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 ...
NEW ULM — Blowing dust in Minnesota and northern Iowa could be seen from a satellite over the Earth, according to the National Weather Service (NWS) Tuesday. The NWS issued a blowing dust advisory as wind gusts were measured at 50 mph in Hanska, 48 mph in St. James, 46 mph in Olivia and 45 mph in New Ulm and Olivia, according to NWS Meteorologist Brent Hewett in Chanhassen. “That’s the first time the NWS issued a blowing dust advisory that I can remember,” said Brown County Emergency Management Director Shawn Stoermann. “Conditions were perfect for a dust storm with the ...
NEW ULM - On May 6, students from Jefferson Elementary, New Ulm Middle School, River Bend, St. Anthony and St. Paul all participated in the annual spring Walk to School Day. The Heart of New Ulm’s Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Action Team promotes Walk or Bike to School Day every fall and ...
SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye Medical Center (SEMC) was recently named on of the top 20 critical access hospitals in the U.S. for patient satisfaction. Selected among 1,367 critical access hospitals by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA), the recognition is regarded as one of the highest distinctions a rural hospital can receive for how it serves patients and area community. A Critical Access Hospital is a designation given by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to eligible rural hospitals, designed to reduce financial vulnerability and improve access to care. They must ...
Brown County District Court FIRST-DEGREE DWI Mona Vang. New Ulm. 51 mo. Shakopee Correctional Facility. Chemical dependency assessment. Felony. THIRD-DEGREE DWI Bjorn Steven Frederickson, Clements. $1,085. 364 days local confinement, 360 days stayed for three years supervised probation. Complete comprehensive assessment within 30 days of April 28, 2026. Follow all recommendations. No alcohol/controlled substance use except prescribed medications. Attend MADD Impact Panel. Gross misdemeanor. DWI Peter Charles Macho, New Ulm. $510. 90 days local confinement, stayed for one year ...
New Ulm Police • Received a call at 2:26 a.m. Friday of a vehicle all over the road on Highway 14/15 in Nicollet County. Officers stopped the vehicle and talked with the driver, a 36-year-old New Ulm man. Impairment clues were noticed. After failing field sobriety tests and a breath test, the man was arrested and transported to the Brown County Jail. A report went to the New Ulm City Attorney’s Office for consideration of a third-degree DWI charge. Sleepy Eye Police • Arrested and transported a 48-year-old Sleepy Eye man to the Brown County Jail for an harassment restraining ...
