Gov. Mark Dayton’s attempt to horsewhip the House Republicans back to the negotiating table on the tax bill failed in its first legal challenge this week. Ramsey County District Judge John Guthmann ruled on Wednesday to restore the funding for the legislative operations that Dayton had ...
To the editor: A few years ago the city put a new boat landing in. Now it’s just like the last one, full of mud. Maybe it’s time to clean it out so the taxpayers can use it this year. And how about Riverside Park? The weeds are so high they could rent it out for duck blinds. So much for ...
Editor’s Note: The City of New Ulm presents a weekly column highlighting activities in different departments in the city government. Once a month the city will answer questions from readers. Questions on New Ulm city issues can be sent to comments@ci.new-ulm.mn.us. The City of New Ulm has ...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s decision to table a health care reform bill was a matter of simple mathematics. With Democrats solidly against the measure and a few Republicans joining them, McConnell, R-Ky., simply did not have the votes to pass the bill. But the setback has ...
Talk among the politicians in Washington often seems to focus on why the government needs to spend more. If the justification is not national security, it probably will be health care. There seems to be precious little thought given to a serious, growing threat to both our welfare and ...
The week of July 16-22, 2017 is dedicated to pretrial, probation and parole supervision week. This year’s theme from the American Probation and Parole Association is Clients, Communities, Employees: Empower- ment through Partnerships. This approach is evident that our communities are made ...
The excitement has built to a crescendo. Thousands are lined up at newsstands (whatever a newsstand is). Without further ado, here is the Annual Weeds Vacation Guide! Please, stay in line, no pushing and shoving. Once again we begin with a hearty recommendation to vacation Sleepy Eye. Sleepy ...
Sometimes it’s hard to be accommodating. Tolerance can only be stretched so far, especially when someone is determined to stretch it past the breaking point. And so it is that the Belle Plaine City Council is likely to take away the public forum area at its Veterans Memorial Park. The area ...
Corruption is the elephant in the room on U.S. defense spending. An investigation into an Air Force unit nicknamed Big Safari may be just the ticket to at least wounding the pachyderm. An Air Force unit called Big Safari, formerly known as the 645th Aeronautical Systems Group, is involved in ...
What’s your favorite aspect of German culture? Asked at Bavarian Blast
Health care reformers, not to mention tens of millions of other Americans who understand money does not grow on trees, are caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place. The rock is this: President Barack Obama’s signature health care takeover law encouraged states to expand the ...
He was in Sioux Center, Iowa a little over a year ago when he said the now prophetic words: “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, okay, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, okay?” I vividly remember the day then presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke those ...
Promise unfulfilled THUMBS DOWN: There is an interesting note on The Journal's 50-year-old news page today (page 3B). In July 19, 1967 article on a meeting about Highway 15 being rated as an expressway, the article states: “REP. C.A. (Gus) Johnson of Mankato and Carl (Red) Wyczawski of New ...
To the editor: I have been asked by the Board of the Brown County Historical Society to reply to Mr. Keith Schwager’s Letter to The Editor, dated July 12, 2017. His well-intentioned letter asked the question, “Why is the popcorn wagon not in the Bavarian Blast parade?” As a previous ...
This weekend is Bavarian Blast, the city’s biggest annual festival. It is a showcase for New Ulm and an event that draws people from all over the state and the country. The Bavarian Blast committee has been working all year to put a good festival together, with old favorite bands, new bands ...
Stories of courage exhibited by people helping others in danger are gratifyingly common. Normally, however, they involve only a handful of good Samaritans. More — many more — got into the act a few days ago at a beach in Florida. A couple of boys became trapped in a rip tide offshore. ...
To the editor: To Jim, or as I know him, Red Bastian and to the people of New Ulm, I thoroughly enjoyed your story on Steve Dittrich. Steve is a true representation of New Ulm. He is a congenial professional not just on a baseball field as an adjudacator, but off the field as well. I ...
It is not enough, and it took them far too long to get to this point, but federal officials finally have taken action that will help remove some of the opioids allowed to flood the market. Last month, the Food and Drug Administration asked pharmaceutical company Endo to pull Opana ER, or ...
To the editor: In response to the recently published articles, whatever the city employees think of me, whatever controversy this has created, I want the readers to know that I will remain steadfast in my duties to the city. The people who voted for me last November did so because they had ...
To the editor: The American Cancer Society Relay For Life Committee of Brown County would like to invite the public to the 22nd annual Relay For Life event to be held on Friday, July 28, 2017 at the Brown County Fairgrounds in New Ulm. It is a great time to show your support for all cancer ...
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