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The Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton School Board has narrowed down it’s list of superintendent candidates to 3 finalists. Current JWP Superintendent Dick Orcutt is retiring at the end of June, and the search to find his replacement has …
17 Mar 12
The Vikings stadium bill will stay alive at the state Capitol beyond Friday night’s deadline for the measure to pass out of committee. House Speaker Kurt Zellers says the deadline was not the problem with …
17 Mar 12
The 47th annual New Ulm St. Patrick’s Day Parade takes place Saturday evening in downtown New Ulm. The oldest continuous St. Patrick’s Day parade in the state of Minnesota gets underway at 5pm Saturday at …
16 Mar 12
The Irish Contingent visited with KNUJ’s Brian Filzen on Community Affairs on Friday, March 16. Pictured, from left: Dan O’Connor, Terry Dempsey, Tom Donnelly and Pat Kearney. The St. Patrick’s Day Parade will take place …
16 Mar 12
This year’s flu season in Minnesota is one of the mildest we’ve seen in years, but the number of cases have been on the rise in recent weeks. Over the last week, health officials say …
16 Mar 12
Boy Scouts in New Ulm will be hitting the streets on Saturday as part of their annual food drive. Scouts will go house to house throughout New Ulm to leave labeled plastic bags on doorknobs …
16 Mar 12
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
A Sibley County judge has denied a request by former Sibley East Transportation Director Kevin Jones to have his criminal sexual conduct prison sentence reduced. The 50-year-old Jones was sentenced to 12 years in prison …
16 Mar 12
The American Red Cross Bloodmobile is making a few stops around the area this week. The need for blood is constant, with someone in the US needing a blood transfusion every 2 seconds. Around 44,000 …
