NEW ULM – The Minnesota Music Hall of Fame saw its membership expand by seven this weekend. The Minnesota Music Hall of Fame (MMHF) held its induction ceremony on Friday at Turner Hall. The new inductees included Virgil E. C. “Swede” Wagner, the Chatfield Brass Band & Library, Cathy ...
After taking first, second, third, and second again in the last three seasons at the State AA and AAA Knowledge Bowl Tournament held at Cragun's Resort in Brainerd, the New Ulm High School Purple and Ivory Knowledge Bowl teams were placed in two separate divisions based on a unique split due ...
FORT RIDGELY — Fort Ridgely, a U.S. military post built in 1953 near the southern border of the Dakota reservation and northwest of the German settlement of New Ulm, was originally designed to keep peace as colonists settled on former Dakota land. Yielding to U.S. government pressure in ...
MORGAN — Retired Cedar Mountain High School English teacher and coach Keith Klawitter recently announced he is running for the District 15B Minnesota House of Representatives seat. A 50-year Morgan resident, Klawitter will seek the Democratic Farmer Labor endorsement at the Senate District ...
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. ...
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 ...
