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New Ulm homeowners may qualify for property tax refunds

NEW ULM — New Ulm and Brown County homeowners who own and occupy their primary residence may qualify for Minnesota’s Homestead Credit Refund for their 2025 property taxes. The Minnesota Department of Revenue administers the program, which offers two types of refunds: the regular income-based Homestead Credit Refund and the special Homestead Credit Refund for properties with large tax increases. Many local residents are receiving their tax statements this spring amid recent levy increases. Brown County approved a 9.99% proposed tax levy increase for 2026. The City of New Ulm set its ...

LEMA trains with the New Ulm Battery

NEW ULM – Friday, members of Minnesota’s Law Enforcement Memorial Association (LEMA) Honor Guard were in New Ulm to train with the New Ulm Battery. LEMA member Tommy Handwerk said this training is an annual event for their Caisson Unit, which serves as the ceremonial horse team during law ...

Readjusting sights for trap range building

NEW ULM – New Ulm Park and Recreation is no longer aiming to use Minnesota Department of Natural Resource (DNR) funds for the new trap range building project. Monday, the park and rec board recommended declining a $100,000 grant from the DNR to help construct the new trap range ...

Drafting customers’ dreams

NEW ULM – In 39 years of working for Design Home Center, Brian Fischer has seen it all. Every kind of home or business construction or remodel he has seen. There are few businesses or homes in New Ulm that Design Home Center has not left its mark on. “I can drive down the city and tell ...

A ‘Close and Distant Reading’ at The Grand

NEW ULM — Artist Luke Johnson opened his solo exhibition, “Close and Distant Reading,” Friday at the 4 Pillars Gallery in The Grand Center for Arts & Culture. The show, featuring 15 prints and drawings inspired by lead type spacing tools from the building’s Cellar Press, runs through ...

Author Kate DiCamillo answers reader questions at Lykke Books

NEW ULM — Two-time Newbery Award-winning Kate DiCamillo returned to New Ulm on Saturday for the first time in more than 25 years and a sold-out crowd of 125 readers gathered at Lykke Books. The event filled the bookstore with families, teachers, grandparents and fans from the Twin Cities, ...