What do you enjoy most about being part of the Narren? (Asked at Story Time with the Narren Saturday at the New Ulm Public Library)

Over the past couple of years, New Ulm Community Access Television department (NUCAT) has been making the transition into a more modern production unit. Since 2008 New Ulm citizens have turned to NUCAT to see meetings in the council chambers, church services, town halls, parades, concerts, ...

There are few symbols more evocative than the sight of an American flag waving in the breeze on a sunny day. There are few songs more fraught with meaning and emotion than the U.S. national anthem. These are wonderful expressions of what makes America great, expressions of our unity. So why ...

What are your thoughts on Victorian-era clothing? (Asked at the 1870s Fashion Day at the Harkin Store on Sunday)

I never knew when it would happen … or how often. It was rarely in the morning, but sometimes in the afternoon and frequently in the evening when all of a sudden … BOOM! Now, this was July 4th in the 1970s in Missouri. The sound of fireworks exploding overhead throughout the day, ...

The New Ulm Economic Development Authority (EDA) has two new programs to assist with a home purchase. The first program is Down Payment Assistance for Garden Terrace Residents who wish to purchase a home in New Ulm. For residents at Garden Terrace Apartments, for each monthly rent payment ...

I was somewhere with longtime friend Billy Moran. I can’t remember where, a bar or a ballgame? “What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong was playing in the background. Bill offered casually, “This is a great song.” Sometimes it is the role of friends to state obvious things that we ...

The Brown County Highway Department has been busy with normal maintenance work plus repairing damage to county roads from this spring’s flood. This work will be ongoing through the summer and fall. The Minnesota River has been high for so long some county roads have been under water for ...

What is the top feature you look for in an automobile? (Asked at Autofest on Sunday)

Do you like oddities? Here’s an oddity: The number 243 is a prime number, divisible by three. Thursday, our country will celebrate its 243rd Independence Day, dating back to 1776. It’s genuinely a Prime Independence Day. Here’s another oddity: A week before we celebrate that Prime ...

New Ulm’s Park and Recreation Department is Game On for Park and Recreation Month! Since 1985, America has celebrated July as the nation’s official Park and Recreation Month. Created by the National Recreation Parks Association (NRPA), Park and Recreation Month specifically highlights ...

Greetings to all reading this article; we are only a few days away from the 243rd anniversary of America’s birth. Less than 30 days ago we marked the 75th anniversary of the 156,000 allied troops who made the treacherous D-Day invasion; many of those men were from right here in Brown County ...

With summer officially here, what are you most excited to do this season?

Have you ever wondered about those colorful lawn signs all around town that say we are glad you’re our neighbor? This was the initiative of the New Ulm Human Rights Commission. That’s right, New Ulm has a Human Rights Commission. In 1970, the New Ulm City Council created the New Ulm ...

I don’t have a great singing voice. But there was a time when I had an audience who seemed to like it, even if I put them to sleep. I sang to our young children in the rocking chair when it was my turn to get them to sleep and into their crib. My repertoire included the classics: ...

The Water Quality Report (WQR) is a document that is required to be published each year by all community water treatment and distribution systems. New Ulm Public Utilities Water Department is in the process of publishing the 2018 Water Quality Report. The Water Department makes an effort to ...

What are you doing to keep the gnats away?

When I was three years old while walking with my mom, a passing motorcyclist clipped my left leg. I don’t remember the accident (fortunately) or the immediate aftermath, but I do remember the cast. Maybe because my leg itched incessantly inside of it, but I also distinctly remember a Big ...

The baseball Twins arrived in Minnesota about five years after me. I have been a fan as long back as memory goes. You could say the Twins have been a constant in my life alongside family, the farm, and faith. At times all of those have given me moments of delight, some disappointment, and ...

Hermann Monument was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It is significant for its representation of German culture in the United States and the preservation of cultural heritage by immigrants to the Minnesota River Valley. It is for many, New Ulm’s most treasured ...