MANKATO — The news of a $67 million Minnesota BCA (Bureau of Criminal Apprehension) crime lab in the Minnesota Legislature final bonding bill was music to the ears of New Ulm and Brown County criminal authorities. The 56,000-square-foot facility planned to be built north of the Blue Earth ...

NEW ULM – A dozen colorful balloons were released outside of New Beginnings Church Friday afternoon to honor the life of Katie Ann Rehbein. Rehbein died on May 20 from injuries sustained in a Sleepy Eye house fire on May 8. She was 29 years old. Though she was lost at a young age, Rehbein ...

NEW ULM — Thursday’s Music in the Park concert featured a first-time performance by The Blue Dirt Band, a regional group with members from Blue Earth, Winnebago and Fairmont. Despite on-and-off rain, the band delivered an energetic show that blended rock, pop, and country sounds. Band ...

MARSHALL — The people gathered outside Holy Redeemer Catholic Church on Tuesday came ready to walk. Their goal that morning was to travel several miles on foot, going from the city of Marshall to the city of Ghent. Walking in a pilgrimage around the Catholic Diocese of New Ulm was a big ...

NEW ULM – Anyone driving County 27 between New Ulm and Sleepy Eye on Sunday afternoon would see an unusual sight. A gathering of area faithful had begun the first leg of an eight-day Pilgrimage of Hope. The mission is to visit sites connected to the New Ulm Catholic Diocese. The Pilgrimage ...

SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye Community Theater Director George Hirschboeck said he saw the 1968 American biographical musical Funny Girl at the Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis last year and got the idea of producing it with the Sleepy Eye Community Theater group. “I just loved the musical and ...