GIBBON — Soft piano music could be heard coming from the Gibbon sunflower field as bees and monarch butterflies darted around the bright, yellow flowers on the west edge of the city Thursday. Denise Johnson of Bernadotte listened to her daughter Mandy Felger of Mora play piano music on a ...
Though it is still August, many area schools are already back in session, with a few more planning to open next week. Sleepy Eye Public was one of the first area schools to open, with first grade through seventh grade starting class on Monday, Aug. 24. The eighth grade through 12th grade ...
NEW ULM — Firearm and muzzleloader hunters that want to harvest antlerless deer in a permit area (DPA) designated for the lottery must purchase their license by Thursday, Sept. 10. Hunters who purchase a license at mndnr.gov/buyalicense by Sept. 10 are entered into the lottery for the DPA ...
NEW ULM - Turner Hall of New Ulm will combine two fall fundraisers into one event Saturday, Sept. 12. The Third Annual Dodgeball Tournament x Rib'n will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Turner Park at 102 South State Street. Turner Hall Executive Director Andrea Boettger said the combined ...
NEW ULM – The first in a series of four increases to water and wastewater billing will go into effect Oct. 1 this year, following a rate schedule amendment from the New Ulm Public Utilities Commission, Tuesday. New Ulm Utility Director Brett Fleck said last year, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) hired a consultant to complete a cost analysis and rate study for the water and wastewater departments. In April, the PUC received a recommendation from the consultant to raise additional $2 million in revenue each year to cover necessary capital improvements to water and wastewater ...
NEW ULM — Author Kristy Halvorsen spoke at Lykke Books Thursday about her memoir, "Perfect Unfolding: Seven Years of Life-Changing Solo Adventure, One Year That Broke Me Open." The event included a reading, audience questions, and a book signing. Halvorsen is on tour following the Jan. ...
