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NU Diocese celebrates Feast of Corpus Christi

NEW ULM - The Roman Catholic Diocese of New Ulm held its Corpus Christi Eucharist Procession Sunday. Members of the Handmaids of the Heart of Jesus, The Knights of Columbus and Bishop Chad W. Zielinski led the procession from Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm down State Street to 2nd ...

Running, walking to support rural health care

SLEEPY EYE — Ethan Hinderman’s little brother Ashton jumped into the Sleepy Eye Stride Into Summer 5k Run/Walk Saturday that began and finished in Allison Park. Ashton Hinderman, 4, waited until he saw his big brother Ethan running towards the finish and began running, escorting him for a ...

A ‘Close and Distant Reading’ at The Grand

NEW ULM — Artist Luke Johnson opened his solo exhibition, “Close and Distant Reading,” Friday at the 4 Pillars Gallery in The Grand Center for Arts & Culture. The show, featuring 15 prints and drawings inspired by lead type spacing tools from the building’s Cellar Press, runs ...

Author Kate DiCamillo answers reader questions at Lykke Books

NEW ULM — Two-time Newbery Award-winning Kate DiCamillo returned to New Ulm on Saturday for the first time in more than 25 years and a sold-out crowd of 125 readers gathered at Lykke Books. The event filled the bookstore with families, teachers, grandparents and fans from the Twin Cities, ...

Flandrau swim pond reopens

NEW ULM — Just in time for a 90-degree heat wave Saturday, the Flandrau State Park swimming pond reopened Friday. More than 100 adults and children visited the sand-bottom pond Friday including Lexie and Cassandra Gifford of Cottonwood. “We came here for the first time to camp and meet ...

John Kellen brings ‘Water is Life’ exhibition to Twin Cities

NEW ULM - John Kellen, executive director of The Grand Center for the Arts in New Ulm, has a solo exhibition on view at the Izaak Walton League’s Les Kouba Gallery in Bloomington. The exhibition, titled "Mní Wičóni" (Dakota for “Water is Life”), opened June 1. It features nature ...