NEW ULM – E. Jay Vancura, known to family and friends as Jay, shapes a knight for a diamond willow chess set at his workbench in his New Ulm home. The project is for his grandson Jack. Vancura retired from his career as a pharmacist in 2020. Vancura has worked for decades in woodworking, ...
NEW ULM — Mexican American artist and educator Nancy Ariza is working on letterpress prints during her residency at The Grand’s Cellar Press. Ariza, who also teaches at Minneapolis College of Art and Design, is reimagining elements of the traditional Latin American game ...
NEW ULM - Animatronic zoo animals occupied the Runnings parking lot Wednesday as part of an event put on by I Heart Cookies. A lion, tiger, elephant, and cobra were just a few of the 15 different animatronic animals set up behind the I Heart Cookies cookie food truck. Additionally, drinks, ...
NEW ULM - A petition to rezone land on North Highland Avenue was approved the New Ulm City Council on Tuesday. The rezone will change a 1.9-acre agricultural open space at 2405 N. Highland Avenue to a medium-density residential district. The request to rezone came from Adam and Shana Wels. ...
NEW ULM — Alexander Roth, curator of the Wanda Gág House, will speak before the St. Paul branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) in November on Gág’s legacy. Roth views his talk with AAUW as a thank you, as the organization is responsible for preserving a major ...
NEW ULM – The candidate filing period to appear on the Nov. 3 general election ballot closed 5 p.m. Tuesday with no new candidates adding their names to local elections. In New Ulm, this mean Mayor Kathleen Backer and Ward 2 City Council Eric Warmka will run for re-election unopposed. Backer and Warmka were the only candidates to file for their respective offices before the filing deadline. New Ulm’s Ward 4 is also up for election in November. Ward 4 City Councilor Larry Mack was first elected to the council in 2014 and was re-elected in 2018 and 2022. Earlier this year, Mack ...
