Recent reads

May 10, 2025

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 request, visit www.newulmlibrary.org and choose Library Catalog. Cecily Foster is an excellent podcast producer, even when working for a production company in dire straits. What she is not is lucky in love. When her boss gives her a chance to save her and her colleagues’ jobs by being the subject of a new dating podcast, Cecily reluctantly agrees; at least she can exercise a bit more control over the final product if she ...

A passion for creativity

May 3, 2025

One of the more talented advertising artists at The Journal, Joyce Reese of Layfayette continues her passion for art in retirement. Long-time Journal readers may remember advertising artist Reese’s full-page advertisements in the Sunday edition of The Daily Journal she helped create ...

Minnesota Valley Lutheran students become a ‘drama family’ while preparing for performance of ‘NEWSIES’

April 26, 2025

Minnesota Valley Lutheran (MVL) High School holds its first theatrical performance in its newly remodeled Fine Arts Center, May 2-4. For the debut of the new theater space, MVL will perform the musical “Newsies.” “Newsies” is musical based on a 1992 film of the same name. It was ...

Dunwa Omot makes ‘his mark’

April 19, 2025

On March 15, Southwest Minnesota State University’s Dunwa Omot played the last game of his collegiate basketball career as the Mustangs took a close 69-62 loss to Winona State in the opening round of the DII NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. In the game, Omot scored 12 points by hitting ...

Sturm gets competitive edge back with flag football

April 12, 2025

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — When Springfield’s Brooklyn Sturm graduated high school in 2024, one of the biggest questions asked was, “What sport is she going to play in college?” It was a reasonable question to ask being that Sturm was a three-sport athlete that excelled in every sport she ...

Delivering dry humor

April 5, 2025

It is not a premeditated crime, it's State Street’s Theater’s latest production. State Street Theater will present three performances of “A Murder is Announced” at 7 p.m. Friday, April 11, 7p.m. Saturday, April 12 and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 13. The play, based on the 1950 book of the ...