by GLC Staff | Apr 19, 2025 | albert lea, art + food, austin, business, charity, culture, faribault, legal, minnesota, opinion, owatonna, rochester, united states, winona
(Photo: Facebook) Albert Lea, MN — April 19, 2025 Nonprofits exist to serve communities, not the insiders who sit on their boards. Yet the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council (SEMAC) demonstrates how easily that line can blur — and in the case of Elisha Marin and the...
by GLC Staff | Mar 12, 2025 | albert lea, austin, brainerd, crookston, culture, duluth, faribault, garrison, grand marais, mankato, minneapolis, minnesota, moorhead, opinion, owatonna, politics, rochester, silver bay, st. cloud, st. paul, united states, winona
(Photo: Southern Minn) St. Paul, MN — March 12, 2025 Minnesota likes to think of itself as a progressive state, but the reality is far more disturbing. From cross burnings and massive Ku Klux Klan rallies to lynchings and the forced expulsion of Black residents, the...
by GLC Staff | Feb 6, 2025 | austin, business, cannabis, cannabis, crime, legal, minnesota, opinion, retail, small business, united states
(Photo: Facebook) Austin, Minnesota — February 6, 2025 This opinion column is based on sworn testimony, admitted court exhibits, and the author’s interpretation of the public record. Allegations described were not adjudicated unless expressly stated. Some allegations...
by GLC Staff | Feb 6, 2025 | austin, business, business, cannabis, cannabis, cannabis, civil, crime, legal, minnesota, opinion, politics, retail, small business, united states
(Photo: Mower County Court and Facebook) Austin, Minnesota — February 6, 2025 One year after a contested conciliation court hearing in Austin, Minnesota, the record of a wage-theft case involving former Mower County Commissioner Anthony Samuel Bennett reads less like...
by GLC Staff | Jan 14, 2025 | austin, business, civil, crime, legal, minnesota, opinion, rochester, united states
(Left: Olmstead County Sheriff’s Office – Right: City of Austin) A civil lawsuit filed in February 2023 by Reichel Foods alleges that Tricia (Patricia) Wiechmann, Human Resources Director for the City of Austin, participated in a network of financial...
by GLC Staff | Jan 11, 2025 | austin, business, cannabis, cannabis, civil, crime, duluth, legal, minneapolis, minnesota, opinion, small business, st. paul, united states
(Photo: Provided) A 2019 incident involving Abbigail Lynn Brinkman of Austin, Minnesota has resurfaced following an anonymous tip submitted to Great Lakes Chronicle. The submission included a screenshot allegedly showing Brinkman threatening to fight another...
