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May 30, 2025

AIR QUALITY ALERT ISSUED FOR MINNESOTA

Wildfire smoke from wildfires in Canada is pushing south and compromising air quality in  parts of the country,  Air quality in the Arrowhead is deemed unhealthy for people and animals sensitive to pollution and other airborne particles.  Meteorologists forecast particulates from burning trees or leaves could reach further south so the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency […]

May 30, 2025

ARLINGTON WOMAN HURT IN CAR VS. DEER NEAR WINTHROP

The state patrol was called to a car vs. deer collision Thursday evening at 8:16 pm on Highway 19 a mile east of Winthrop.  Authorities say a Chevy Impala driven by 24-year-old Samantha Leighton of Arlington was westbound on Highway 19 and struck the deer.  Leighton was taken to Hutchinson Health with non-life threatening injuries.   […]

May 29, 2025

GOVERNOR LOOKING AT NEXT WEEK FOR SPECIAL SESSION

Governor Walz says the special session with state lawmakers is still days away but he believes it’s getting closer.  The governor says a few working groups still need to finish their work on the budget before he can call the special session.  He said the goal is still early to mid next week to get […]

May 29, 2025

Joey Schugel, Deb Egeland

Deb and Joey talked about a Tree Neighborhood walkabout event in June that will take place over five different days starting June 5.  The event is co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the City of New Ulm and is a chance for you to gather at a specific location and then go on […]

May 29, 2025

GOVERNOR WALZ TO MEET WITH LEGISLATIVE LEADERS THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON

Governor Walz is set to meet with legislative leaders this afternoon (Thursday) as budget negotiations slow at the State Capitol.  Layoff notices will begin going out to state workers if the $66-million state budget isn’t passed by Sunday.  House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman told Capitol reporters she expects a special session sometime next week.  The […]

May 29, 2025

LIKE IT OR NOT, MOSQUITO SEASON IS HERE

Keep that mosquito spray handy.  Alex Carlson with the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District says there was quite a bit of hatching from the rain last week so a lot of mosquito larvae are still in the water.  Because of the cold temperatures, it slows them down a little bit, so a lot of them are […]

May 29, 2025

BRAVO ZULU HOUSE GRAND OPENING

A grand opening celebration was held Wednesday morning near  Winnebago for the nation’s first-ever sober living home for Veterans living with PTSD.  Bravo Zulu House is a 13-bed community home that features a hydroponic farm, canine companions for each resident, therapy, counseling services and opportunities for community engagement.  Governor Walz proclaimed May 28 as Bravo […]

May 28, 2025

FIFTH GUILTY PLEA ENTERED FOR MAJOR DRUG BUST

A fifth guilty plea has been entered for a major drug bust in southern Minnesota.  The Mankato Department of Public Safety and Agents of the Minnesota River Valley Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at a Mankato apartment April 20, 2024.  Court documents say just under 6,000 counterfeit pills were found and field tests […]

May 28, 2025

Jason Seidl

Brown County Sheriff, Jason Seidl talks about  weather watches and warnings as severe weather season starts to take place.                                                              

May 28, 2025

LEGISLATIVE CORNER

Representative Paul Torkelson of Hanska  talked about the work that is being done to try to avoid a special session.  As chair of the Ways and Means Committee, Torkelson also talked about the transportation bill that he is working on in that committee.                    
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