NEW ULM – Students at River Bend Education District recently had the opportunity to explore the world of neuroscience. Dr. Adam Steiner from Minnesota State University, Mankato, visited the school with interactive activities and equipment from the Backyard Brains curriculum. Dr. Steiner, ...
NEW ULM — About 125 people gathered at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home (MVHF) North Chapel for two talks on estate planning and funeral planning last Wednesday. Eric Sweeney, an estate planning and real estate attorney for Blethen Berens, said most people know they should get their ...
NEW ULM – New Ulm city officials, NUPS board and faculty, 3M members and Heart of America representatives gathered for the unveiling of the CTE (Career and Technical Education) Center’s new 3M Future Makers Lab Friday morning. New Ulm was the ninth school in the nation selected for the ...
NEW ULM – Dr. Anita Talsma Gaul‘s exploration into the Ku Klux Klan’s presence in Southwest Minnesota began with a catchy headline in a 1924 newspaper during research for another historical project. During the Brown County Historical Society’s 96th annual meeting, Gaul, who is a professor at Minnesota West Community and Technical College, took the stage to present “The (Not So) Invisible Empire: The KKK in southwest Minnesota in the 1920s.” While doing research for a Murray County Historical Museum WWI exhibit, Gaul came across a Lake Wilson Pilot newspaper headline, “Ku ...
NEW ULM – The Brown County Historical Society hosted a Veterans Day program Wednesday evening in the Annex building to honor Medal of Honor recipient Capt. Willibald “Bill” Bianchi of New Ulm, featuring stories from his family and the world premiere of a choral piece set to his ...
NEW ULM – Thursday morning workers were busy decking City Hall and downtown Minnesota Street with Christmas decorations. At City Hall, staff from New Ulm Public Utilities were up in cherry pickers adding strings of holiday lights and Christmas ornaments to the evergreen facing Broadway. ...
