NEW ULM — She’s got many reasons to be upset, but Marek Armstrong of New Ulm refuses to let her injuries from a hit-and-run crash in downtown Mankato Oct. 4 get her down.

“I’m very, very overwhelmed with all the love and support from people here,” said said at a chili feed fundraiser at Grace Community Church to help her pay for basic living expenses since the crash that left her with two brain bleeds, a fractured skull and a long road to recovery.

“A lot of people here know her, care about her and are coming together to help support her,” said Armstrong’s father Steve Sveom if Sioux Falls, S.D.

Marek’s mother Mikel Armstrong of New Ulm said her daughter was in downtown Mankato late at night on Oct. 4, crossing a street with a friend when somebody driving a truck yelled at her, telling

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