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MnDOT announces winners of snowplow naming contest

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ST. PAUL – Oh, For Sleet’s Sake and Flurrious George are the top vote-getters in the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Name a Snowplow contest and will soon join the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) fleet of snowplows statewide along with six others. The winning ...

Honor Rolls

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Grade 6-A Honor Roll: Nora Bailey, Emma Breu, Matthew Finstad, Kate Fischer, Ethan Forstner, Jack Hazuka, Audrey Hillesheim, Kyley Johnson, Lucille Jumper, Malley Krzmarzick, Sol Larson, Autumn Nachreiner, Jayden Nachreiner, Jake Nosbush, Abigail Schneider, Elle Wald, Evelyn Weier, Austin ...

‘We want to hear your story’

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NEW ULM – Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison visited New Ulm Monday for a special question-and-answer session. The event was sponsored by the New Ulm Chapter of Indivisible. Ellison said his office works to visit with members of the public. He had been visiting communities across the ...

Child protection services top state standards

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NEW ULM — Brown County Human Services Director Anne Broskoff presented the 2025 child protection annual report to commissioners Tuesday with some good news. “This is like a report card for the work we do,” said Broskoff. Brown County caseworkers made monthly, face-to-face to face ...

Making life interesting

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NEW ULM -- Carrie Reinhart, who lives just outside New Ulm, expanded her country property in 2024 with a herd of alpacas and a llama. Reinhart said she has been interested in the animals since childhood. “For as long as I can remember, I have had a love for llamas and alpacas and have ...

Police logs

Police Logs

New Ulm Police • Responded to a Wal-Mart theft report at 4:50 p.m. Friday. A suspect fled in a vehicle heading towards Sleepy Eye on Highway 14. Wal-Mart employees believe a woman with the man is responsible for more than $52,000 in stolen Wal-Mart items across the country. The man and woman ...