Weiland praises Backer’s 1st-year efforts at Central
GETTING TO KNOW Maddi Olson
Interview by Travis Rosenau Olson recorded her second hat trick of the season last Thursday as the New Ulm Eagles girls hockey team shut down ...
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Irene Olson
SPRINGFIELD—Irene Olson, age 99, of Springfield, MN, died on November 27, 2025, at Vista Prairie in New Ulm, MN. Her family is planning a ...
Recent Reads
Here are few of my favorite recent reads. Library staff would be happy to help you place requests on these or any other titles. If you’d like to place your own ...
Lighting up the night
On Thanksgiving, lights returned to Sportsman’s Park in Sleepy Eye as part of the Holiday Lights in Motion. This was the first time since ...
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THUMBS UP SE Holiday Lights in Motion are back After taking 2024 off, Sleepy Eye Holiday Lights in Motion are back. Sportsman’s Park in Sleepy Eye is filled ...
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The square wheels of justice
To the editor: In a glaring example of how “transparently” the Trump Department of Justice goes about its nefarious missions of retribution at the behests of ...
Hey Brad, please talk to me
Murder on the high seas
Girls’ wrestling now fastest-growing sport in the country
When Ben Fallon was growing up in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, all he ever wanted to do was play football. Fallon was in fourth grade, and in Western ...
Very young kids dealing with trauma
Shovel and cold-weather safety – avoiding winter injuries
Compassionate Friends World Wide Candle Lighting
NEW ULM – Redeemer Lutheran Church will host the South Central, MN chapter of The Compassionate Friends World Wide Candle Lighting ceremony on Sunday, Dec. ...



