NEW ULM — The New Ulm Medical Center (NUMC) was named the 2017 Business of the Year Monday morning. The New Ulm Area Chamber of Commerce surprised NUMC staff Monday when representatives of the Chamber dropped by to announce the award. “The Chamber believes that this center, the New Ulm ...

NEW ULM — The fate of the New Ulm Economic Development Corporation (NUEDC) could be decided tonight at the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) meeting. The PUC is considering a motion to eliminate funding for the NUEDC and to include a budget allowance in the 2018 PUC budget to provide partial ...

GIBBON — It was standing room only at a GFW (Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop) proposed school bond referendum meeting in the Elementary School Cafeteria Monday night. The district will hold a special election Tuesday, Nov. 7, seeking voter approval of two ballot questions. Question 1 would ...

NEW ULM — Brown County Commissioners will consider increasing the Brown County fee for landfill dumping from $17.25 to $19.25 per cubic yard Sept. 26. The Brown County Solid Waste Commission recommends raising the tipping fee by $2 and hiking the solid waste tax 10.4 percent so the total ...

Orange safety cones appeared on the intersection of 5th North and Washington Streets Monday for a five-day demonstration of curb extension or “bump outs.” The Heart of New Ulm Project and the Safe Routes to School Action Team partnered with New Ulm Area Catholic Schools to set up the ...

NEW ULM — The Junior Pioneers will hold an annual meeting on Friday, Sept. 29, at Turner Hall, 102 N. State St. The evening will begin with a social hour at 6 p.m., business meeting at 6:30 p.m., and a dinner at 7 p.m. followed by the program. Reservations are due by Wednesday, Sept. 27. ...

NEW ULM — This summer local artist Jason Jaspersen and New Ulm Cable Access Television (NUCAT) partnered to create an art education program called “The Process.” The show will air on New Ulm’s cable access channels starting Tuesday, Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m. The show will run regularly at ...

The 2017 St. Mary’s Homecoming King and Queen are Luke Miller and Crystal Portner. Crystal is the daughter of Tom and Mary Portner. Luke is the son of Ron and Melissa Miller. Miller and Portner were crowned during Sunday night’s coronation. The 2017 Homecoming court: (left to right) Dani ...

The New Ulm Public Library celebrated National Library Card Sign Up Month with a special open house event Sunday. Youth Services Librarian Jan Keaveny (above) entertained children who attended with a special storytime hour and music.

NEW ULM — First Congressional District candidate Vicki Jensen visited New Ulm Saturday afternoon as part of her district-wide Hometown Tour. Jensen was in Mountain Lake on Friday and visited St. James, St. Peter and New Ulm on Saturday. Her lunch-time stop took her to Lola- An American ...

People who have always wanted to dance on the stage got their chance Saturday at the State Street Theater Polka Extravaganza. The Narren volunteered their time to support the fundraiser for the State Street Theater Co. All proceeds for the fundraisers went to benefit the State Street Theater ...

The “Happy Tails” Dog Park in New Ulm held a dog-walk and microchipping fundraiser Saturday. At right, four-year-old Rayna is implanted with microchip. Microchips can help reunite lost dogs with their owners. The procedure takes less than a minute and then Rayna was able to run and play ...

The Pedals and Pubs team started the bike tour at the Kegel Klub Saturday with the goal of hitting all of New Ulm’s pubs. This was the second annual pub tour for the group.

New Ulm’s Turner Hall had a visitor from Germany with a gift this week. Hans Mueller, left, from Heilbronn, Germany, brought a fan scarf from the Heilbronn Turnverein’s soccer club to present to the New Ulm Turners on Wednesday. Mueller has visited Minnesota many times since being an ...

NEW ULM — For seven years, William Swanson has served the City of New Ulm as the Energy Service Representative at New Ulm Public Utilities, but Friday was his last day. A farewell event was held in at the PUC Conference Room as staff and friends wished Swanson good luck. Swanson has accepted ...

NEW ULM — A 32-year-old New Ulm woman faces three felony drug charges after the Brown-Lyon-Redwood-Renville County Drug Task Force (BLRR-DTF) executed a search warrant at 412 S. Broadway. One county of storing methamphetamine paraphernalia in the presence of a child and two counts of felony ...

SLEEPY EYE — Dozens of friends and family members attended Peggy A. Tauer’s “Contemplation” art show at the Sleepy Eye Community Center Friday. For Tauer, it was a homecoming of sorts at the Sleepy Eye Community Center, a building that formerly housed the Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch ...

MORGAN — In a room filled with 75-plus agricultural producers and insurance representatives, the talk tends to focus on the current insurance crisis facing farmers across the state. Such was the case Thursday evening at the offices of the Farmward Cooperative in Morgan. Those in attendance ...

Broadway is open to four lanes of traffic again. After months of traffic being limited to a single lane in both directions, the orange cones have been moved a side and motorist are free at last to pick a lane. In addition the four lanes have a new layer of asphalt and brand new stripes to ...

Staff photo by Connor Cummiskey A to Zinnia Florals and Gifts had some of the most flamboyant outfits, sporting tails and fans of peacock feathers during the Modenschau Fashion Show Thursday evening at Turner Hall.