plan for event season

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NEW ULM – Ahead of New Ulm’s festival and event season, multiple Minnesota Street businesses applied for liquor license extensions that coincide with those festivals. The requests on Tuesday came from 209 Pub & Grill, Kaiserhoff and B&L Bar. City Manager Chris Dalton said this is the ...

Finstad celebrates farm bill House passage with local leaders

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JACKSON – With the Farm, Food and National Security Act (Farm Bill) of 2026 having passed through the House of Representatives by a 224-200 vote, US House District 1 Representative Brad Finstad went to the Fendt Lodge with AGCO Engineering in Jackson on Thursday to meet with local leaders ...

Klossner roundabout project begins May 18

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MANKATO – Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) Construction of a roundabout at the intersection of Highway 15 and Fort Road in Klossner is expected to begin May 18, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Preliminary tree clearing is expected to begin in early ...

Park and Rec

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•Paddleboard Pilates classes are offered in the aquatic center pool on Fridays 10:30-11:30 a.m. and Sunday, May 10 at 4:30 p.m. Cost is $5 members or $10 Non-members. Pre-registration or first come, first served. Classes are limited to 10 participants. •Mother’s Day is May 10 and all moms will receive free admission to the SouthPoint Recreation and Wellness Center from 12-5 p.m. •The Bike Trail from South German Park between 3rd and 7th Street, by the Dog Park is closed due to a wash out •Tot Gym Monday and Fridays in the gym from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Tot Swim on Wednesdays, ...