Avid readers, do you find yourselves in a pickle when you lose your place in a book? All right, maybe that’s a little labored. Still, a brightly colored pickle-shaped bookmark can get your attention no matter what you say about it. And that’s exactly what the Heinz brand counted on with ...

New Ulm Public Library has completed our 2024-2028 Strategic Plan and we’re excited to share our vision for the library’s future! We began the strategic planning process in fall 2022. An eight-member committee of representatives from the library staff, New Ulm Public Library Board, and ...

He’s not an official symbol of Valentine’s Day, but it seems like the right time to have the King of Hearts make an appearance. This King of Hearts enamel was made in 1946 by Kenneth Bates, who may as well be called the king of enamels. Bates was born in Massachusetts in 1904 and ...

I hope you had a very Happy New Year! Here are some great new books in the children’s room. Is This Winter? by Helen Yoon is a story about an adorable puppy’s first walk in the winter snow. The excitement builds as the puppy encounters things along the way. He scares a squirrel and ...

Amethyst, a variety of quartz with a vivid purple color, is the birthstone for February. It’s also a highly sought color for decorative glass. Colored glass is made by adding metallic oxides or salts to the raw material. Amethyst glass often gets its color from manganese, which along with ...

When the world wide web of the internet was beginning to expand in the mid-1990s, many people grasped onto the idea of how it could be used to spread information and misinformation as the case could be. Remember email chain letters? Just forward it to 10 people to get your wish! Or perhaps ...