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 ...

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 ...

What’s your favorite aspect of German culture? Asked at Bavarian Blast

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 ...

The March 20th Veterans Day on the Hill Rally bus that took 50 Veterans from Springfield, New Ulm, and St. Peter to visit with their Legislators really hit a home run for Minnesota’s Veterans and their dependents. This article discusses laws passed in the 2017 Minnesota Legislative Session. ...

What do you like about BMX? Asked at River Valley BMX state qualifier in New Ulm, July 9

Has the tide turned in New Ulm’s ongoing battle with a lack of housing? Two reported events this past week have given us reason for hope regarding this major problem facing the community, the first being the sale of 24 acres in the Milford Heights Addition to a Courtland-based developer, Al ...

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. Studies by the Asphalt ...

“Your money or your life!” The classic stickup line was the basis for one of Jack Benny’s funniest jokes. On his radio show, Benny, the notorious miser, is accosted by a stickup man who demands, “Your money or your life!” There is a pause, and the stickup man repeats, “Look, Bud, I ...

Traditionally men passed their occupations to their sons. Cobblers raised cobblers and millers raised millers. We picture Jesus working with Joseph in the carpentry shop until he was called to his larger work. That happens less today. There is one occupation where the old pattern holds. Most ...

Are you in favor of Sunday liquor sales in Minnesota?

Mandy Catron is not what you would call a typical romantic. The author of a book titled “How to Fall in Love With Anyone,” has also been a contributor to the New York Times column “Modern Love.” In a contribution to that column a couple years ago, Catron wrote about a first date in ...

Jon Braegelmann is New Ulm’s Hans Joohs Sister Cities exchange intern to Ulm. He is in Ulm from May 5 - August 4. Below is his first letter to New Ulm regarding his experiences while in Ulm. My time in Germany this summer has been a whirlwind. Between my internships at the ...

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. From the New Ulm Park ...

After reading about the latest bout of cyber crime that broke out in Europe this week, I’m developing a greater appreciation for the honest, hardworking criminals who go out there and do some work when they rob you. Cyber criminals sit around in front of a computer terminal writing some ...

Since 2015, you may have noticed an increase in law enforcement activity as it pertains to prostitution stings in Brown and surrounding counties. In 2015, Brown, Nicollet and Blue Earth County received a grant from the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota (WFMN) to conduct these sting operations. ...

What is your dream car? Asked at Autofest on Sunday.

When I talk to folks who have lived in New Ulm, regardless if their stay has been a short or a long one or somewhere in between, two complaints frequently surface: high utility costs and high taxes. I’ll leave the utility issue for another day primarily because this week the high tax issue ...

Editor’s note: Lowell Liedman and his wife Ingrid of New Ulm have traveled extensively over the years, including a recent trip to Cuba. He offers this view of the restoration of some restriction on U.S. travelers to Cuba. Last week President Trump announced a definite change from the policy ...