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The New Ulm Sister Cities Commission on Monday said goodbye to the latest German participant in the Hans Joohs Cultural Exchange Program. Conny Osswald will be leaving New Ulm on December 30th. Osswald says the …
20 Dec 11
A 23-year-old Sleepy Eye Man faces felony drug charges for allegedly selling liquid morphine. Jacob L. Neid was charged with a 1st-degree controlled substance crime on Monday in Brown County Court. He is accused of …
20 Dec 11
A Mankato woman is accused of stealing over $48,000 from her father. 57-year-old Vicky Lee-Murphy Valliant faces felony charges for allegedly diverting her father’s money to pay her own medical bills, go out to eat …
20 Dec 11
Officials say that a fire at a Mankato hotel early Monday morning would likely have been much worse if it were not for an alert hotel night manager. The manager at the Days Inn was …
20 Dec 11
An elderly LeSueur woman was injured in a 2-vehicle crash on Highway 22 Monday evening. The crash happened at just before 5:30pm at the intersection with Blue Earth County Road 101. A northbound 1992 Olds …
20 Dec 11
The Minnesota Department of Transportation has announced that the upcoming reconstruction of Highway 4 will take place on the highway’s existing route through the City of St. James. The project is being planned for 2016. …
20 Dec 11
Voters in parts of Martin County are heading to the polls today (TUE) for a special Primary Election. The District 1 Martin County Board seat is vacant following the resignation of Gerald Boler in September …
20 Dec 11
Sunday’s temperatures broke several old records across southern Minnesota. The National Weather Service’s Michelle Margraf says that Chippewa County warmed up the most, with Montevideo hitting 61-degrees and Milan topping out at 60. In New …
19 Dec 11
A statewide “Click it or Ticket” campaign gets underway today (MON) with extra law enforcement patrols hitting Minnesota’s roadways. The seatbelt enforcement campaign runs through June 2nd. Nearly 400 Minnesota law enforcement agencies will be …
