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NUBRIC takes a big step with tiny homes

NEW ULM – Going into 2026, New Ulm Business Resource Innovation Center (NUBRIC) will be taking a big step into a tiny world. NUBRIC CEO Steve Brown said in the next year its workforce housing project, known as the Tiny Homes project will be ready. The Tiny Homes project is being developed ...

Madelia Health opens in New Ulm

NEW ULM - For Madelia Health President and CEO David Walz, the decision to open a location in New Ulm just made sense. Family Nurse Practitioner Cameron Ryer was a big part of the decision. “Cam is more from this area and towards Sleepy Eye,” Walz said. “And he has a big following, ...

AMPI commits focus to cheese, but is staying in NU

NEW ULM – In the mid 1990s, Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI), the largest cheese cooperative based in the U.S. moved its headquarters to New Ulm. Thirty years later, AMPI headquarters is still in New Ulm and is committed to remaining in New Ulm for the long haul. AMPI communications ...

NUMC completes surgical expansion and welcomes new director

NEW ULM – Last year New Ulm Medical Center accomplished a three year goal of finishing its expansion to its surgical ward. The expansion cost $10 million and added an operating room, procedure room, four surgical patient rooms, expanded the sterile processing area and added storage. The ...

Windings, parts from the Sun to Saturn

NEW ULM -- Two Mars rovers, Curiosity and Perseverance. The Parker Solar Probe. Saturn. This is the world of Windings, the local manufacturing company with parts in outer space. “What I always like to talk about is we have parts spanning from the sun to Saturn,” said Jim Spoon, Lead ...

Nuvera dedicated to local service

NEW ULM -- Nuvera has come a long way from its beginnings 120 years ago as a telephone company started by a bunch of local retired farmers. “It was a new kind of technology at the time done in front of the Grand Hotel,” Nuvera President and CEO Glenn Zerbe said. “Today we deliver state ...