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Senior Meals

Mailbag May 23, 2026

Monday Closed for Memorial Day Tuesday Swedish Meatballs, mashed potatoes w brown gravy, mixed vegetables, dinner roll w/margarine, chocolate chip cookie and milk Wednesday Pork roast w/pork gravy, candied yams, green beans, wheat bread w/margarine, vanilla pudding w/topping and 1% milk Thursday Chicken Alfredo, peas and carrots, hot speiced apples, dinner roll w/margarine and milk Friday Blueberry pancakes w/margarine and syrup, egg patty, red diced potatoes, diced peach cup and milk

Countywide action team coordinates Mental Health Awareness activities

Local News May 23, 2026

Courtesy of the Heart of New Ulm May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and throughout the month, the Heart of New Ulm’s Brown County Mental Health and Wellness Action Team (MHWAT) has been undertaking a variety of activities. In early May, the team hosted the third annual South Central ...

Jefferson school gardens blossoming

Local News May 23, 2026

NEW ULM — Dozens of children giggled with excitement as they walked around the Jefferson Elementary School Outdoor Learning Space, helping celebrate Minnesota School Gardens Week Thursday with parents, school staff and Minnesota Department of Agriculture leaders. The learning space was ...

Wanda Gág House launches 2026 season with open house

Local News May 23, 2026

NEW ULM — The Wanda Gág House held a special open house Thursday evening to launch its 2026 visitor season. If Wanda Gág were alive today, she would be 133 years old. Born in New Ulm on March 11, 1893, she died June 27, 1946, at age 53. Her book “Millions of Cats,” published in ...

Court proceedings

Court News and Tickets May 22, 2026

Sibley County Court • Tressa Dee Weeden-Bootz, 40, Savage, pled guilty May 21 to a charge alleging depriving a parent of custodial rights. Adjudication was stayed. She was placed on up to three years supervised probation with conditions that she pay $1,804 in restitution, complete a diagnostic assessment within 60 days, follow all recommendations, follow all parenting time and custody orders in effect.

Police logs

News May 22, 2026

New Ulm Police • Arrested and transported a 49-year-old New Ulm man to the Brown County Jail for domestic assault, malicious punishment of a child and endangering a child at 6:02 a.m. Thursday on Sunrise Drive. A 17-year-old New Ulm boy was injured but medical attention was not sought. Reports went to Brown County Human Services and the Brown County Attorney’s Office. • A 28-year-old New Ulm man was cited for dog at large at 1:31 p.m. Friday on Payne Street South. A report went to animal control. • Stopped a vehicle at 10:36 p.m. at Payne St. South and 1st Street. A ...