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(February 24,  March 3, 2026)

STATE OF

MINNESOTA

DISTRICT COURT

COUNTY OF BROWN

FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

PROBATE DIVISION

Court File No.

08-PR-25-1180

Estate of Wade Richard Lastine, Decedent

NOTICE IS GIVEN that a Petition for Formal Probate of Will and Appointment of Personal Representative (Unsupervised) has been filed with the above Court and will be heard on March 16, 2026, at 9:15 a.m., by Zoom (remote hearing). Objections must be filed with the Court prior to or raised at the hearing. If proper, the Personal Representative will be appointed with full power to administer the estate.

Dated: February 19, 2026

Shannon Possehl, Petitioner

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(February 24,

March 3, 2026)

Notice of Annual Meeting

Notice is hereby given to the people of West Newton Township, County of Nicollet, State of Minnesota, that the annual town meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 10th, 2026 at 7:00 pm at the St George Parish Center.  In case of inclement weather, the meeting may be postponed until March 17th, 2026.

Bonnie M Brandel

Clerk/Treasurer

West Newton Township

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February 24, March 3 2026

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK

NEW ULM MUNICIPAL AIRPORT / FAA AIP NO. 3-27-0070-28-26 / SP NO. A0801-88

Construct Turf Runway 9/27

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATED COST OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE Construct Turf Runway 9/27 , faa aip no. 3-27-0070-28-26 , MNDOT SP NO. A0801-88 AT THE New Ulm Municipal Airport in New Ulm , Minnesota AND THE TAKING OF BIDS FOR SAID IMPROVEMENTS.

The City of New Ulm is seeking a construction contractor for the Construct Turf Runway 9/27 project at the New Ulm Municipal Airport . Sealed bids, subject to the conditions herein, will be received by the Finance Director in the City Hall Council Chambers at 100 North Broadway, New Ulm MN, 56073 no later than 10:00 a.m. CDT on Tuesday, March 24th, 2026 . The received bids will be publicly read aloud immediately thereafter by the Finance Director within the City Hall Council Chambers at 100 North Broadway, New Ulm MN, 56073 .

A pre-bid meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m. CDT on March 10th, 2026 in the New Ulm Municipal Airport conference room , 1617 Highway 14 West New Ulm, MN 56073 . A tour of the project site will be conducted immediately following the pre-bid meeting. Bidders are not required to attend this pre-bid meeting; however, attendance is recommended.

The right is reserved, as the interest of the City of New Ulm may require, to reject all bids, to waive minor irregularities and informalities in bids received, and to accept or reject any bid. The award of contract, if it is to be awarded, shall be made within 90 calendar days of the date specified for public bid opening.

Major items and approximate quantities on which bids will be received include:

Base Bid: Construct Turf Runway 9/27 & Taxiway D

P-152

Unclassified Excavation

67,000 CY

P-217

Soil Aggregate Base Course

5,410 CY

D-701

15″-24″ RCP Storm Sewer, Class III

900 LF

D-705

4″ Pipe Underdrain, PVC

6,000 LF

D-705

Concrete Encased Underdrain Cleanouts

24 EA

T-901

Drill Seeding, MnDOT Seed Mixture Residential Turf Grass (RT)

19 ACRE

T-901

Hydro Seeding, MnDOT Seed Mixture Residential Turf Grass (RT)

7 ACRE

T-901

Hydraulic Stabilized Fiber Matrix (SFM)

126,000 SY

T-905

Topsoil Respread (Obtained On Site or Removed From Stockpile)

26 ACRE

L-125

Furnish & Install New Runway/Taxiway Guidance Sign

14 EA

L-125

Remove or Relocate Existing Runway/Taxiway Edge Light

4 EA

The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is Mead & Hunt, Inc., 7900 International Drive, Suite 980, Bloomington, Minnesota 55425, Phone: 952-941-5619. Each bid proposal shall be made out on the form furnished by the City and obtained from www.questcdn.com and must be accompanied in a separate sealed envelope by either certified check drawn on a solvent Minnesota bank, a bid bond executed by a corporation authorized to contract as a surety in the State of Minnesota, or a share draft drawn on a solvent Minnesota credit union, in an amount not less than 5% of the bid amount. The bid security should be made payable to the ” City of New Ulm ” and must not contain any conditions either in the body or as an endorsement thereon. The bid security shall be forfeited to the City of New Ulm as liquidated damages in the event the successful bidder fails or refuses to enter into a contract within ten (10) days after the award of contract and the maintenance of said work, if required, pursuant to the provisions of this notice and other contract documents. The City of New Ulm will accept a bid bond approved by the Minnesota Department of Transportation and/or the United States government.

