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PUBLISH

(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 Ap-

pointment of Personal

Representative (Unsu-

pervised) 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 pri-

or to or raised at the

hearing. If proper, the

Personal Representa-

tive will be appointed

with full power to ad-

minister the estate.

Dated: February 19,

2026

Shannon Possehl,

Petitioner

PUBLISH

(February 11, 18, 25,

March 4, 11, 18, 2026)

NOTICE OF MORT-

GAGE FORECLO-

SURE SALE

THE RIGHT TO VE-

RIFICATION OF THE

DEBT AND IDENTITY

OF THE ORIGINAL

CREDITOR WITHIN

THE TIME PROVIDED

BY LAW IS NOT AF-

FECTED BY THIS AC-

TION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN, that default

has occurred in condi-

tions of the following

described mortgage:

DATE OF MORT-

GAGE: June 28, 2021

MORTGAGOR: Gerar-

do A. Rangel, a single

man.

MORTGAGEE: Mort-

gage Electronic Regis-

tration Systems, Inc.,

as mortgagee, as nom-

inee for Homeowners

Financial Group USA,

LLC, its successors

and assigns.

DATE AND PLACE

OF RECORDING:

Recorded June 30,

2021 Brown

County Recorder, Do-

cument No. A431724.

ASSIGNMENTS OF

MORTGAGE: As-

signed to: NewRez

LLC dba

Shellpoint Mortgage

Servicing. Dated July

24, 2025 Recorded

July 24, 2025, as Do-

cument No. A449333.

TRANSACTION

AGENT: Mortgage

Electronic Registration

Systems, Inc. TRAN-

SACTION AGENT'S

MORTGAGE IDEN-

TIFICATION NUMBER

ON

MORTGAGE:

1003775-1300219895-5

LENDER OR BROK-

ER AND MORTGAGE

ORIGINATOR STAT-

ED ON MORTGAGE:

Homeowners Financial

Group USA, LLC

RESIDENTIAL MORT-

GAGE SERVICER:

NewRez LLC d/b/a

Shellpoint Mortgage

Servicing

MORTGAGED PRO-

PERTY ADDRESS:

325 Lincoln Street

West,

Springfield, MN 56087

TAX PARCEL I.D. #:

00303000512120

LEGAL DESCRIP-

TION OF PROPERTY:

West Half (W 1/2) of

Lot Eleven and all of

Lot Twelve (12), Block

Five (5), Bagen's

Second Addition to the

City of Springfield,

Brown County, Min-

nesota. COUNTY IN

WHICH PROPERTY

IS LOCATED: Brown

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL

AMOUNT OF MORT-

GAGE: $120,202.00

AMOUNT DUE AND

CLAIMED TO BE DUE

AS OF DATE OF NO-

TICE,

INCLUDING TAXES,

IF ANY, PAID BY

MORTGAGEE:

$114,203.11

That prior to the com-

mencement of this

mortgage foreclosure

proceeding

Mortgagee/Assignee of

Mortgagee complied

with all notice require-

ments as required by

statute; That no action

or proceeding has

been instituted at law

or otherwise to recover

the debt secured by

said mortgage, or any

part thereof;

PURSUANT to the

power of sale con-

tained in said mort-

gage, the above

described property will

be sold by the Sheriff

of said county as fol-

lows: DATE AND TIME

OF SALE: April 7,

2026 at 10:00 AM

PLACE OF SALE:

Front Door of the

Brown County Sheriff's

Office,

Washington Street

Side, New Ulm, MN

to pay the debt then

secured by said Mort-

gage, and taxes, if any,

on said premises, and

the costs and disburse-

ments, including attor-

neys' fees allowed by

law subject to redemp-

tion within six (6)

months from the date

of said sale by the

mortgagor(s), their per-

sonal representatives

or assigns unless re-

duced to Five (5)

weeks under MN Stat.

Œ580.07.

TIME AND DATE TO

VACATE PROPERTY:

If the real estate is an

owner- occupied,

single-family dwelling,

unless otherwise pro-

vided by law, the date

on or before which the

mortgagor(s) must va-

cate the property if the

mortgage is not rein-

stated under section

580.30 or the property

is not redeemed under

section 580.23 is 11:59

p.m. on October 7,

2026, unless that date

falls on a weekend or

legal holiday, in which

case it is the next

weekday, and unless

the redemption period

is reduced to 5 weeks

under MN Stat. Secs.

