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The New Ulm District 88 School Board on Thursday approved more than $1.1 million worth of budget cuts, including the elimination of 10 full-time teaching positions. District 88 Superintendent Harold Remme says that making the …
16 Mar 12
It may only be the middle of March, but a New Ulm man was injured in a motorcycle accident Wednesday morning. 51-year-old Gregory Lyle Mielke was driving a 1996 Harley Davidson southbound on Brown County …
15 Mar 12
The Brown County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a daytime burglary that took place in Home Township northwest of New Ulm on Monday. Unknown persons entered the unoccupied residence of Joe Hoffmann at some point during …
14 Mar 12
The Nicollet County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a piece of human skull was found along the Minnesota River on Sunday. A rock hunter found the piece of bone along the river in Belgrade Township …
13 Mar 12
The Brown County DFL Party held it’s annual convention on Sunday in New Ulm, and a challenger for the new District 16 Senate seat came forward. The seat covers Brown, Redwood, Yellow Medicine and Lac …
12 Mar 12
The Department of Natural Resources is warning of high fire danger over the southern half of Minnesota this weekend, and a Red Flag Warning goes into effect at Noon today (SAT). Central and southern Minnesota …
10 Mar 12
A St. James man charged with criminal vehicular homicide made his first appearance in court Thursday for the charges. 23-year-old Mark Anders Chalin allegedly had a woman on his lap when he crashed into an …
09 Mar 12
A Morton woman has died from her injuries after being hit by a van on the Lower Sioux Reservation Monday night. 54-year-old Mary L. Smith was a pedestrian on Redwood County Road 24 when she …
08 Mar 12
The KNUJ Hometown Hero for December is a group this month: the New Ulm Community Friends organization. For 26 years now hundreds of volunteers have banded together to prepare and serve a free Thanksgiving meal …
