Staff photo by Fritz Busch First District Congressman Brad Finstad, R-New Ulm, talks at the Brown County Republican Fun Raiser at the Sleepy Eye Event Center Tuesday. SLEEPY EYE — Republican politicians agreed at the Brown County “Fun Raiser” Tuesday that they need good voter turnout ...

Dain Moldan of Dain’s Dutchmen plays the concertina outside Target Field for Twins German Heritage Night Friday as the Narren of New Ulm celebrate. The Minnesota Twins contacted The New Ulm Chamber of Commerce earlier this year and invited residents of New Ulm to attend the game. More ...

SLEEPY EYE — Students have been rehearsing the Broadway musical "Mary Poppins" for six months. Based on one of the most popular Disney movies of all time that has received multiple Oliver and Tony Award nominations, the production with a cast of 35 will be presented at 7 p.m. Thursday and ...

MARSHALL — Performing under the spotlight in one capacity or another has always been Blake Schmitz’s career aspirations, but it changed from competing in stadium lights to singing under stage lights. Schmitz, a local farmer from Currie, is making his way through the music industry as a ...

GIBBON — The ground may be dry as a bone now, but the Gibbon Fairfax Winthrop (GFW) School Board learned that heavy summer rain and project state permit delays are challenging a fall 2025 completion of a new $70 million pre-K-12 school. “We lost 39 working days, about two months of time, ...

GIBBON — The Gibbon Fairfax Winthrop (GFW) School Board will consider a $57.3k fire pump-related change order request to the school building project from Kraus-Anderson (KA) Construction Co. on Monday. According to a Sept. 23 letter to GFW Supt. Dr. Kelly Smith from KA Project Manager Brian ...