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Senior Meals

Monday Tuna noodle, casserole, green beans, hot spiced peaches, dinner roll w/margarine, vanilla pudding w/ topping and milk Tuesday Cheese Ravioli w/Marinara sauce, country vegetable, blend, fruit crumble, dinner roll w/margarine and milk Wednesday Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes w/brown gravy, green beans, cinner roll w/margarine, vanilla wafers and milk Thursday Tator tot hotdish, whole kernel corn, apple crisp, wheat bread w/margarine and milk Friday Chicken cordon bleau, sliced carrots, rice pilaf, applesauce cup, wheat dinner roll w/margarine and milk

Police logs

New Ulm Police • Responded to a report at 7:19 p.m. Saturday of a 13-year-old New Ulm boy kicking and assaulting individuals at a respite house offering short-term care relief for caregivers of those with special needs. A 25-year-old Sleepy Eye female staff member said her glasses broke but did not want to pursue charges against the boy. No injuries were reported. A report went to Brown County Human Services. • Responded to a domestic report at 6:31 p.m. Sunday. Officers arrested a 56-year-old New Ulm man for disorderly conduct and threats of violence. The man was transported to ...

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLISH (April 8, 15, 2026) STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF BROWN FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT PROBATE DIVISION 08-PR-26-243 Filed in District Court State of Minnesota NOTICE AND ORDER OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR PRO- BATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Scott R. Rose, Decedent It is Ordered and No- tice is given that on Monday May 4th, 2026 at 9:50 am, a hearing will be held VIA ZOOM in this Court at Blue Earth County Court- house in Mankato, Minnesota, ...

Brown Co. board OKs hemp registration

SLEEPY EYE — Brown County Commissioners unanimously approved Lower-Potency Hemp Edible (LPHE) retail registration Tuesday for Freedom Value on Main Street. The Brown County License Bureau received a March 18 notice the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) issued a LPHE retailer ...

Hope on the horizon for fertilizer

NEW ULM — At a time when the farming forecast appears dark with rising input costs, a couple rays of light are shining through the clouds. According to the USDA, fertilizer and nitrogen costs rose by a quarter to a third in the past couple weeks. Diesel prices have also risen sharply. Bipartisan bills introduced in March by U.S. senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and John Thune (R-SD) and U.S. representatives Brad Finstad (R-MN) and Dusty Johnson (R-SD) would provide more reliable information about fertilizer and fertilizer product costs. The Fertilizer Transparency Act would create ...

Trump uses language of annihilation to threaten Iran

WASHINGTON (AP) — The president who yearned for a Nobel Peace Prize and once reveled in the appearance of solving conflicts has turned to the language of annihilation as he struggles to find a resolution to his war of choice in Iran. President Donald Trump's latest threat over the Iran war hit a new extreme Tuesday as he warned, “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again," if Iran fails to make a deal that includes reopening the vital Strait of Hormuz. The Republican president's comments were swiftly met with condemnation from Democrats, some “Make ...