New Ulm News Archives - Page 9 of 83

October 28, 2024

Food Shelf Looking for Food Rescue Drivers

New Ulm Area Emergency Food Shelf Executive Director Brad Kirk says he’s looking for volunteer food rescue drivers. It usually takes less than an hour. Call 507-354-7668 for more information.

October 28, 2024

BLUE EARTH MAN SENTENCED FOR JANUARY 6 INVOLVEMENT

A Blue Earth man has received a six-month for his involvement in the January 6, 2021 assault on the U.S Capitol. 35-year-old Paul Orta, Jr. pled guilty to civil disorder and aiding and abetting and was sentenced to U.S District Court for the District of Columbia. Video taken at the Capitol building that day allegedly […]

October 25, 2024

NON-VERBAL 8-YEAR-OLD BOY FOUND AFTER 4 1/2 HOUR SEARCH

An 8-year-old non-verbal boy reported missing Thursday night in Mankato was found after a 4 ½ hour search. The Mankato Department of Public Safety says they were notified around 9:50 pm of a missing 8-year-old in the 100 block of Homestead Road. Police called a Code Red to alert those in the area. The boy […]

October 25, 2024

Still Plenty of Time to Plant Trees

River Creek Nursery’s Tony Guggisberg said as long as you can dig a hole, continue to plant trees.

October 25, 2024

UNITED WAY DAYS OF CARING UNDERWAY

Several dozen volunteers are out and about giving back to the community as the United Way of the Brown County Area’s Days of Caring got underway Thursday. Executive Director Sandra Juni said almost 130 volunteers are working on projects throughout Brown County. The projects include raking leaves, cleaning gutters, small painting projects, washing windows and […]

October 25, 2024

BAIL SET FOR MAN CHARGED IN KANDIYOHI COUNTY SHOOTINGS

Bail is set at $3.5-million for the suspect in a cross-state crime spree that led to the shooting death of a New London man. Twenty-five-year old Ameer Musa Matariyeh of Minneapolis is charged with second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, and fleeing police in a motor vehicle. In Kandiyohi County District Court, Matariayeh was […]

October 24, 2024

ARREST MADE IN ARLINGTON DRUG INVESTIGATION

On Tuesday, the Sibley County Sheriff’s Office in partnership with the Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport Police Department conducted an investigation into illegal narcotics activity at the Shamrock Apartments in Arlington. A narcotics-related search warrant was conducted in the apartment and 19-year-old Asael Pedraza was arrested and charged with felony controlled substance crime in the third degree. […]

October 24, 2024

BROWN COUNTY BURNING BAN STILL IN EFFECT

The Burning Ban is still in place in Brown County. Sheriff Jason Seidl says burning restrictions went into effect October 2. No open burning of CRP land and/or ditches or brush piles is permitted. Recreational campfires are permitted but must be contained in a ring of either cement, rock, brick or metal and must be […]

October 24, 2024

CHARGES EXPECTED IN KANDIYOHI COUNTY SHOOTINGS

A Minneapolis man could be charged today (Thursday) in a pair of shootings in Kandiyohi County that left one victim dead and another wounded. Investigators say the 25-year-old suspect fatally shot 55-year-old Jerome Skluzacek of New London during a carjacking attempt on the south side of Willmar Tuesday. Several Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s deputie witnesses the […]

October 24, 2024

Plenty of Halloween Festivities in St. Peter this Weekend

St. Peter Administrator Todd Prafke explains the Haunted Hayride this Friday and Saturday in St. Peter. The Halloween Run is also this Saturday morning sponsored by St. Peter Chamber of Commerce.