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National Night Out
Kids show off their new firefighter helmets after visiting with the Winthop Fire Department, Winthrop Ambulance, Winthrop Police and Sibley County Sheriff’s Posse. More photos of the events held in Winthrop, Gibbon and Lafayette can be found on page 10. Photo by Michael Mattison.
Primary Election is Aug. 13
The Minnesota Primary Election will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 13. For voters in the Arlington and Green Isle area, there will be two major races on the ballot. The first race will be for US. Representative in District 17. Incumbent Republican Michelle Fischbach will square off against Republican challenger Steve Boyd. The Democrat candidate is AJ (John) Peters.
Chaos abounds during Sibley County Fair Night of Destruction
Trucks rolled, caught fire and faced a lot of crashes during the Sibley County Fair Night of Destruction which was sponsored by Lindsay Thomas; True Real Estate, the Cara Bishop Team. A capacity crowd was on hand for the annual event during the Sibley County Fair. There were 24 Jerry’s Home Quality Foods Auto Cross drivers along with some getting assistance from co-drivers that were eager to get the checkered flag. Gaylord’s Aaron Brinkman won the event as he led all 10 laps from start...
ONE HURT IN SIBLEY COUNTY CRASH
The Sibley County Sheriff’s Office was called to a collision at the intersection of 321st Avenue and 170th Street in rural Washington Lake Township about six miles northeast of Green Isle Monday morning at 11:14 am. Deputies say a Ford F-150 pickup driven by 45 Nicholas Molnau of rural Belle Plaine was going south on 321st Avenue, didn’t stop for the stop sign and collided with a Ford Ram pickup driven by 45-year-old Perry Holthaus of rural Hamburg. The collision caused the Ram to tip onto its driver’s side. There were four passengers in that vehicle and Holthaus’s juvenile son was taken to a hospital as a precaution with apparent non-life threatening injuries. No one else reported injuries. Both vehicles sustained heavy damage. Hamburg Fire Department and Ridgeview Ambulance all assisted at the scene.
Sibley County Fair in Arlington on thru Sunday
Weeping Willows 4-H Club members Emma Lemke and Aliyah Lindemann talk about their 4-H projects. Sibley East FFA members Grace Brickzen, Gracie Straub and Chloe Haslip visiting about the FFA Barnyard. Sibley County Royalty: Ambassador Lily Paulson, Miss Sibley County Holly Otto, and Ambassado Lexi Schweiss talk about the past...
Jacquelyn Wibstad crowned a 2025 Aquatennial Princess
The Minneapolis Aquatennial Ambassador Organization (AAO) Ambassador Team for 2025 was crowned at Ted Mann Concert Hall at the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis on Saturday afternoon, July 27. Jacquelyn Wibstad was selected as a 2025 Minneapolis Aquatennial Princess from Sibley County. Wibstad, who is a 2022 graduate of...
Three Hospitalized After Crash South of Arlington
A driver and her two passengers were taken to a hospital after a two-vehicle crash in Sibley County Thursday evening south of Arlington. The State Patrol says 21-year-old Emma Riebel and her two passengers, 19-year-old Madeline Riebel and 15-year-old Isabella Riebel, all from Mankato, were taken to Arlington Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
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