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River Bend teacher faces charge

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NEW ULM — A 36-year-old River Bend Area Learning Center teacher is accused of malicious punishment of a child following a Feb. 19 incident at the school. According to a complaint filed in Brown County Court on Aug. 4, New Ulm Police received a Confidential Student Maltreatment Reporting Form on Feb. 25 regarding the school incident involving a 6-year-old student and a teacher, Stephanie Ruth Wurtzberger of Sleepy Eye. A gross misdemeanor malicious punishment of a child charge was filed against Wurtzberger in Brown County District Court Aug. 4, according to court documents. A court ...

Protecting utilities, never finished, never enough

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NEW ULM – Last week, numerous cyberattacks against civic water systems were reported in multiple U.S. states, including 30 attacks in Minnesota communities. New Ulm was not one of the communities impacted by the cyberattacks, but the incident has served as an important reminder of the ...

Court proceedings

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Sibley County Court • Unconditional bail was set at $300,000 cash or bond Aug. 3 for Jeffrey Richard Divan, 44, Arlington on a charge alleging making threats of violence and domestic assault. He could be released on his own recognizance with conditions that he not use or possess alcohol or non-prescribed, controlled substances including THC, that he comply with alcohol monitoring, not use or possess firearms or ammunition. A Rule 8 hearing was set for 9:45 a.m. Aug. 13. • An omnibus hearing on a charge alleging first-degree sale of a controlled substance was set for 1 p.m., Oct. ...

Senior Meals

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Monday BBQ Chicken breast, scalloped potatoes, green peas, wheat bread w/margarine, brownie and milk Tuesday Diced Turkey and gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, whole kernel corn, diced peach cup, dinner roll w/margarine and milk Wednesday Meatloaf baked potato w/sour cream, broccoli, applesauce cup, wheat bread w/margarine and milk Thursday Turkey Tetrazzini, sliced carrot peach crisp, dinner rol w/margarine and milk Friday Potato crunch fish, fillet, mashed sweet potatoes, mixed vegetables, wheat dinner roll w/margarine, snickerdoodle, cookie and milk

Community Calendar

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Saturday Narcotics Anonymous, 10:30 a.m., River Valley Christian Church, 100 N. Washington St., New Ulm. Use side entrance. Open to the public. The New Ulm Farmers Market will be held 9am-12pm in the River Bend Education District parking lot through October 10 NU Car & Bike Roll-in, 3:30 - 8 p.m. downtown New Ulm Colby Straka performs music in Schell’s Biergarden, 5 pm-7pm. SUNDAY Just For Today Nar-Anon Family Group, 3:30-4:30 p.m., So. MN Recovery Connection, 220 East Main St., Mankato, Midtown Square Building Suite #4. Call 507-420-5670 or 507-340-3092. Three Legacies AA, 7 ...

‘There is a place for us’

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NEW ULM – The New Ulm Film Society (NUFS) continues to encroach on musical theater’s turf, with a screening of “West Side Story,” which could lead to a rumble. The film screening begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11 at the New Ulm Public Library. “West Side Story” is the fourth film in the New Ulm Film Society musical film series and is often cited as one of the greatest film musicals of all time. The film won 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. It still holds the record for the most Oscars won by a musical. It was also the highest-grossing film of 1961, the year it was ...