The successful bidder will be required to furnish separate performance and payment bonds in amounts equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price, said bonds to be issued by a responsible surety approved by the City of New Ulm .

Federal Provisions apply to this bid proposal and award contract. The Federal Provisions are included in the provisions section of the “Contract Legal Documents and Specifications,” including but not limited to:

1. Buy American Preference (49 USC § 50101; Executive Order 14005; Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (Pub. L No. 117-58); Build America; Buy America (BABA))

2. Civil Rights – Title VI Assurance (49 USC § 47123; FAA Order 1400.11)

3. Davis-Bacon Act (2 CFR Part 200, Appendix II (D); 29 CFR Part 5; 49 USC § 47112 (b); 40 USC § 3141-3144, 3146, and 3147)

4. Debarment and Suspension (2 CFR Part 180 (Subpart B); 2 CFR Part 200, Appendix II(H); 2 CFR Part 1200; DOT Order 4200.5; Executive Orders 12549 and 12689)

5. Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (49 CFR Part 26)

6. Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (29 USC § 201, et seq; 2 CFR § 200.430)

7. Foreign Trade Restriction (49 CFR Part 30; 49 USC § 50104)

8. Lobbying and Influencing Federal Employees (49 CFR Part 20, Appendix A; 31 USC § 1352 – Byrd Anti-Lobbying Amendment; 2 CFR part 200- Appendix II(I))

9. Procurement of Recovered Materials (2 CFR § 200.323; 2 CFR Part 200, Appendix II (J); 40 CFR Part 247; 42 USC § 6901, et seq (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)))

10. Government-wide Requirements for Drug-free Workplace (49 CFR Part 32; Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988(41 USC § 8101-8106, as amended)

11. The contractor shall comply with the requirement of Executive Order 13513, Federal Leadership on Reducing Text Messaging While Driving, October 1, 2009, and DOT Order 3902.10, Text Messaging While Driving, December 30, 2009. Banning Texting While Driving is applicable to all sub-grants, contracts, and subcontracts.

The specific requirements for the above Federal Provisions are incorporated by reference and are included in the Federal Requirements section of all relevant specification documents.

The successful bidder will be required to submit a Certification of Non-segregated Facilities and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000.

The work under this contract for this construction shall be started within 10 days after the “Construction Notice to Proceed” is issued. Work shall be completed within 75 working days .

The bidder shall make good faith efforts, as defined in Appendix A of 49 CFR Part 26, Regulations of the Office of Secretary of Transportation, to subcontract 0.0% of the total dollar value of the prime contract to small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs)). The apparent successful bidder will be required to submit information concerning the DBEs that will participate in this contract. The information shall include the name and address of each DBE, a description of the work to be performed by each named firm, and the dollar value of the contract. If the bidder fails to achieve the contract goal stated herein, it will be required to provide documentation demonstrating that it made good faith efforts in attempting to do so. A bid that fails to meet these requirements will be considered non-responsive.

Plans and specifications governing the construction of the proposed airport improvements have been prepared by Mead & Hunt, Inc., Bloomington, Minnesota. Plans and specifications and the proceedings of the City referring to and defining said proposed improvements are hereby made a part of the Notice by reference, and the proposed contract shall be executed in compliance therewith. Copies of the said plans and specifications are available electronically via the QuestCDN website.

Complete digital project bidding documents are available at www.questcdn.com. You may download the digital plan documents for $25.00 by inputting Quest project # 10062984 on the website’s Project Search page. Those wishing to download the bidding documents electronically do so at their own risk for completeness of the bidding documents. Please contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in free membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information.

Published upon order of City of New Ulm

Of the City of New Ulm, Minnesota