To the editor: I would like to take this time to thank the Local Advisory Council on Mental Health for the wonderful presentation by Cmdr. Dave Borchert last Monday at their Brown Bag luncheon presentation. The Local Advisory Council (LAC) works very hard to make sure that everyone knows ...

To the editor: New Ulm is overdue for a city-wide sidewalk inspection. Why? Because so many sidewalks are short of accepted safety standards These walks are dangerous for walkers, bikers, strollers and roller skaters. On my walks around the city, I would estimate 20% of sidewalks have ...

To the editor: The credibility of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is on the ropes. The recent article in The Journal (MPCA says Minnesota River water quality is suffering, Oct. 3, 2017) and the MPCA report on which the article is based, demonstrate their extreme bias against ...

To the editor: I would like to thank the New Ulm Chamber of Commerce for arranging the Manufacturing Tour of New Ulm businesses this past week. I was able to tour New Ulm Precision Tool, Elkay Manufacturing and United Commercial Upholstery this year and was so very impressed. All three ...

To the editor: We want to end the ungrateful lack of respect for the National Anthem. As young people we recited the Pledge of Allegiance and stood for the National Anthem at sporting eventss. In the service of the country I stood at attention and saluted the flag. I am a Vietnam veteran and ...

To the editor: Hi to all my Goosetown friends! This invitation is to all Goosetown residents, alumni (past residents), or any Goosetown supporters. All are invited to join us. On Saturday, Oct.7, fellow Goosetowners will meet at the Glockenspiel for the German-American Day Parade at 10:30 ...

To the editor, Kudos to The Journal for their spot on take on how to handle the aftermath of the most recent mass shooting in the USA. “Calm heads needed...........” The editorial is correct, there should be no rush to judgment. It’s very important to find out if the perpetrator had ...

To the editor: Back in the mid-1950’s, a group of business leaders formed New Ulm Industries (today New Ulm Economic Development Corporation), using their own funds and their own financing, to both recruit and facilitate land acquisition, the first-ever city annexation of additional land, ...

To the editor: New Ulm has been richly blessed with talented people who will be honored by the ISD 88 Foundation Hall of Fame. Among those are four I am familiar with. Known to everyone as Flip Schulke, friend and confidant of Martin Luther King and Muhammad Ali, gave the world iconic ...

To the editor: As a former tour guide, I am disappointed to see that the preservation of the Kiesling House has divided parties ("New Ulm historic home stands at center of debate," StarTribune, Sept. 24). This should be a non-issue! Over the decades, town officials in Minnesota and beyond ...

To the editor: The Park and Recreation Department is once again trying to put a bike trail in Riverside Park. The last two times they tried this the trail would have been under water — it's in the flood plain. There is just no common sense in the Park and Recreation Department. This ...

(New Ulm Mayor Robert Beussman has passed along this letter of thanks from Kissimmee, Florida. He would like all to know of the good work done by the utility crew that traveled to Florida to help out in the wake of Hurricane Irma.) Dear Mayor Beussman: On behalf of the Kissimmee Utility ...

To the editor: For those that say they believe in Christ Jesus: do you know what is going on in the world, your country, your state, in your community? Do you know that one of the senators from Minnesota speaks as though a Catholic should not be allowed to sit on the Seventh Circuit Court of ...

To the editor: Having had many experiences with the dogs of New Ulm, as a person who loves to walk and uses those sidewalks whose importance is discounted by some, I’ve more than noticed the current discussions regarding in what way dogs are to be “under direct control” in New Ulm. I ...

To the editor: This week is National Suicide Prevention Week. Each day our community is impacted by the loss of suicide. Whether it is someone who battles with thoughts of suicide, attempts suicide, or dies by suicide, we are impacted. Like a ripple in a calm pond, suicide changes the lives ...

To the editor: Ah yes, the Minnesota Supreme Court (MSC) has decided to open Pandora’s box. MSC recently decided that although Governor Dayton can’t abolish the legislative branch, he can however, line item veto funding for it (effectively eliminating its power). Their logic? The veto ...

To the editor: Dear St. Peter Family who received horrible hate mail, This is our love letter to you. If we were your neighbor, we’d love to tell you these simple things: -You enrich our community -Love is love -No one deserves to be treated horribly -You make our world ...

To the editor: As I went to the mailbox this morning to grab the daily Journal, I noticed a strange new sight outside of my house. Parked on the side of the road were a couple of golf carts carrying tourists from Germany. (You could tell they were Germans by their Lederhosen and Dirndls.) ...

To the editor: This letter is occasioned by comments about Robert E. Lee that appeared in the Aug. 21st (Mona Charen - “He made war on this country ...”) and Aug. 20th (Greg Orear - “He betrayed that oath and he betrayed his country ...”) issues of The Journal. In the response that ...

To the editor: Seldom do I see a letter to the editor like Robin McKee’s of August 22 (Mainstream Media has biased agenda). But when I do the Comments that follow are almost a given. So after reading the Comments I decided to try a brief response in support of McKee’s position. I ...