NEW ULM — Local history is remembered when stories are told about Winkelmann’s Lime Kiln in Cottonwood Township, the German P.O.W.s in New Ulm Minnesota Camp, or the Flu Pandemic of 1918-1919. » Full Story

SLEEPY EYE — A 75-year-old Leavenworth Township man will add a special flavor to the June 1 Sleepy Eye High School Class of 2008 graduation ceremony. » Full Story

NEW ULM — About 140 landowners/operators and their families attended a free appreciation breakfast Saturday morning held at the Brown County Fairgrounds. » Full Story

NEW ULM — With five days left until New Ulm celebrates the honor of being a Minnesota Sesquicentennial Capital for a Day, plans for the celebration are complete, and the last minute details are being » Full Story

NEW ULM — For a professional political satirist, there’s usually nothing more satisfying than government, the more bumbling and incompetent, the better. » Full Story

NEW ULM — It’s the kind of science beyond the scope of this writer. » Full Story

NEW ULM — More painting will take place at the Wanda Gag House soon, but it won’t be of barns or cats.

Neither Wanda nor Flavia nor Anton Gag will be painting, either. » Full Story

Children lined up to give the new climbing wall a try at the New Ulm Park and Recreation’s “Aquaclimb Event” fitness challenge grand opening Friday. » Full Story

New Ulm Sertoma Club president Kay Simpson (right) presents Don and Myrtle Brand during a banquet Friday at the New Ulm Country Club.

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NEW ULM — William T. O’Connor, one of New Ulm’s leading attorneys, died Thursday at the age of 73. » Full Story