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The Madelia police are asking for the public’s help in the investigation of a downtown business that was heavily damaged recently. The owners of Madelia Furniture Clinic opened the store Monday morning to find it …
22 Jul 15
Several area school districts are without nurses as a series of resignations forced Sibley County to puts its school nurse program on hold. Since the beginning of the year four registered nurses with the Health …
22 Jul 15
The New Ulm Police Department was recognized recently for their efforts on seat belt and distracted driving enforcement. Southern Minnesota Enforcement Liaison Scott McConkey presented police chief Myron Weiland the Outstanding Agency Award for the …
22 Jul 15
The New Ulm City Council approved leasing the Kiesling House in New Ulm to Kathleen Backer for public programming. Backer has extensive experience in managing and diing historical, cultural interpretation and programming. She also has …
22 Jul 15
A Mankato teen seriously injured in a boating accident Friday remains in intensive care at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester after undergoing surgery on Sunday. Fifteen-year-old Marah Bengston was wake boarding behind her father’s boat …
21 Jul 15
More than 200 traffic fatalities have been recorded so far this year. Officials say that is a 21 percent increase from this time last year when 166 people died on state roadways. The most recent …
21 Jul 15
Alyssa Drescher, an honor student at United South Central High School that was suspended and eventually expelled for inadvertently bringing a knife to school in 2014 has won her court case. The Court of Appeals …
21 Jul 15
Possible legislation to create a new Minnesota River Council will be presented and discussed at the fourth Minnesota River Congress Thursday at Turner Hall in New Ulm. The Congress will open with a networking fair …
21 Jul 15
Michael McLaughlin of Mankato As a Blue Earth County Veterans’ Services Officer Mike was recently awarded the 2017 Veterans’ Voices on the Rise Award by the Minnesota Humanities Center. It recognizes Veterans from across the …
