NEW ULM — About 125 people gathered at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home (MVHF) North Chapel for two talks on estate planning and funeral planning last Wednesday. Eric Sweeney, an estate planning and real estate…
Turnovers, empty red zone visits hurt Rabbits at state
EYOTA — Wabasso was unable to overcome five turnovers and three empty trips to the red zone as it fell…
St. Mary's blocked by Mayer Lutheran in consolation play
ST. PAUL – For the second day in a row, a team brought a strong and steady block to the…
CTE Center’s 3M Future Makers Lab opens
NEW ULM – New Ulm city officials, NUPS board and faculty, 3M members and Heart of America representatives gathered for…
The (Not So) Invisible Empire
NEW ULM – Dr. Anita Talsma Gaul‘s exploration into the Ku Klux Klan’s presence in Southwest Minnesota began with a…
BCHS honors Capt. Bianchi in Veterans Day program
NEW ULM – The Brown County Historical Society hosted a Veterans Day program Wednesday evening in the Annex building to…
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Springfield stomps Southland, advances to semis
KASSON — No. 2 South-seeded Springfield opened the 2026 Class A State Football Tournament…
Obituaries
Phyllis Jurgens
ST. JAMES—Phyllis Jurgens, 93, of St James, MN, passed away on November 11, 2026,…
Joyce Lorraine Schwartz
Joyce Lorraine Schwartz, age 83, of New Ulm, died Wednesday, November 11, 2026, at Mayo Clinic…
Joyce Lorraine Schwartz
NEW ULM—Larry Domeier, 76, of New Ulm, died Thursday, November 12, 2026 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital…
Larry Domeier
Lifestyle Feature
The German Bohemian Heritage Society
NEW ULM — The German Bohemian Heritage Society is continuing its efforts to document…
It’s a wonderful journey
Photos by Ari Selvey With Halloween approaching, several New Ulm houses have embraced the spooky season…
Halloween houses demonstrate decor
Big scares and spooky nightmares
Editorials
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Letters
So easy, even a caveman can make choices
Anyone who’s watched enough “Law and Order” is familiar with the notion that a district attorney can easily manipulate a grand jury to indict anyone, even, as Sol Wachtler criticized in 1985, an inanimate object like “a ham sandwich.” After our recent midterm election, I looked over those results for southwestern, west central, and…
Clothing Depot volunteers appreciated
MAGA lost the meaning of Christianity
A party run by a president who doesn’t give a damn
Columns
Why do farmers support Trump?
I was on the tractor tilling corn ground. I got a call from a college buddy. I answered. Kevin has always been wonderfully blunt. Before I could say hello, Kevin said, “Randy, why do farmers support Trump?” I stumbled around that question for a couple minutes before we switched to talking about our wives…
Boxed out
Extra, extra read all about film society screening
Raising lung cancer awareness during November
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