Ag Headlines April 18

Morning News April 18

MAN ESCAPES FROM BROWN COUNTY EVALUATION CENTER

Law enforcement is investigating after a Winnebago man escaped from the Brown County Evaluation Center Sunday morning.  43-year-old Cain Buster Waltermann is facing felony escape from custody charge and a felony first-degree damage to property charge, which were filed Wednesday in Brown County District Court.  Court documents say New Ulm Police were called to the […]

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BODY OF 15-YEAR-OLD RECOVERED FROM COTTONWOOD COUNTY LAKE

Authorities have recovered the body of the 15-year-old boy who went missing on a lake near Mountain Lake Monday evening.  Authorities say the body was recovered in about four-and-a-half feet of water around 11:30 this (Wednesday) morning.   The teen went missing when he jumped out of a canoe on Eagle Lake in Carson Township to […]

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STABBING IN ST. JAMES

St. James police are investigating after a man was stabbed several times Tuesday night.  The man came in to the Watonwan County Sheriff’s Office dispatch lobby at 10:33 pm.  An officer noticed several stab wounds and started first aid.  The victim was able to provide the officer with the name of the man who stabbed […]

NEW ULM KNOWLEDGE BOWL TEAMS HAVE HISTORIC SHOWING AT STATE

New Ulm’s Knowledge Bowl Purple and Ivory Knowledge Bowl teams finished first and second in state competition.  The program’s previous best finish was third last year and have sent at least one team to state for nine years.  State competition consists of 15 schools with three competitions based on school sizes.  Social studies, science, math […]

Ag Headlines April 17