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New Ulm Police • Responded to an adult group home at 6:34 p.m. Tuesday. A crystal-like substance that later tested positive for methamphetamine was found and seized in a room. All three residents denied the drugs belonged to them. The meth was offered as evidence. A report was done for documentation. • Arrested a 52-year-old New Ulm man for an equipment violation at 9:59 p.m. Tuesday at German and 19th St. S. Impairment signs were observed on the driver. He failed field sobriety tests, was arrested and transported to the Brown County Jail. A urine test was performed on the suspect. ...

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New Ulm Police • Responded to a Wal-Mart theft report at 4:50 p.m. Friday. A suspect fled in a vehicle heading towards Sleepy Eye on Highway 14. Wal-Mart employees believe a woman with the man is responsible for more than $52,000 in stolen Wal-Mart items across the country. The man and woman were not located and their license plate could not be seen on surveillance photos. A report was done for documentation. • A 30-year-old New Ulm woman told police at 8:07 p.m. Friday she received threatening text messages from her 33-year-old ex-husband of Vernon Center. Police asked for copies ...

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New Ulm Police • Took an 8 p.m. Sunday report of a combative 12-year-old New Ulm girl making homicidal comments and showing self-harm indications after she was cleared at New Ulm Medical Center. The girl was transported to Carver County Juvenile Detention Center. Reports went to Brown County Human Services and Brown County Attorney’s Office for consideration of threats of violence and domestic assault charges against the girl’s mother. • Took a report at 4:53 p.m. Sunday from Valley St. and 16th South from a 26-year-old Mountain Lake woman who said she was walking a friend’s ...

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New Ulm Police • Responded to Hy-Vee Foods at 11:34 p.m. Sunday for a report of a male with a crowbar and possibly a handgun found in the store after it closed. A Hy-Vee employee told the man to leave and followed him outside. The suspect was seen walking near the Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham, north of Hy-Vee Foods, wearing a mask, black stocking cap, black sweatshirt, raised hood, dark-colored jeans, blue gloves and a black belt. The report is under investigation. • Heartland Express reported receiving a threatening phone call at 12:23 p.m. Tuesday from a 69-year-old New Ulm ...

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New Ulm Police • Responded to a two-vehicle crash without injuries at 6:55 p.m. Thursday at Broadway and 17th North St. A 2007 Ford F150 driven eastbound by Jason Louis Mangen, 53, Sleepy Eye, collided with a northbound 2016 Ford Explorer driven by Isaiah Rashaan Cummings, 30, New Ulm. Damage was moderate, disabling to the front end of both vehicles, causing them to be towed. Both drivers wore seatbelts.

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New Ulm Police • Took a Wal-Mart theft report at 3:44 p.m. Friday. An unidentified male left the store stealing $263.65 worth of items. Police will post surveillance on their Facebook site. • Took a Wal-Mart theft report at 3:45 p.m. Friday involving $1,339.27 worth of items stolen from December 2025 to January 2026. Suspects are 30 year-old and 24-year-old Lake Crystal men. The report is under investigation. • Took a driving complaint at 6:40 p.m. Friday on the 400 block, Linden St. and stopped a 46-year-old New Ulm man. Impairment signs were detected. The man was arrested and ...