To have a United States of America during its infancy, you had to have a truly united country. Not just by national unity with its citizens, but by physically connecting the east with what was then the western frontier across the Allegheny Mountains.  Or at least that’s what President ...

NEW ULM — In 1852, a number of young men and women of Wurttemberg, Germany, decided to devote their futures to aiding the development of a new world they called America. The group emigrated from Germany to New York City, but didn’t like it much, so they moved west to Chicago. Attending ...

Formal commitment to cooperate with adjacent government bodies to build a bridge to replace the Courtland Cutoff bridge was made Tuesday by the New Ulm City Council. The council had discussed the matter a week ago after a replacement bridge, possibly at 20th S.,was suggested as a possible way ...

When the R.J. Adelmann family moved into their home at 1118 16th S., they soon had a telephone. Adelmann had contacted New Ulm Rural Telephone Co. three weeks before the family moved into town Oct. 13, 1975. The phone was installed as ordered and all seemed well. BUT THEN the Adelmanns ...

CONCORDIA LANES house trophies to women bowlers were given out Thursday night. Left to right are Donna Mielke, Darlene Shay and Sharon Johnson. Donna Mielke and Sonja Freiderich (not present) shared the high series award of 603; Shay had top average of 174; Johnson had high single game of 258. ...

Twelve of 24 persons who spoke up at a Second Ward public hearing Tuesday on a possible recreational complex in New Ulm favored an indoor pool. Six favored a pool plus multi-purpose arena, two were against the entire complex, while four had questions or comments,Several present suggested any ...