Minnesota is undergoing what health officials call a “blizzard” of COVID cases. Minnesota’s new rate of coronavirus infections has been the worst in the nation over the past seven days, and according to federal data quoted in a Star Tribune report. The surge has hospitals in the state ...

The Glasgow Climate Summit ended this weekend with a compromise agreement on what to do about global warming. The world leaders and negotiators who drew up the plan are hailing it as a chance to keep the earth’s climte from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, but scientists working with the ...

RENU has been good for New Ulm THUMBS UP: People in New Ulm made a good decision 20 some years ago when they approved a half-percent municipal sales tax. The money raised funded a great improvement in local recreational facilities, including a new to sheet ice arena, an expanded community ...

The infrastructure bill passed last week by Congress will send $1 trillion surging to the 50 states for public works, roads, bridges, water improvement and broadband expansion. This money has been needed for years. Minnesota provided a prime example of what happens when infrastructure needs ...

How fortuitous it is that this week, while the attention of millions of Americans seems focused on controversy, we take time out to honor those about whom we are in complete agreement: veterans of military service. No matter how we view politics, we are united in revering the men and women ...

The New Ulm Economic Development Authority (EDA) took a step toward improving the city’s economic growth on Tuesday, approving a $50,000 subsidy to the New Ulm Economic Development Corporation (NUEDC) to help cover the cost of hiring an ED coordinator. Thus, they are renewing a relationship ...