NEW ULM — The 5k road race season got underway Saturday with 144 runners and walkers at the 10th Annual Citizens Race 2 Raise 5k. The run/walk raised $3,962.80 for the American Cancer Society. Beginning at 7:45 a.m. in the Citizens Bank Minnesota parking lot, the event continued on 1st St. ...

FAIRMONT — The Fairmont City Council on Monday considered a few projects that it could spend a potential $5 million on from the state of Minnesota and ultimately chose to go with two street projects that were included in the city’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). Interim City ...

NEW ULM – Last Wednesday Cathedral High School was humming with activity. This year New Ulm Area Catholic Schools (NUACS) decided to combine high school and elementary concerts and showcase artwork along with industrial arts projects. St. Anthony Elementary principal Karen Schulte said, ...

NEW ULM – An orderly annexation agreement (OAA) between New Ulm and Milford Township was re-approved at he May 6 New Ulm City Council meeting. The council originally approved the OAA with Milford Township last December, but the city and township had failed to publish a notice of intent to ...

NEW ULM – The New Ulm School Board received updates on new programming at Washington Learning Center during Thursday’s work session. The first presentation was from Special Education teacher Sarah Steinbach. She spoke on the school's outdoor learning efforts. Steinbach said that in ...

LOS ANGELES, Ca. — The approach of Mother’s Day spurred New Ulm native Natalie Sperl to write a letter to her mother, Arlene Sperl of New Ulm. A model, actress and pop punk rock band leader, Sperl shared her letter with The Journal this week: “Happy Mother’s Day. “I’ve been ...