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History

New Ulm gives in on teacher policy

An amendment to the teacher hiring policy was passed by the New Ulm School Board Thursday, apparently to avoid proceedings on discrimination charges. The board voted, 6-0, with Chairman Gene Forstner abstaining, to allow spouses of teachers to be employed as faculty members in the ...

SCHOOL FIGHT IS STILL RAGING IN DISTRICT NO. 65

Last Move To Restrain School Officers Halted By Order Of Court. ———— ROW ABOUT LOCATION OF NEW SCHOOL SITE ———— Controversy Has Now Been On For Over Year. End Not In Sight. ———— The school officers of school district No. 65 of Brown County are evidently ...

CONDUCTOR SHOT BY ROBBER WHILE IN DEPOT OFFICE

W. D. Edwards Dies Shortly After Bullet Passes Through Body. ———— NO TRACE FOUND OF HARDENED CRIMINAL ———— Local Authorities Believe It Work Of Notorious Killer. ———— Wm. D. Edwards, freight conductor on the C. &. N. W. railway, was the victim of a ...

ATTENDANCE GOES TO 1,617 IN NEW ULM

Increase of 44 Pupils in Public and Parochial Schools of the City This Year Over Last. ———— CATHOLIC PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS OPEN TUESDAY ———— Holy Trinity Shows Decrease of 34 and St. Mary’s Increase of 14 When Compared With Last Year. ———— There were 1,617 ...

OIL: Jeffers farmer discovers crude during quest for water source

By Dick Dahl Regional editor JEFFERS — The quest for water is a continuing problem around this little town located on the edge of a subsurface glacial ridge. But for one Jeffers farmer a new problem perhaps a more pleasant one has developed. Selmer Osland has discovered oil on his ...

Council reduces city park fund

Twenty thousand dollars was cut from the proposed 1976 park fund Tuesday as the New Ulm City Council continued its budget review. The cut will mean postponement of a new shelter at Hermann Heights, of a control building at the trap range, and of improvements at Johnson Field. Councilmen ...