What a year in which to have an opportunity to purposefully gather our thoughts and be thankful. We need Thanksgiving day, which like so much else this year is different. We need this reminder to look toward what is good, and that for which we can, still, be grateful. Some have been ...

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention agreed with the U.S. government in approving COVID vaccine boosters for all adults last week, and urged all adults over 50 to get them. This approval recognizes the data that has been developing, showing that the vaccines’ effectiveness begins to ...

On Friday, the jury in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse delivered a verdict of not guilty on all five counts in the killing of two men and the wounding of another during the protests following the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by a white Kenosha, Wis. police officer. This was a case ...

Community dinner THUMBS UP: Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and the New Ulm Community Friends are getting ready to feed hundreds of members of the community, many of whom have become their friends over the pst three decades. The Community Thanksgiving Dinner is just that, a turkey ...

We’ve often wondered why government officials will sign proclamations naming such and such a day as (Your Group’s Name Here) Day, and then not present the proclamation until the day is almost over. Seems the day should be proclaimed well in advance so everyone can prepare to enjoy ...

Governor Tim Walz is calling in reinforcements from the Department of Defense. Because the surge in COVID cases is overwhelming the staff at some hospitals, the department of Defense is sending in emergency medical workers for the Hennepin County Medical Center and Centra Care, which runs the ...