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New Ulm Police • Arrested and transported a 41-year-old Hanska man to the Brown County Jail for a probation violation at 11:05 p.m. Thursday. A report was made for documentation and sent to Brown County Probation. • Received a scam/fraud report at 11:26 a.m. Thursday from a 26-year-old New Ulm man who said he sent provocative photos of himself to an unknown suspect who wanted $500 to not post them on social media. The man did not sent the suspect any money. A report went to police investigators and for documentation. • Responded to a suspicious activity report at 5 p.m. ...

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Sibley County Court • Abraham Pedraza, 26, Winthrop, was sentenced to 90 days in the Sibley County Jail for two counts of misdemeanor domestic assault April 9. The Court stayed 86 days for one year. He was placed on one year supervised probation. Conditions include serving four days in the Sibley County Jail, complete a domestic violence inventory within 60 days, follow all recommendations, complete a comprehensive assessment within 60 days, follow all recommendations, continue mental health appointments, follow all recommendations, take all prescribed medications, pay $3,455.81 in ...

NUHS receives passing grade on MDE report card

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NEW ULM – The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) graduation rates and student proficiency scores were released last week, showing New Ulm High School is above the state average in all categories. New Ulm High School principal Mark Bergmann provided a breakdown of the MDE report card as well as a review of high school programs during Tuesday’s work session. Bergmann began with a breakdown of school enrollment numbers. Declining enrollment has been a concern at the New Ulm Public Schools in recent years. Enrollment is tied to school funding, with the school district receiving ...

NU FIlm Society to screen “The Fabelmans”

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NEW ULM – The New Ulm Film Society will close out its Steven Spielberg director series with the 2022 film “The Fabelmans,” the director’s most personal film to date. The screening begins at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 14 at the New Ulm Public Library. “The Fabelmans” is a coming-of-age drama about a young man, Sammy Fabelman (played by Gabriel LaBelle), who becomes enamored with filmmaking at a young age and how that impacts the way he views his parents, Mitzi and Burt Fabelman, played by Michelle Williams and Paul Dano.  The movie begins in 1952 New Jersey with The ...

Permit approved for Scooter’s Coffee drive-through

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NEW ULM – A permit approval has paved the way for a new drive-through coffee business at Broadway and N. Fourth Street. The New Ulm City Council on Tuesday approved a conditional use permit (CUP) to allow Scooter’s Coffee drive-through. The business would be part of a new 6,135 ...

Sleepy Eye FFA qualifies four more teams for state

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The Sleepy Eye Future Farmers of America (FFA) members competed in the last Region VI Contests for the year on March 31st at the BARC in Windom. The Soils and Poultry teams both took second place while Nursery Landscape took 3rd and Floriculture qualified with fourth place.  In the soils ...