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History

An age of innovation

The way we build things, the way we travel, the way we protect ourselves, the way we are able to save and extend lives and the way we explore could not have happened without the efforts of some of the great Americans innovators of the 20th century. From Henry Ford, who helped to make Detroit ...

PREPARE PLANS FOR BOILER AT PLANT

Council Takes Cognizance of Precarious Condition at Municipal Plant. Recommendations Made. ———— PAVING PROGRAM GOING FORWARD- NO PROTESTS ———— Hearing on Broadway, Minnesota and Center Street Projects Held Friday Evening. ———— The Electric Light and ...

DESIGNATE BOTTOM ROAD AID HIGHWAY

Nicollet County Commissioners in Session Monday, Take This Important Action. ———— NEW ULM TO FT. RIDGELY ROAD TO BE IMPROVED ———— Long Agitation Ended in Victory for Citizens of New Ulm and Towns Across River. ———— Nicollet county commissioners ...

Family takes tin off garage, discovers authentic log cabin

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Aufderheide have long been looking for a good, authentic log cabin. Mrs. Aufderheide reasons that such a cabin, especially one with a spacious interior, would be an excellent place to display her huge collection of quilts, most of them dating from the 1800s. The Brown ...

Bicentennial tree felled by vandals

A tree planted in front of New Ulm City Hall Arbor Day, April 30, as New Ulm’s part in the U.S. Bicentennial Tree Program was killed Monday night. Police arrested two males they said broke the tree by hanging on it at 11:30 p.m. Monday. The other, a 20-year-old Madelia youth was scheduled to ...

Blast, fire level Fairfax elevator

FAIRFAX — A fire that followed a huge explosions destroyed the Farmers Grain and Supply Co-op in Fairfax Wednesday morning. No one was hurt. Estimated damages have been placed at $1.1 million by elevator manager Gerald Dummer. Cause of the explosions and fire is still ...