The third Sunday in July is National Ice Cream Day. Most of us would agree that ice cream is an indispensable part of summer. Who wouldn’t recognize the jingle of an ice cream truck? This ice cream vendor toy, which sold for $1,800 at Bertoia Auctions, has a slightly different, but still ...

The New Ulm Public Library (NUPL) art contest to select three new library card designs has ended. The deadline to submit artwork was June 1. Online and in-person public voting began the week of June 17 and three winners have been selected by the public. What a hard decision and what a close ...

By Terry and Kim Kovel There are few things in nature more majestic than a moose, but that doesn’t mean you would want one visiting your garden! A typical adult bull moose is about 6 feet tall and weighs over 1,000 pounds, making the species the largest member of the deer family. Most of us ...

Here we are at the start of July. Summer seems to be flying by. I hope by the time you read this the rain has stopped and the flooding has subsided. We have a couple sweet summertime cookbooks coming soon. How does a cold, frosty popsicle or some ice cream sound on a hot summer day? Both of ...

What’s the difference between a lightship basket and a friendship basket? You may have seen both terms applied to the famous wood and rattan woven baskets made in Nantucket. Lightship baskets, the original name given to this distinctive style, were originally made by the crews of ...

Did you know that children whose parents read to them just five books a day will hear over 1.4 million more words by the time they enter kindergarten than children who are not read to each day? Ohio State’s Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy member, Jessica Logan, says this ...