THUMBS DOWN Federal government shutdown risky business The federal government shutdown Wednesday after Congress was unable to make a funding deal. The sticking point is over enhanced Obamacare subsidies. It is not clear how long the shutdown will last. Hopefully some agreement can be made ...

THUMBS UP Capt. Willibald Bianchi comes home Eighty years after his death, Congressional Medal of Honor winner Capt. Willibald Bianchi is coming home to New Ulm. Bianchi received the Medal of Honor for actions taken Feb. 3, 1942, in the Philippines. Before he could receive the medal, he was ...

THUMBS UP New equipment at Washington Park celebrated On Thursday Mayor Kathleen Backer and elementary students at St. Anthony’s celebrated the new playground equipment at Washington Park during a ribbon cutting ceremony. The school’s 1st and third-grade students had a hand in ...

Harvest season has arrived in southern Minnesota and the Minnesota Department of Transportation is reminding motorists to look out for farm equipment on our rural roads and highways. MnDOT, in a Monday news release, reported there were 455 crashes involving farm equipment from 2022 to 2024, ...

The state of politics in the U.S. took another ugly turn last week with the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a popular conservative activist. He was killed at one of his debate events held at an Utah college. He was allegedly killed by a young man who apparently immersed himself in the “dark ...

THUMBS DOWN Political violence on the rise On Wednesday, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was murdered while giving a speech at Utah Valley University in Orem. This is just the latest in politically motivated violence. In June, Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were ...