MARSHALL — On Thursday night the full moon went dim as an almost total lunar eclipse was reported over much of North America. At the fullest extent of the eclipse, a little more than 96% of the moon’s disk was in shadow, NASA said. Local resident Kathy Jones was outside with a digital ...
Though it is still August, many area schools are already back in session, with a few more planning to open next week. Sleepy Eye Public was one of the first area schools to open, with first grade through seventh grade starting class on Monday, Aug. 24. The eighth grade through 12th grade ...
NEW ULM - Turner Hall of New Ulm will combine two fall fundraisers into one event Saturday, Sept. 12. The Third Annual Dodgeball Tournament x Rib'n will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Turner Park at 102 South State Street. Turner Hall Executive Director Andrea Boettger said the combined ...
NEW ULM – The first in a series of four increases to water and wastewater billing will go into effect Oct. 1 this year, following a rate schedule amendment from the New Ulm Public Utilities Commission, Tuesday. New Ulm Utility Director Brett Fleck said last year, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) hired a consultant to complete a cost analysis and rate study for the water and wastewater departments. In April, the PUC received a recommendation from the consultant to raise additional $2 million in revenue each year to cover necessary capital improvements to water and wastewater ...
New Ulm Police • Responded to the Colonial Inn, 1227 N. Broadway at 1:40 p.m. Tuesday for a 35-year-old New Ulm woman suffering from a mental health crisis. The woman told police things were not going well with a man she was sharing a hotel room with. Police contacted a Mankato crisis center about coming to the Brown County Law Enforcement Center to transported the woman to safe housing in Mankato. A report went to Brown County Human Services. • Stopped a vehicle for suspicious activity at 6:11 p.m. Tuesday at Broadway and 20th Street South. The driver, a 31-year-old Marshall man ...
NEW ULM — Firearm and muzzleloader hunters that want to harvest antlerless deer in a permit area (DPA) designated for the lottery must purchase their license by Thursday, Sept. 10. Hunters who purchase a license at mndnr.gov/buyalicense by Sept. 10 are entered into the lottery for the DPA ...
