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Sheriff’s office warns of new scam

NEW ULM — The Brown County Sheriff’s Office said they have received reports of a new scam involving online jail booking records Thursday. “Reports were made that state once someone new is added to the Brown County Jail roster, that their parents or family members are called by scammers and asked for money. When the family checks the jail roster, it shows that the individual is indeed newly in jail,” read a news release from Brown County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Andrew Konechne. Law enforcement will never request that bail be posted with PayPal, phone…

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New Ulm Police • Reported a two-vehicle crash at 6:52 p.m. Thursday at Center Street and Highland Avenue. An eastbound…

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THUMBS UP Hanska celebrates quasquicentennial The town of Hanska was founded in 1901, making this year its quasquicentennial, or 125th anniversary. The celebration will include the unveiling of new historical displays at Hanska’s community center, which is the first step in the community establishing its own museum. The exhibit opened Friday, but will be…

Letters

The spending spree must stop

nment, controlled by the allegedly fiscally responsible Republicans, going to quit sitting impotently on the sidelines while the resident in what’s-left-of-the-White House spends obscene amounts of money to satisfy his Midas-like lust for all things to be gold? It’s worth noting that in the president’s oath in taking the reins a second time, he…

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Empty buildings now just ghosts

For 90 years, summers in Sleepy Eye followed the rhythms of the Del Monte factory on the west end of town. Sights, sounds, and smells that everyone knew ebbed and flowed through the pea and sweet corn canning seasons. Now the lot that saw trucks and employees busily crisscrossing sits empty. Weeds grow from…

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Senior Dining

Monday Country fried chicken, w/cream gravy, mashed potatoes, green peas, wheat bread w/margarine, sugar cookie and milk Tuesday Pasta pizza, casserole, country vegetable blend, spiced peaches, dinner roll w/margarine and milk Wednesday Oven roasted turkey w/turkey gravy, mashed potatoes, whole kernel corn, wheat bread w/margarine and tapioca pudding w/topping and milk Thursday Beef goulash,…