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Animal mistreatment case that made mess of salon nets jail time

A husband and wife have each been sentenced to three days in jail, 12 days of community service and a year of supervised probation for their part in an animal mistreatment case this winter that resulted in a dog’s death, a busted water pipe in their second-story apartment and extensive damage to the Main Street salon below it.Aaron Scott Grubham, 36, and Krista Michelle Grubham, 38, were both sentenced this past week for their guilty pleas to a misdemeanor count of mistreating an animal by depriving it of inadequate food or shelter.

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Water’s way

The heavy rains that socked Southern Minnesota last week inflicted most of its damage locally in the form of flooded farm fields and wet basements.

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High wire act

Xcel Energy linemen work on a new pole on June 20 along County Road 27 near Central Region Cooperative, just west of Sleepy Eye, to… Login to continue reading Login…

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From 1st Marines to his 103rd

At 103 years old, Paul Wojahn hardly uses his cane (he began carrying one after he turned 101), mows his own lawn west of New Ulm and still volunteers for the Disabled American Veterans’ clothing collection program.On Saturday, friends and family gathered at Sleepy Eye Golf Club to celebrate the latest birthday for the man, whose status as a World War II veteran puts him in increasingly limited company.

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