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NU welcomes German playwright, wife ahead of play premiere

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NEW ULM — Playwright Erich Becker and his wife, American professional harpist Valerie Cribbs, received a welcome reception at State Street Theater, Tuesday. The welcome comes ahead of the North American premiere of Becker’s play, “A Life for the Revolution” The play tells the story ...

Sleepy Eye elementary principal finalists named

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SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye Public School Superintendent John Cselovszki revealed elementary principal finalist candidates to the school board Tuesday. The finalists are New Richland Hartland Ellendale Geneva Schools Teaching & Learning Coordinator Jason Toupence, Granada Huntley East Chain ...

Police logs

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New Ulm Police • Stopped a vehicle for an equipment violation and talked with the driver, a 46-year-old New Ulm man at 7:03 p.m. Tuesday at Payne St. and 1st Street South. The driver showed impairment signs and admitted to consuming alcohol. He failed field sobriety tests. He was arrested ...

The long walk for clarity

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NEW ULM — On Friday, May 8, local motivational speaker Ann Vote challenged herself to walk for 12-hours. Vote was inspired to do this after seeing an Instagram video of someone attempting the challenge and after reading “The 12-Hour Walk” by Colin O’Brady. In O’Brady’s book he ...

‘It served its purpose well’

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NEW ULM – After seven years, the New Ulm Economic Development Authority has chosen to discontinue its Small Business Incentive Grant program. The Small Business Incentive Grant program started in 2019 to support new small businesses in New Ulm with their start-up expenses during their first ...

Ticket to walk

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NEW ULM - On May 6, students from Jefferson Elementary, New Ulm Middle School, River Bend, St. Anthony and St. Paul all participated in the annual spring Walk to School Day. The Heart of New Ulm’s Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Action Team promotes Walk or Bike to School Day every fall and ...