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Brown County District 3 Commissioner Scott Windschitl filed for re-election on Wednesday. The 54-year-old New Ulm resident was first elected to the Brown County Board in February of 2011 following the resignation of Commissioner Deborah …
25 May 12
A severe thunderstorm blew through the area Wednesday afternoon, with gusts of wind reaching upwards of 75 miles-per-hour and causing major damage in some locations. One of the areas hit the hardest was the western …
24 May 12
A 20-year-old New Ulm man has been sentenced to nearly 3 years in prison for his role in a series of burglaries and thefts this past January in New Ulm. The crimes involved burglaries at …
24 May 12
There’s good news for the Minnesota River. US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar identifies the waterway as one of the top eleven projects to serve as models of “America’s Great Outdoor Rivers” across the …
24 May 12
The attorney for a Madison Lake man facing attempted murder charges for an alleged drive-by shooting says that the charges should be dropped. 18-year-old Alexander Marxen was one of four people arrested on March 6th …
24 May 12
A lawsuit has been settled between the family of a Blue Earth County employee killed in a train crash and the Union Pacific Railroad. The railroad company has agreed to pay $650,000 to the family …
24 May 12
The Nicollet County Board on Wednesday voted to re-open the application process for finding a new county administrator when the 5 county commissioners split their views on the finalists for the position. Current Nicollet County …
24 May 12
A 65-year-old Sleepy Eye woman who spent time in prison for selling methamphetamine out of her former Madison Lake resort has been arrested again on new drug-related charges. Mary Louise Pepper was stopped on Highway …
24 May 12
The warm, dry weather of the past week gave farmers their best opportunity yet for fieldwork this season. Around 5 days were suitable for fieldwork last week in Minnesota. That let corn planting advance by …
