Area women assaults men with broom

Vinland resident Mildred Bayerbeck assaulted two area men with a broom late Sunday night. Bayerbeck, 36, plead guilty to brooming in Vinland Municipal court on Monday, and will be forced to eat 5 apple pies before she is allowed to leave Vinland Jail. Like many area towns, brooming was made illegal in Vinland's 1876 town charter. The highly unusual punishment has come under fire from some critics, but Mayor John Buttinger was steadfast in his remarks, saying "Dem rules is rules."