NEW ULM – The New Ulm Area Foundation (NUAF) celebrated a new endowment fund courtesy of the late Denis Warta. Before Warta’s death in November, he bequeathed $116,850 to the New Ulm Area Foundation to establish The Warta Family Fund. Denny Warta children; Diann and Dean and his ...
SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye’s long-standing tradition of displaying fireworks over Sleepy Eye Lake on July Fourth will continue this summer. The Sleepy Eye City Council unanimously approved a fireworks permit Tuesday allowing the Sleepy Eye Fire Department to display fireworks over Sleepy Eye ...
New Ulm Police • Responded to a welfare check at 2:28 p.m. Sunday and transported a 21-year-old New Ulm male believed to have overdosed on medication to the New Ulm Medical Center Emergency Dept. • Responded to a harassment complaint at 6:11 p.m. Sunday. A 79-year-old New Ulm woman and her 47-year-old son said a 27-year-old Hutchinson woman living at their home was harassing them. Police advised the New Ulm man and woman to get a harassment restraining order against the Hutchinson woman. No damage or injuries were reported. A report was done for documentation. • Stopped a ...
NEW ULM – The New Ulm Economic Development Authority (EDA) agreed to provide $80,000 in funding over the next two years to New Ulm Public Schools to assist with hiring a Career Technical Education (CTE) Center Coordinator. New Ulm Public Schools (NUPS) originally opened its CTE Center at 208 N. Valley Street in 2021. The purpose of the center is to educate students who are looking to learn a trade or technical skills. The CTE Center was opened as an extension to NUP’ technical classes as well as further vocational training. However, the center is currently without a coordinator. ...
GAYLORD — A 25-year-old Gaylord woman sentenced for gross misdemeanor child neglect Dec. 18, 2025, was ordered to be held without bail in the Sibley County Jail April 8. Victoria Lavelle Noyes of Gaylord admitted to allegedly violating probation terms (by use of alcohol) at the April 8 bail hearing. According to court documents, law enforcement responded Sept. 30, 2025 to residence on First Avenue in Gibbon for a 1-year-old child who consumed alcohol. Officers found a one-year old child and a four-year old child in the residence. Clothes, diapers and a quarter-full bottle of Bacardi ...
NEW ULM — Randy Hartten stood before a packed room at The Grand Center for Arts & Culture, recounting how an unfinished collection of his late mother’s quilt squares became a one-of-a-kind artist’s book. The project, titled “An Unfinished Project,” was initiated after Hartten ...
