NEW ULM — Brown County Historical Society Program Coordinator Christina Koester led a downtown walking tour passionately detailing U.S.-Dakota War sites to 20 individuals Thursday. Koester said in 1851, the treaties of Traverse de Sioux and Mendota forced the Dakota Indians to sell much of ...
NEW ULM – Wednesday, as part of the Brown County Historical Society's (BCHS) U.S.-Dakota War remembrance week, the museum hosted a presentation on one of the final battles of the conflict, Wood Lake. The Battle of Wood Lake took place a month after the two Battles of New Ulm and the start ...
NEW ULM — Living up to its mission, the New Ulm Sertoma Club served up Santa Claus, an elf, live music, sweet corn, burgers, hot dogs, brats, chicken and all the corn you could eat at the Brown County Fairgrounds Tuesday. Event proceeds are the biggest fundraiser of the year for the Sertoma ...
NEW ULM — The Brown County Historical Society held its Heritage Chores Camp last Thursday at the Kiesling House on Minnesota Street in New Ulm. The camp teaches children who have completed kindergarten through fifth grade what a typical day was like in the 1800s. Activities included ...
NEW ULM — Songwriter Doug Noble presented Legends, Heroes, Ghosts and Gangsters: The History of Minnesota in Music at the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame last month. Noble created the project with hall of fame board member Neal Bond to bring Minnesota's rich history to life in a musical ...
NEW ULM — A 29-year-old New Ulm woman died in a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 15 about five miles south of New Ulm Wednesday, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Guadalupe Maria Miramontes of New Ulm was driving a 2016 Jeep Compass southbound on Highway 15 that collided with a 2019 Ford F250 driven northbound on Highway 15 by Hunter David Grathwohl, 21, of Fairmont. He was transported to Hennepin County Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. Both drivers wore seat belts. Airbags deployed in both vehicles. Assisting agencies included New Ulm Police and Fire ...
