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The Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign raised nearly $15,000 in Brown County this past holiday season. Bellringers were on the job from just after Thanksgiving through the month of December, and a grand total of …
07 Jan 12
City of New Ulm is getting ready to take down the Holiday Figurines on the Glockenspiel, and putting up the pictured standard figures. Great weather to get it done, just as many are taking advantage …
06 Jan 12
The Sleepy Eye School Board filled a vacant seat on the board during it’s first meeting of the new year this week. Keith Lendt was chosen to fill the Sleepy Eye School Board seat vacated …
06 Jan 12
A new exhibit opens this weekend at the Treaty Site History Center in St. Peter. The traveling exhibition called “Why Treaties Matter” examines treaties between Native Americans and the United States government, and how treaty …
06 Jan 12
Record high temperatures were set across Minnesota on Thursday as the state saw temps in the 60s for the first time ever in the month of January. The mercury hit 61 degrees Thursday afternoon in …
06 Jan 12
A Wabasso man was injured Thursday night when his cattle truck crashed on Highway 14 East just outside of New Ulm. The accident occurred at just after midnight at the intersection with Nicollet County Road …
06 Jan 12
Two people accused of going on a robbery spree at jewelry stores around Minnesota have pleaded guilty in Renville County Court. 21-year-old Marcos Trevino Jr of Danube pleaded guilty to burglary and 18-year-old Allison Roschild …
06 Jan 12
The trial of Willmar man accused of producing and possessing child pornography got underway this week in Kandiyohi County. 36-year-old Christopher Shawn Robison is accused of coercing a 13-year-old girl to engage in sexually explicit …
06 Jan 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 …
