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Brown Co. Board OKs cannabis business ordinance

NEW ULM — Brown County commissioners unanimously approved limiting the number of cannabis retail businesses outside of New Ulm at three Tuesday. The cities of Sleepy Eye, Springfield, Hanska, Comfrey, Evan and Cobden have delegated cannabis retail registration authority to Brown County. ...

Indivisible organization holds empty chair town hall

ST. PETER - Members of the New Ulm and St. Peter/Greater Mankato area chapters of Indivisible, a grassroots movement, held an Empty Chair Town Hall meeting Saturday at Minnesota Square Park Pavilion in St. Peter. Event chair Marian Broida said they invited Representative Brad Finstad to the ...

Hundreds attend Handmaids of Jesus open house

NEW ULM — Hundreds of people stood in line at times at the Handmaids of the Heart of Jesus open house celebrating 15 years of serving God in the Diocese of New Ulm Sunday. Children may be familiar with the Handmaids. They may have seen them at New Ulm Area Catholic School and Catholic church ...

Kickin’ it for Swany’s Pub

COURTLAND — The brother and sister team of Brian “Beanie” and Kelli Fluegge celebrated their 25th anniversary of owning Swany’s Pub Saturday. Fifteen teams of male and female kickball players from New Ulm, Courtland, Nicollet, Mankato, Lake Crystal and nearby communities reunited with ...

End of an era

NEW ULM — Jensen Motors owner Rick Jensen said he and his family like Buicks so much, they’ll probably buy new ones before the dealership ends being a Buick franchise April 1. “It all started about two years ago when there were 1,958 Buick franchises. General Motors (GM) started ...

New Ulm authorizes road resurfacing projects

NEW ULM - Five road surface reconstruction projects were authorized by the New Ulm City Council Tuesday following a public hearing. The five roadways were 23rd N. Street from N. Broadway to Terrance Drive; 11th S. Street from Payne Street to Jefferson; 5th N. from Broadway to German; 15 S. ...