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Brown Co. board OKs detox center contract

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NEW ULM — Due to rising facility costs and anticipated fewer (detox) residents, Brown County commissioners unanimously approved a 2026 Brown County Evaluation Center contract Tuesday with a 22% daily rate increase for member counties Tuesday. The daily rate will increase to from $387 to $475 ...

Scott Sparlin shares ‘Jack Bunyan’ tale at NU library

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NEW ULM – New Ulm author Scott Sparlin presented his debut children’s book “The Legend of Jack Bunyan” Monday at the New Ulm Public Library. The event featured a reading, book signing and original music. Sparlin, a Christmas tree farmer and musician, introduced Jack Bunyan as “the ...

Wearing live pythons

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LAMBERTON – Students from all three New Ulm elementary school learned about life on the farm during the Cottonwood County 4-H annual Fall Elementary Field Day hosted Sept. 8-11 in Lamberton. University of Minnesota Southwest Research and Outreach Center near Lamberton provided the students ...

Police Logs

Police Logs

New Ulm Police • Responded to a two-vehicle crash with injuries at 5:36 p.m. Saturday at Lambrecht Lane and Summit Ave. Ethan Joseph Eckstein, 19, New Ulm, was legally parked facing southbound on Summit Ave., attempted to merge a 2019 Chevy Trailblazer into traffic and collided with a 2009 ...

Police logs

Police Logs

New Ulm Police • Responded to a two-vehicle crash with injuries at 5:36 p.m. Saturday at Lambrecht Lane and Summit Ave. Ethan Joseph Eckstein, 19, New Ulm, was legally parked facing southbound on Summit Ave., attempted to merge a 2019 Chevy Trailblazer into traffic and collided with a 2009 ...

35 years of cleaning up highway

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NEW ULM -- The Knights of Columbus participated in the Adopt-A-Highway ditch cleanup on Tuesday, September 23 along Highway 14 west of New Ulm. This is their 35th year of keeping Highway 14 clean of debris. KC members included: L-R: Front row: Sam Clyne, Erv Mathiowetz, Tim Rahe, Allen ...