The Brown County Historical Society (BCHS) Museum is home to around 20,000 artifacts; 100,000 photographs and even more historical documents and a finite amount of display space. “About 1% of our collection is on display,” BCHS museum curator Ryan Harren. “The museum has about 4,000 ...
Ethan Schoof didn’t start really taking playing guitar seriously until after high school. But once he did, his career took off. “It’s hard to pinpoint an exact starting point,” Schoof, who goes by Ethan Todd on stage, said. “I’ve been playing guitar since I was 13, but I didn’t ...
The year of 2024 in school sports was eventful in many ways, but no season highlighted the year quite the spring which saw two area schools take home state championships. Both the New Ulm Cathedral Greyhounds softball team and Springfield Tigers baseball team were able to achieve the prep ...
Sometimes, people like to think of the past as a steady, stable time where tradition ruled the day. Ironically, learning about antiques can prove that notion wrong; and some of the best lessons can come from 19th-century furniture. Technological advances made complicated furniture designs more accessible, and the growing nouveau riche meant more customers in need of furniture, often with more extravagant tastes. The Merklen Brothers of New York, active between the 1880s and 1900, were among the furniture makers taking advantage of new tools and catering to new tastes. The chair ...
A brief but intensive fall trip to Denmark to learn what the country does with green energy gave Brown County Region 9 Representative Dave Borchert of New Ulm a number of ideas about ways to conserve energy locally. Green energy is energy generated from natural and sustainable sources with ...
In 2024, Journal staff took thousands of photos cover a wide range of unique stories; from the NUMAS Haus purchase of the former First United Methodist church building and the moving of the house at 320 N. Broadway to the partial failure of the Rapidan Dam and the demolition of George’s ...
