From Dec. 29 to Jan. 8, students and chaperones from New Ulm Cathedral High School had the opportunity to travel on a pilgrimage to Italy, visiting Assisi, Nettuno and Rome during their trip. The 13 students and seven chaperones hit sites such as St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican Museum, ...

MANKATO — Every player's journey to the collegiate basketball court is a little different. The pace-of-play expectations often remain the same, but not every player has the comfort level their freshman year that Bethany Lutheran College’s Morgan Hulke has. And while she originally had to ...

With 800 people, the village of New Ulm was need of more banking services in 1875. Citizens State Bank opened Feb. 1, 1876 in downtown New Ulm. Citizens was not the first bank in New Ulm. There were a handful of older banks in New Ulm prior to 1875. A new bank building made of stone, ...

On the final day of 2025, the sale of Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI) butter plant in New Ulm to Grassland Dairy Products was finalized. The butter plant, located at 312 Center Street, continues to produce butter and receive AMPI cream but now operates under Grassland. Though AMPI no ...

The fight between wildlife supporters and farmers over use of land has come to Clear Lake, southwest of New Ulm. The state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is trying to force a rural New Ulm man to seal a drainage tile near Clear Lake, claiming the tile has lowered the lake level without ...

Domeier’s German Store experienced a record breaking Christmas season in 2025, drawing customers from across Minnesota, the United States and abroad to the 91-year-old business at 1020 S. Minnesota St. “So many of them make an annual visit and to them, it’s like a pilgrimage to come to ...