The National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for Wednesday. Blowing snow and extreme cold temperatures were expected to linger into the evening and early Thursday morning. Taking into account the extreme weather conditions and the safety of our drivers who pick up the newspapers from ...

NEW ULM — Volunteers of a variety of ages cleaned and sorted theater items at the State Street Theater (SST) Spruce Up Saturday. Volunteers make the organization go. “We couldn’t do what we do without volunteers. Everything we do requires volunteers. It’s enjoyable, a very fun way to ...

NEW ULM — Master painter Bernd Hillmann opened his exhibition, “Wild Land, Wild Life,” Friday at the 4 Pillars Gallery at The Grand Center for Arts & Culture.  The show features 41 paintings created between 2020 and 2025, depicting landscapes and wildlife from Minnesota, Europe, and ...

NEW ULM – Andy Lilleodden, a former member of the New Ulm Area Chamber Board of Directors and a longtime Chamber volunteer, visited the Chamber office Monday morning believing he was attended a special committee meeting. In reality, there was no meeting. It was all a ruse to get him into the ...

NEW WULM — Musician Tristan Blue has been performing in southern Minnesota for more than a decade.  He lives in Lafayette with his wife and two young children and is a regular Thursday night performer at Benny’s Bar in New Ulm, located in the NU Franklin Building, 126 North Minnesota ...

NEW ULM — New Ulm’s latest unemployment rate is under regional and state averages. The city’s 3.3 percent local unemployment rate is slightly lower than the Region 9 average. It is more than one-half percent under the state average of 3.9 percent in November, according to the most recent ...