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Brownton/Stewart

Stewart Historical Society aims to restore former Red Owl

12/26/2018 - 8:52am

By Jakob Kounkel

The Stewart Area Historical Society (SAHS), a certified non-profit group with established leadership, is working on a permanent resting place for historical artifacts from the community’s past — and at a familiar site to those who know the small town well, the former Red Owl Grocery Store. At the former Stewart Tribune building, a bit run down from the throes of time, Jim Pessek — who now owns...

Woman, two men killed in two-vehicle crash Monday

12/19/2018 - 2:37pm

Three people were killed in a two-vehicle crash near northeast of Stewart Monday night. The crash occurred just before 11 p.m. near the intersection of McLeod County Road 7 and York Avenue. Wayne Bernier Jr., 32, of Gaylord was traveling westbound on County Road 7 in a 2004 Ford Explorer with a passenger, Tiffany Dralle, 25, of Gibbon. Bruce Lentz...

Brownton delays razing Turner property

12/12/2018 - 10:52am

At a Brownton forfeiture auction at the beginning of this year, Rockford resident John Turner bought properties he intended to renovate. One of those properties in Brownton, formerly Nelson’s Market, referenced as the “warehouse,” was the antagonist of a rancorous discussion that visibly and vocally enraged Council Member Curtis Carrigan and the...

Stewart City Council sets its 2019 levy, new council member takes oath of office

12/12/2018 - 10:48am

At the Stewart City Council’s regular meeting on Monday, Dec. 10, Mayor Jason Peirce announced that the budget isn’t balanced — it had a shortfall of just over $15,000 at the beginning of the meeting. City Clerk Debra Huls also swore in the returning mayor, Peirce; a returning council member, Curt Glaeser; and a new council member, James Eitel,...

Stewart tables pet ordinance again, looks at redundancy in city ordinance

12/05/2018 - 11:42am

The City of Stewart held a special meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 28, with the absence of Mayor Jason Peirce, to get approval from the council to process the cost to clean up a hazardous property and delinquent billings to the 2019 property tax levy. The line item passed just as quickly as it appeared as nobody showed up for public input. After the...

Stewart man gets jail time for not reporting latest address

11/21/2018 - 10:53am

Two years after completing prison time for not properly reporting as a predatory sex offender, a Stewart man is again guilty of not meeting the reporting regulations set by the court. Terry Alan Manderscheid, 37, pleaded guilty in McLeod County District Court Nov. 9 to not reporting to police his new address and other information as required....