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A musical for all seasons

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NEW ULM - The New Ulm Film Society continues its musical film series with a movie that fits into every season. The film society will screen 1944’s “Meet Me in St. Louis,” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 9 in the New Ulm Public Library. “Meet Me in St. Louis” was adapted from a series of ...

Re-evaluate Center/Garden intersection project

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In the City of New Ulm and Brown County in 2029 or 2030,the City of New Ulm will undertake a significant road construction project to reconfigure the intersection of Center Street and Garden street. Although, safety is the identified reason for this project, convenience and congestion are the ...

Addressing the Sons of Norway

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I was recently asked to speak at a meeting of a secret society. I was surprised when they invited me as it’s widely known that I can’t keep a secret. My wife and I went to an innocuous building located in the midst of a sleepy college town. We descended a set of concrete stairs that led ...

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THUMBS UP Flowers return to downtown NU Downtown New Ulm is significantly more colorful this week following the annual planting of flowers. A total of 37 planters, 97 pots and 125 hanging baskets were filled with flowers between Tuesday and Thursday. The work was done by over 30 volunteers ...

New Ulm adds some diversity

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Woohoo New Ulm! The monkey is off your back. You’re no longer the “least diverse” city in America. I remember hearing that New Ulm was the most “ethnically homogenous community of over ten thousand in America.” It was fun to share that with friends through the years, even though ...

The Mandalorian adventure

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My first movie theater experience happened when my three older sisters let me tag along to see the flick Yours, Mine and Ours. Not the 2005 version starring Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo. I may have been a late bloomer, but I wasn’t that late. I mean the movie that featured silver screen ...