HANSKA – The town of Hanska celebrated its 125th birthday over the weekend with fireworks, music, a parade, historic tours and plenty of lutefisk. The birthday celebration began Friday night with with a classic-car cruise-in, kids activities, music and the grand opening of Hanska ...
SLEEPY EYE — Springfield siblings Del and Susan Dalsgaard drove their favorite cars to the Sleepy Eye Summerfest Classic Car Show Saturday. Susan Dalsgaard drove her 1956 Cadillac to the classic car show. “I was the third owner of the car. I bought it in Faribault in 1998. It’s so fun ...
NEW ULM — The Brown County Historical Society marked the anniversary of the 1862 U.S.-Dakota War with an educational tour Sunday through the older pioneer section of the New Ulm City Cemetery. Research librarian Darla Gebhard, with volunteer guides Sue Ullery and Wayne Wagner, led visitors ...
PUBLISH (August 20, 25, 2026) NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the City Council of the City of New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota will meet in the Council Chambers in the New Ulm City Hall on Tues- day, September 1, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. to consider ordering in the following improve- ments to be made, to-wit: 2027 MSAS IM- PROVEMENT PRO- JECT 1. North Garden Street from Center Street to 5th North Street. Pro- ject consists of recon- structing the existing roadway segment util- izing the existing ...
Brown County District Court THIRD-DEGREE DRUG POSSESSION-10 GRAMS OR MORE OF NARCOTIC OTHER THAN HEROIN OR FENTANYL Julie Wahlstrom-Hartmann, Currie. Stay of adjudication. $75. Three days local confinement. Forty hours adult sentence to service for one year. Five years supervised probation. Complete chemical use assessment, follow recommendations within 30 days of Aug. 4, 2026. Attend MADD Impact Panel within 90 days. No possession of alcohol or drugs. No drug paraphernalia. Also 364 days local confinement, 361 days stayed for three years supervised probation.
SLEEPY EYE — A Reykjavik, Iceland, businessman who attended Sleepy Eye High School as a foreign exchange student in 1992 and 1993 returned for Summerfest last weekend. Thorbjorn “B. J.” Olafsson lived with the Pat and Earle Stevermer family of Sleepy Eye 34 years ago as a high school ...
