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Commission recommends new video scoreboard for Johnson Park

NEW ULM – The New Ulm Park and Recreation Commission approved a recommendation to replace the Johnson Park scoreboard with a new video board, Tuesday. Park and Recreation Director Joey Schugel said the current Johnson Park scoreboard was purchased in 2008 and is still in working order, but ...

100 compete in Golden Gate Hillclimb drag races

BROWN COUNTY — For the first time since 2023, the River Valley Dutchmen Snowmobile Club held its Hillclimb Side by Side Drag Races at Golden Gate Campground on Saturday. Participation in the races were high this year, due in part to the two-year absence. Just over 100 racers entered the ...

Getting youths hooked on fishing

NEW ULM – The panfish were biting on Clear Lake Saturday, during the New Ulm Area Sport Fishermen Ice Fishing Contest. It was the New Ulm Area Sport Fishermen’s 39th annual Ice Fishing contest. Club president Chad Wills said this was a strong year for ice fishing. There was 18 inches of ...

Narren shares Fasching traditions with youths

NEW ULM — Laughter, music and the joyful jingle of bells filled the New Ulm Public Library on Saturday as the New Ulm Narren welcomed children and families to Kinderfasching, a hands-on celebration designed to introduce the youngest community members to centuries-old German Fasching ...

St. James man identified as driver in Madelia rollover

MADELIA — An 83-year-old rural St. James man was identified as the driver of a vehicle that hit a utility pole and two parked vehicles before rolling on its top at 4:23 p.m. Wednesday near the House of Print on Benzel Ave. S.W. Douglas Clair Anderson, 83, was driving a 2020 Chevrolet Tahoe northbound on Benzel Ave. S.W. when he threw a cigarette out of his vehicle, left the traffic lane and ran off the road. Anderson then over-corrected, striking a utility pole/light support, electrical box, two parked motor vehicles and rolled on its top in the street, according to a crash report ...

Van Asten recognized as Bridge Builder of the year

NEW ULM -- Bridging Brown County marked a milestone Wednesday evening as community leaders, business representatives and residents gathered at the New Ulm Country Club to celebrate the organization’s annual banquet while recognizing two decades of strengthening collaboration across the ...