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NU Izaak Walton Chapter ditch clean up

NEW ULM - Members of the New Ulm Izaak Walton Chapter #79 cleaned over three miles of road ditch along County Highway 29 on Wednesday, April 29th. Members participating are left to right: Randy Newman, Dale Aufderheide, Bruce Olson, and Roman Schiller. Taking picture Carolyn Newman.

Police logs

New Ulm Police • Received a report from a 26-year-old New Ulm male who said he was threatened to be beaten up online by a suspect with a false identity at 5:18 p.m. Wednesday. A report was done for documentation. • Received a report at 6:02 p.m. Wednesday of a 15-year-old New Ulm male accused of getting into a disturbance, resulting in minor bruises on a 49-year-old New Ulm woman. No medical attention was sought. Minnesota State Patrol • Responded to a two-vehicle crash with non-life threatening injuries on State Highway 15, Madelia Township at 2:02 p.m. Tuesday. A 2015 Ford ...

Sleepy Eye elementary principal finalists named

SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye Public School Superintendent John Cselovszki revealed elementary principal finalist candidates to the school board Tuesday. The finalists are New Richland Hartland Ellendale Geneva Schools Teaching & Learning Coordinator Jason Toupence, Granada Huntley East Chain Schools Agriculture Instructor/FFA Advisor and Sleepy Eye native McKenzie Wagelie, Kimball Elementary Principal Joel Timmerman, and Fridley High School Assistant Principal Mark Jacobs. “The hiring committee reviewed nine applicants and offered four candidates an interview opportunity,” Cselovszki ...

Police logs

New Ulm Police • Stopped a vehicle for an equipment violation and talked with the driver, a 46-year-old New Ulm man at 7:03 p.m. Tuesday at Payne St. and 1st Street South. The driver showed impairment signs and admitted to consuming alcohol. He failed field sobriety tests. He was arrested and transported to the Brown County Jail. A report went to the Brown County Attorney’s Office for consideration of third-degree DWI charges. • Responded to a report of a disturbance of an individual breaking a window at 7:33 p.m. Tuesday on German Street North. A 45-year-old New Ulm woman told ...

NU welcomes German playwright, wife ahead of play premiere

NEW ULM — Playwright Erich Becker and his wife, American professional harpist Valerie Cribbs, received a welcome reception at State Street Theater, Tuesday. The welcome comes ahead of the North American premiere of Becker’s play, “A Life for the Revolution” The play tells the story ...

Stimpert donates antique barrel labels to Sleepy Eye

SLEEPY EYE — The Sleepy Eye City Council accepted a donation of two framed, Sleepy Eye Milling Co. flour barrel labels from Lillian Stimpert Tuesday. “All of you know (her husband) Merton Arnold ‘Bud’ (Stimpert). Bud was a collector of many things,” she told the city council. “I ...