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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says deer baiting was pervasive during this year’s hunting season. The DNR’s Division of Enforcement cited 144 people with baiting, the highest number of citations issued for the practice …
20 Dec 11
The New Ulm City Council is scheduled to give it’s final approval to the city’s 2012 budget and tax levy this (TUE) evening. The proposed operating budget for New Ulm for next year is currently …
20 Dec 11
Department of Natural Resources officials continue to warn of the dangers of thin ice across the state. The latest warning comes after a Fairmont man fell through the ice on a lake near Trimont Sunday. …
20 Dec 11
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 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 …
