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New Ulm Police • Responded to a two-vehicle crash at 1st North and Jefferson Street at 4:34 p.m. Tuesday. A 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix driven by Izzabella Higgins, 15, New Ulm, lost control while westbound, hit a tree on 1st North, backed up and hit the front end of a parked, unoccupied 2011 ...

Fall 2024 Dean and President’s List

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The following area students made the Dean’s or President’s List during the Fall 2024 semester at their college or university. Bethany Lutheran College Dean’s list Joshua Wenniger of Lafayette, Exercise Science Bismarck State College (BSC) President’s list Micah Naber of New ...

NUHS ExCEL winner

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NEW ULM – Ryan Johnson and Alexandra Goff are the New Ulm High School MSHSL ExCEL Winners. The ExCEL award stands for excellence in community, education and leadership. The program is exclusively for Minnesota high school juniors who are active in school activities, leaders in their schools, ...

MVL Knowledge Bowl takes 1st Mankato SCSC meet

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Minnesota Valley Lutheran (MVL) competed in its second Knowledge Bowl meet of the season on Wednesday, Jan. 15 in Mankato hosted by the South Central Service Cooperative (SCSC). A total of 35 teams competed in the meet, with three of MVL’s six teams placing in the top five. MVL’s Black ...

SE Pond Hockey Classic rocks on

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SLEEPY EYE — The Sleepy Eye Pond Hockey Classic continues to grow with new wrinkles at the fourth annual event this Saturday, Jan. 18. Besides a 12-team tournament, curling and Mite division hockey and a concert are part of the event this year. Teams are coming from as far away as Grand ...

SE City Council approves ambulance rate hike

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SLEEPY EYE — In an effort to offset increasing ambulance runs and a high percentage of patients on Medicare that pays about 38% of run costs, the Sleepy Eye City Council unanimously approved 2025 ambulance rate increases Tuesday. “There are many variables with this,” said Sleepy Eye City ...