St. Peter News

Two dozen Bridging Brown County Leadership Day participants got a taste of Sleepy Eye Thursday, touring government buildings, businesses, industries and a church.

A Chaska man who'd been ordered to pay $1.6 million restitution for mail fraud has been charged in a chain of bank robberies that earned him the nickname "Man in Black." Mark Edward Wetsch, 49, made his first appearance before a federal magistrate in St.

"It is always difficult when you outsource because of the time requirements," says Quiram, director of Print and Mail Services at Gustavus Adolphus College , a private liberal arts college in St.

A Ramsey County District Court panel made a rare ruling Friday to discharge a Minnesota sex offender who has been incarcerated in a state treatment facility for nearly two decades.

ST. PETER, Minn. - Six psychiatrists who treat more than 375 patients at the Minnesota Security Hospital in St.

ST. PETER, MINN. - A Mankato man charged with four felony counts for allegedly raping a North Mankato woman was also in court today--disputing evidence against him.

Augustana College today announced that Susan Hasseler has been named senior vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college.

ST. PETER, MINN. - The Minnesota Security Hospital has found itself under scrutiny from the state yet again.

Citing the high cost of indefinite civil commitment for Minnesota sex offenders, two influential lawmakers will propose a shift to longer prison terms, coupled with intensive -- but cheaper -- treatment.

ST. PETER, MINN. - A New Ulm man is facing two felony counts for allegedly having sexual contact with two minors.

ST. PETER, MINN. - The City of St. Peter is looking at fixing up their pavilion in Minnesota Square Park.

Alumacraft Boat Co., the maker of aluminum boats based in St. Peter, Minn., has been purchased by Corinthian Capital Group LLC, a private equity firm headquartered in New York.

NEW ULM The proposed closure of seven USDA offices in Minnesota, which is part of a planned nation-wide consolidation of 259 USDA offices, is expected to result in no job losses.

State officials are proposing as much as $93 million in new construction and renovation of facilities at the St.