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Participants at the Jackson Bieraugel bench dedication at the New Ulm Civic Center Thursday, from left, Brody Johnson, Kayla Kokesch, Forrest Bieraugel, Brendan Bieraugel, Courtney Botten, and Jordan Kokesch.
NEW ULM The best friend of a 16-year-old New Ulm High School student who died in a one-vehicle crash near the New Ulm Municipal Airport in October 2019, dedicated a bench commemorating him outside the New Ulm Community Center Thursday.
Jackson Bieraugel was a passenger in the rear bed of a 1995 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck driven by Brody Johnson who lost control and rolled the vehicle. Bieraugel was pinned under the truck and pronounced dead at the scene.
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NICOLLET COUNTY The Nicollet County Board of Commissioners special meeting on Thursday, April 1 to consider personnel and other issues will be a virtual meeting on Zoom.
The meeting begins at 9 a.m. by telephone or other electronic means due to the COVID 19 pandemic, resulting state and federal emergency declarations and guidance limiting unnecessary person-to-person contact.
Commissioners met virtually March 18 and closed the meeting for preliminary consideration of allegations or charges against individuals subject to the board’s authority, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13D.
Agenda items for the April 1 meeting include:
⢠Consideration of a separation agreement with Nicollet County Administrator Ryan Krosch.
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SPRINGFIELD A 36-year-old Springfield man is accused of threatening and head-butting an officer, and kicking a squad car multiple times on March 29, in charges in Brown County District Court.
Seven charges were filed against Steven L. Dingman, 10 W. Maple St., Springfield on March 31. They include felony first-degree damage to property, felony threats of violence, gross misdemeanor harassment, fourth-degree assault, obstruct legal process, misdemeanor disorderly conduct and a petty misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.
Dingman, who is in custody at the Brown County Jail, was granted a public defender. A bail hearing was set for 11:30 a.m. April 1.
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NEW ULM A 49-year-old New Ulm man faces five felony charges and three gross misdemeanor charges stemming from a March 13 alleged domestic assault in New Ulm