NEW ULM — The 2024 New Ulm Home & Health Show opened with new wrinkles including recreation, fitness and 73 exhibitors at the Civic Center Friday. New Ulm Anytime Fitness Club Manager London Watson said Evolt 360 body scanner drew a good amount of interest at the show. The device ...

SLEEPY EYE — For the first time in 42 years, winter weather doesn’t agree with the Sleepy Eye Sportsmen’s Club Annual Fishing Derby on Sleepy Eye Lake. Due to unusual ice conditions, no one will be allowed on the lake and no fishing will be allowed. “We decided as a club that it would ...

NEW ULM — A Willmar High School graduate, international businessman and photographer who returned to Minnesota from Arizona to care for aging parents several years ago, is the new executive director at The Grand Center for Arts & Culture. John Kellen said living in other places, ...

NEW ULM — New Ulm tourism and history advocate and author Terry Sveine got a surprise when he walked into the New Ulm Area Chamber of Commerce Office Friday. Chamber President Sarah Warmka presented him with the 2024 Chamber of Commerce Tourism Person of the Year award. “We had some ...

The Willkommen Committee of the New Ulm Area Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed the new owners of Vista Prairie Communities.  Vista Prairie at Ridgeway has two locations, on 23rd N Street and on German Street.  They are non-profit, mission-driven communities that offer a specialized care ...

The Willkommen Committee of the New Ulm Area Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed Christensen Farms’ new president, Greg Howard. Greg has been at Christensen Farms for 13 years in various capacities.  Being a self-starter from a young age, Greg started his own lawn mowing service as a kid, ...