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‘Our senses come alive at night’

New Ulm – Community members gathered at sunset Saturday evening for Flandrau’s Glow Hike event.  Flandrau State Park staff organized the event, with additional volunteer assistance from the Optimist Club and Lions Club. Beginning at 7pm,…

Good-bye to the summer

NEW ULM — Clear skies and classic country sounds brought crowds together at Shirley’s Park and Country Retreat on Saturday…

The Smallest Moo-seum

NEW ULM — Forty porcelain cow creamers from a 200-piece collection are on display through Oct. 29 in The Smallest…

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Local Sports

Area roundup: Eagles blank Jordan in boys soccer

SATURDAY BOYS SOCCER NEW ULM 7, JORDAN 0 NEW ULM — The New Ulm Eagles boys soccer team rolled to 4-0 on the season with a 7-0 shutout of Jordan on Saturday at New Ulm High School. New Ulm led 4-0 at halftime. Levi Johnson had three goals to lead the Eagles in the…

Obituaries

Edna Christina Anna (Gieseke) Roegiers

Edna Christina Anna (Gieseke) Roegiers, age 97, of New Ulm, MN,died August 27,2026, from Havenwood Senior Living in Minnetonka, MN. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, at Swan Lake Church in rural New Ulm. Burial will follow in the Swan Lake Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour…

NEW ULM—Milton E. Gulden, age 97, of New Ulm, died Sunday, September 6, 2026 at the…

Milton E. Gulden

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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

Putting up sign is shameful

Representing half the population is an almost impossible job, but brave men and women try. I am ashamed of the people who put up a sullied picture of First District Congressman Brad Finstad on the billboard out by Hy Vee. I was shocked that anyone could be this mean. Nobody deserves to be so…

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…

Mailbag

Red Cross declares crisis

The American Red Cross is now declaring a national blood crisis. A blood supply crisis is the most extreme blood shortage, posing a concerning risk to patient care. Doctors will be forced to make difficult decisions about who receives blood transfusions and who will need to wait until more blood products become available. American…