580.07 or 582.032.

MORTGAGOR(S)

RELEASED FROM

FINANCIAL OBLIGA-

TION ON MORT-

GAGE: None

"THE TIME ALLOWED

BY LAW FOR

REDEMPTION BY

THE MORTGAGOR,

THE MORTGAGOR'S

PERSONAL

REPRESENTATIVES

OR ASSIGNS, MAY

BE REDUCED TO

FIVE WEEKS IF A

JUDICIAL ORDER IS

ENTERED UNDER

MINNESOTA STA-

TUTES, SECTION

582.032, DETERMIN-

ING, AMONG OTHER

THINGS, THAT THE

MORTGAGED PREM-

ISES ARE IMPROVED

WITH A RESIDEN-

TIAL DWELLING OF

LESS THAN FIVE UN-

ITS, ARE NOT PRO-

PERTY USED IN

AGRICULTURAL

PRODUCTION, AND

ARE ABANDONED."

Dated: February 3,

2026

NewRez LLC dba

Shellpoint Mortgage

Servicing

Mortgagee/Assignee of

Mortgagee

LIEBO, WEINGAR-

DEN, DOBIE & BAR-

BEE, P.L.L.P.

Attorneys for

Mortgagee/Assignee of

Mortgagee

4500 Park Glen Road

#300

Minneapolis, MN

55416

(952) 925-6888

164 26-001489 FC

IN THE EVENT RE-

QUIRED BY

FEDERAL LAW: THIS

IS A COMMUNICA-

TION FROM A DEBT

COLLECTOR.

Document version 1.2

July 2025

PUBLISH

(March 4, 2026)

School Board Proceed-

ings

Independent School

District No. 88

New Ulm, Minnesota

Members present: Ringhofer, Schiro, Sunderman, Dewanz & Gag. Absent: Leslie & Groebner. Meeting called to order by Chair Gag.

1.Schiro/Sunderman approval of agenda and revised appendix. (5-0)

2. Schiro/Ringhofer to nominate Steve Gag as chair. (5-0)

3. Dewanz/Sunderman to nominate Schiro as vice-chair. (5-0)

4. Ringhofer/ Sunder-man to nominate Groebner as clerk.

(5-0)

5. Sunderman/Dewanz to nominate Ringhofer as treasurer. (5-0)

6. Committee representatives named.

7. Schiro/Dewanz approval of minutes.

(5-0)

8. Schiro/Dewanz approval of consent agenda. (5-0)

9. Reports: Superintendent's, Community Education, Study Session, Staff Development, DCAC, MSBA Conference, Negotiations, Student Board Members, and Announcements.

10. Schiro/Ringhofer accept and approval of FY25 Audit. ( 5-0 )

11. Schiro/Sunderman approval of finance reports. (5-0)

12. Sunderman/Schiro designation of official depositories. (5-0)

13. Dewanz/Ringhofer designation of official newspaper. (5-0)

14. Schiro/Dewanz designation of legal counsel. (5-0)

15. Sunderman/Ring-hofer appointment of deputy clerk. (5-0)

16. Dewanz/Sunder-man adoption of IRS mileage rate. (5-0)

17. Ringhofer/Schiro acceptance of donations. (5-0)

18. Second reading of policies.

19. Schiro/Dewanz adoption of revised policies. (5-0)

20. Ringhofer/Dewanz approval of custodial master agreement.

(5-0)

21. Sunderman/

Dewanz approval of revised budget for EMS Nursing Consultation Services. (5-0)

22. Schiro/Dewanz approval of reviewed budget for T Principle Nursing Services. (5-0)

23.Dewanz/Sunderman adjournment at 5:58 p.m. ( 5-0 )

Complete minutes and documents are avail-able for review in the superintendent's office, District Offices, 414 South Payne Street, New Ulm, Minnesota.

Independent School District #88

New Ulm, Minnesota

By: Amanda Groebner, Clerk

Starting at /week.