Sons and daughters of Erin in New Ulm will celebrate their Irish heritage on Tuesday, March 17, with the 61st annual New Ulm St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The parade, the oldest continuous St. Patrick’s Day celebration in Minnesota, will start at 5 p.m. at Third South and Minnesota Street and ...

Dear Annie: I recently introduced my 62-year-old husband to emojis, and now I fear I’ve made a huge mistake. Every text I receive -- whether it’s “Pick up milk” or “Your sister called” -- is followed by a winking face, a heart and, inexplicably, a rocket ship. He signs grocery lists ...

March 8 marked the 115-year anniversary of International Women’s Day, launched in 1911 to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. At that time, only eight countries allowed women to vote. Women faced low wages, workplace dangers and exploitation, and ...

There’s something deeply broken in the way political arguments are being made right now. Honestly, for the last 16 years. Supporting limited government, stronger regulation, more spending, less spending are legitimate political debates. But what we see now are partisan talking points that ...

My wife and I recently received the sad news that our friend Dave Vincent has passed away. Dave was one of the most interesting people we’ve ever met. I became acquainted with Dave when he was working for a major advertising firm. Most of his job involved doing PR work for a major ...

NEW ULM – The New Ulm Film Society’s next screening will take the audience back to a time when America was more divided than ever and how the right man at the right time reunited it. The film is 2012’s “Lincoln” and is the fifth movie in the film society’s Steven Spielberg director ...