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By the book friendship

NEW ULM – In 1994, Ingrid Liedman, an English teacher with New Ulm Public, spent six months teaching at the Hangzhou Foreign Language School (HFLS) in China. There she met fellow English teacher Lu Rongrong. The two have maintained a friendship for over three decades and have recently ...

Traffic detours bridging the gap during Bridge Street reconstruct

NEW ULM – Business and residential traffic to Bridge Street has been rerouted through the Highway 68 entrance since early July to accommodate a full reconstruction. The reconstruction of Bridge Street started at Cottonwood Street and will continue south to Tower Road. However, since Bridge ...

Plats for Highland Ave. Apartment, Land Haven Development approved

NEW ULM – Two plats connected with housing developments were approved by the New Ulm City Council Tuesday. The final plat for the Highland Avenue Apartments and the Land Haven Development were both unanimously approved by the council. The plat approvals will enable the development of 170 ...

The secret behind tall tomato plants …

NEW ULM — Bison manure and some neighborly elbow grease teamed up for tall tomato plants on Payne St. North this summer. Ron Domeier said his wife Karen and a neighbor, Irene Piotter, began talking about creating a vegetable garden behind the Piotter’s house. “Luverne (Piotter) tilled ...

First residential tax abatement project to be expanded

NEW ULM – The New Ulm City Council agreed to pursue expanding a tax abatement for a townhouse project on North Highland Avenue on Tuesday. M & D Properties, owned by Dale Bushard and Mike Kral, is currently working on a townhouse project at 2229 N. Highland Avenue. In January, the New ...

Kids selling kids products

NEW ULM – Eli Lovig, Alayna Lovig, and Leah Lovig created their business Little Mabel’s as something fun to do for the summer. Thursdays and Saturdays New Ulm hosts a farmers market in the A to Zinnia parking lot located at 1st Street and Broadway. It’s free to attend or browse, and ...