NEW ULM — Dozens of children giggled with excitement as they walked around the Jefferson Elementary School Outdoor Learning Space, helping celebrate Minnesota School Gardens Week Thursday with parents, school staff and Minnesota Department of Agriculture leaders. The learning space was ...

NEW ULM — The Wanda Gág House held a special open house Thursday evening to launch its 2026 visitor season. If Wanda Gág were alive today, she would be 133 years old. Born in New Ulm on March 11, 1893, she died June 27, 1946, at age 53.  Her book “Millions of Cats,” published in ...

NEW ULM — More than 100 people attended Mark Santelman’s fraud prevention workshop at the New Ulm Community Center on Wednesday. Santelman, who has hosted the sessions for more than a decade, told attendees to question unsolicited contacts. “If it’s too good to be true, it’s ...

•SouthPoint Recreation and Wellness Center Hours for Memorial Weekend: Friday, May 22 open 5 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Open swim offered from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 23 open 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Open swim offered 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 24 and Monday, May 25 closed both days •New ...

NEW ULM – The bids for the New Ulm’s trap range building project were a misfire. The New Ulm City Council voted to reject all bids received for the new trap range building projects received on April 28. The bids received came in higher than estimated, forcing city staff to request the ...

NEW ULM — A decades old tradition of laying a large, poppy-adorned wreath under the New Ulm City Cemetery Doughboy Monument and playing “Taps” in memory of soldiers, sailors and Marines who served their country in time of war continued Thursday. The ceremony had particular meaning to ...