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Letters

New Ulm felt like home during Bavarian Blast

To the editor: We are Kathi and Erwin Gabriel from the Big Band Herbornseelbach. We visited New Ulm during the Bavarian Blast with our musicians. This was our eight visit to your wonderful city and it was once more such great time. So we want to say a big thank you to you all in New Ulm, ...

Tech innovations on display at Farmfest

To the editor: Minnesota is facing a persistent problem with food security. Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Minnesota found that food insecurity in parts of our state surged as high as 40%. While rates have since fallen, these persistent issues are pushing ...

Divine intervention — maybe

To the Editor: So a conspiracy theorist on the right wants to advance the notion of “Divine Intervention” in the former president’s surviving the assassination attempt of a 20-year-old registered Republican. I have some counter-conspiracy theories too that might need some ...

Increasing love, respect for Jesus

To the editor: Suppose a reasonably honest atheist researching the world’s religions comes upon the Roman Catholic religion and notes an unusually high number of scientifically unexplainable phenomena, especially Eucharistic miracles (search Lanciano). He finds out many of these events ...

New Ulm is hospitality central

To the editor: On behalf of the Musikverein Herborn-Seelbach we wish to thank the community of New Ulm again for demonstrating genuine hospitality to our guests from Germany. This was the eighth performing trip for the group founded in 1978 by Erwing and Kathie Gabriel. This was the first ...

Nonprofit’s deficit weakens historic sites

To the editor: The Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. This nonprofit receives millions from the State to operate state and privately owned Historic Sites including staffing and programming of MNHS’s choosing. MNHS revealed a $782,000 deficit for its ...