NEW ULM — The annual Bavarian Blast festival opened for it's 20th anniversary on Thursday evening at the New Ulm Civic Center and fairgrounds with tribute band performances as temperatures and humidity remained high. The four-day event runs Thursday through Sunday, July 16-19. Thursday’s ...

NEW ULM – Brown County staff conducted a Public Accuracy Test (PAT) of its electronic voting equipment Friday. State statute requires all Minnesota counties and municipalities that are conducting elections to administer PATs at least three days before it is used. The test must be open to all ...

NEW ULM – The New Ulm League of Women Voters (LWV) held a candidate forum for Keith Klawitter of Morgan and Lydell Sik of Lamberton, both of whom are seeking the DFL nomination for the State House 15B seat in the Aug. 11 primary. Throughout the forum, the two candidates acknowledged the ...

NEW ULM – The groundwork has begun on New Ulm’s smallest housing division. Last week, the New Ulm Business Resource Innovation Center (NUBRIC) began foundation work at 418 and 424 S. 13th Street and 1305-1315 South Minnesota Street as part of the Tiny Homes projects, also known as ...

NEW ULM – After decades of services, New Ulm’s aging water and wastewater facilities are in need of long awaited maintenance, overhauls and outright replacements. To cover the costs of these projects New Ulm Public Utilities is looking at sizable rate increase to water and wastewater ...

NEW ULM — Last month, Chloe Dickson joined the New Ulm Public Library as the newest librarian. Dickson grew up in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C., near Andrews Air Force Base. She was homeschooled through high school. She earned a bachelor’s degree at Messiah ...