NEW ULM — Community members and visitors gathered across Hermann Heights Park and Harman Park for the annual Hermannfest celebration, a free-admission festival that has become a late-summer anchor for German heritage, live music, and…
Dodge, duck, dip, dive and ribs
NEW ULM – All streaks are meant to be broken. On Saturday at the Turner Hall Dodgeball Tournament, the Yellow…
‘Keep up your effort and keep pushing’
NEW ULM - The race was off with a boom and a bang as New Ulm Battery members fired off…
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…
Forstner and Pornter crowned CHS Homecoming Royalty
NEW ULM – Cathedral High School held its coronation for the 2026 Homecoming Sunday. Joshua Forstner and Madelyn Portner were…
'This is a humbling experience, It will humble you'
LAKE CRYSTAL – Friday, on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, firefighters from four area departments paid tribute…
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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
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
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Why we celebrate
NEW ULM – Saturday, New Ulm will once again celebrate HermannFest in the shadow…
Editorials
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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.…
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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…
Trump prefers Kim over Carney
Protect southern Minnesota history
Putting up sign is shameful
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…
Getting history straight during trip to Europe
In the ‘70s, musicals found Jesus
Answering common questions about elections and voting
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