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State unemployment dips to another all-time low

ST. PAUL — The unemployment rate ticked down two-tenths of a point to 1.8% in June 2022 – yet another record low since the metric has been tracked in 1976, according to numbers released today by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). The lowest pre-pandemic unemployment rate was 2.5% in early 1999. The unemployment rate decline over-the-month was entirely due to people moving from unemployment to employment. The labor force participation rate ticked up another tenth of a point to 68.5%. Minnesota has now created over 91,000 jobs in the past year, ...

Weelborg Chevrolet Donates to Siefkes

Submitted photo Weelborg Chevrolet in New Ulm donated $3,000 to the Knights of Columbus Teddy Bear Drive to raise funds for Ellanor Siefkes, who is undergoing a bone marrow transplant. Online donations can be sent to: hosvhub.com/stmarysleepyeye/giving/funds/kc-benefit. Pictured from the ...

American Rescue funding to expand Minn. broadband

WASHINGTON — The Department of the Treasury has awarded $68.4 million in federal funding to expand broadband access in Minnesota, U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith announced this week. The funding, enabled by the Treasury Department’s Capital Projects Fund created through the American Rescue Plan, will provide $68.4 million in federal funding to Minnesota’s Border-to-Border (B2B) grant program, allowing broadband providers to service more than 23,000 homes and businesses across the state that lack high-speed internet. “I think we all know this is not just about being able ...

Blethen Berens attorney named ‘Super Lawyer’

Jeremy M. Berg of Blethen Berens has been named a 2022 “Super Lawyer” by Super Lawyers magazine. Berg is a managing partner at the New Ulm office of Blethen Berens. He focuses his practice on the areas of estate and trust planning and administration, elder law, real estate transactions, ...

New Ulm Area Foundation Accepting Grant Applications

New Ulm Area Foundation (NUAF) is accepting applications for grants as part of its fall 2022 grant cycle. The deadline is Aug. 15. Information can be found on the NUAF website under the section heading of “Apply for a Grant” at NewUlmAreaFoundation.org, which is the NUAF’s preferred method for applying and helps streamline operations. New Ulm Area Foundation was established in 1987 to enhance the quality of life in the community. Since that time, the foundation has provided grants and scholarships totaling more than $1 million. NUAF focuses its granting on four pillars: arts, ...

Windings fills three senior positions in New Ulm

Recently the Willkommen Committee welcomed three new leaders at Windings. The new leaders include Jim Martz, Supply Chain Manager, who originally is from South Dakota; Recarda Schmitz, who was born and raised in New Ulm and has taken on the role of vice president of Operations; and Travis ...