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Picking the next park

Picking the next park

NEW ULM - Monday night’s Park and Recreation Commission work session took to the road for a tour of park land considered for development. Park and Recreation Director Joey Schugel drove commission members to six…

2026 NUHS homecoming court

NEW ULM - Homecoming week for New Ulm High School is Sept. 21-25. The homecoming king and queen coronation will…

Rolling back the clock

NEW ULM — The Brown County Historical Society brought a piece of New Ulm's automotive past back to life on…

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Local Sports

Week 3: Eagles look to build off shutout win

Week 3 of the local high school football season sees all three New Ulm teams coming off home wins in the second week of the season. This week just one team — the New Ulm Cathedral Greyhounds — play at home on Friday when they host Cedar Mountain in a Nine-Man South District, West…

Obituaries

Peter Nelson

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

NEW ULM—James Lamecker, 58, of New Ulm, died Saturday, September 12, 2026 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital…

James Lamecker

NEW ULM—RoseMary H. Kunz, 89, of New Ulm, died Monday, September 14, 2026 at Woodstone Senior…

RoseMary H. Kunz

REDWOOD FALLS—Agnes M. Carlson, 95, of Redwood Falls, MN, formerly of Murdock and Willmar, MN passed…

Agnes M. Carlson

Lifestyle Feature

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

Our leaders unable to solve problems

In the movie, The Odessey, the hero Odysseus must sail past the two most evil Goddesses in Greek mythology. On one shore is Scylla, represented by sharp immovable rocks and a six-headed man-eating monster, while on the opposing shore is Charybdis who is portrayed as a violent whirlpool who will suck everybody in and…

Columns

Straight facts about history

When I started reading the latest (9/5/26) column by Randy Krzmarzick, I was thinking back to our own vacation in Europe this spring, and the beautiful city of Prague. However, unlike Mr. Krzmarzick, I do not recall thinking about past wars there, for the simple reason that wars have been a part of history…

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