NUPD news release
New Ulm Police Department news release
At 8:13 p.m. on Tuesday, June 22 an officer with the New Ulm Police Department initiated a traffic stop for a vehicle equipment violation in the 500 block of 7th South St. in New Ulm. Two additional New Ulm police officers arrived moments later to assist if needed.
During the encounter, the initial officer suspected the vehicle driver, Ryan Steinbach, 36, of Fairfax, was possibly impaired. While attempting to investigate this matter, Steinbach became non-compliant and then combative. During the ensuing struggle, Steinbach produced a handgun that was in his possession and made suicidal related statements to officers. As officers struggled to take the handgun from Steinbach, Steinbach shot himself.
Police: Man shoots himself during traffic stop in New Ulm, condition unknown
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Police: Man shoots himself during traffic stop in New Ulm, dies at hospital
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New Ulm Police Sgt. Chip Rasche hands a couple of ducklings he rescued from the storm sewer at 4th North and German Streets to Cal Gassler during a rescue operation Wednesday morning. Gassler had been walking her dogs when she noticed the mother duck pretending to be injured. After bringing her dogs home, Gassler returned and found the ducklings down the sewer. She called 9-1-1, and Rasche, with the help of the New Ulm Street Department, was able to rescue 11 of the ducklings. Gassler kept them during the day, and left them with a friend’s mother who has experience raising fowl. The mother duck flew away during the rescue and, according to the Department of Natural Resources, had abandoned the ducklings. For a video of the rescue, go to The Journal, New Ulm, Minn., on Facebook.
May 13, 2021
NEW ULM A jury trial for a 19-year-old Mankato man accused of three counts of criminal sexual conduct at the New Ulm Econo Lodge last August began in Brown County District Court Tuesday. Jury selection was held and a jury of seven women and five men was seated.
Malachi H. Rodriguez, 408 W. 7th St., Mankato, faces felony third and fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct charges plus a gross misdemeanor fifth-degree criminal sexual conduct charge.
According to the complaint, New Ulm Police talked with a man Aug. 12, 2020, who said his daughter said she was sexually assaulted by Rodriguez on Aug. 8, 2020, at the Econo Lodge. The man said his daughter initially didn’t want to tell anyone about the assault because she was afraid about spoiling a family wedding in New Ulm.