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Principals report students are SOARing

NEW ULM - Principals from all four New Ulm Public Schools gave start of the year reports during Thursday's study session.  Principal of Washington Learning Center (WLC) Dawn Brown said that staff were busy over the summer.  “Our special ed team did a STAR training which [provided] special ed strategies for teaching based on autism research,” Brown said.  Brown said that 18% of students at WLC have an IEP (Individualized learning program), “whether it’s for speech-only services or a combination of other special education services.” Brown also highlighted the changes to the SMART room and…

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Local Sports

Area roundup: New Ulm girls battle Mankato West to draw

MONDAY GIRLS SOCCER NEW ULM 2, MANKATO WEST 2 MANKATO — The New Ulm Eagles battled Mankato West to a 2-2 draw on Monday night in a nonconference girls soccer game. Scoring for the Eagles was Morgan Zimanski and Marlena Kral, both unassisted. Eagles keeper Greta Berger had 21 saves on the night. PREP…

Obituaries

Peter Nelson

Peter Nelson

HANSKA—Peter Nelson, age 57, of Hanska, passed away Sunday, September 13, 2026 at the…

NEW ULM—Duane "Duke" Dennis Fiemeyer, 92, died peacefully surrounded by family on Saturday, September 12, 2026…

Duane "Duke" Dennis Fiemeyer

STILLWATER—Judith S. Rutscher, 92, of Stillwater, MN, died on Sept. 9, 2026. The funeral ceremony will…

Judith S. Rutscher

GAYLORD—Milton “Milt” R. Lindeman, 87, of Gaylord, died Friday, September 11, 2026, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital…

Milton “Milt” R. Lindeman

Lifestyle Feature

Why we celebrate

Why we celebrate

NEW ULM – Saturday, New Ulm will once again celebrate HermannFest in the shadow…

In Sunday’s Vikings/Packers game, what happened?

Editorials

Thumbs up/down

THUMBS DOWN Sleepy Eye school year starts with a lockdown The soft lockdown at Sleepy Eye Public and Catholic Schools on Sept. 1 is a frustrating start to the school year. The reason for the lockdown was a social media post involving images of Sleepy Eye Public and St. Mary’s combined with threatening language.…

Letters

Pro-choice candidates need to meditate

(re: Because of my Catholic faith, Sept. 3) It says: “But, the vulnerable person or group may not always look the same. Sometimes it may be unborn babies. Sometimes, it may be single mothers, or children in our special education programs, or refugee families.” The author makes a case that sometimes you should vote…

Columns

Can’t control vanishment powers

I was about 6 years old when I discovered that I have an extraordinary talent for making things disappear. I owned a Barlow jackknife that had both a long blade and a short blade. This meant that I was prepared for anything from fending off a ferocious tiger to cleaning my fingernails. That pocketknife…

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