Dr. Alfons Goppel, prime minister of Bavaria, got a celebrity taste of America Monday in New Ulm. He went to a high school baseball game and threw out the first pitch. It was high and outside but New Ulm Catcher Larry Guggisberg made the catch. Before the game started Dr. Goppel shook hands ...

There is still that call of nature at the entrance to the Group Camp at Flandrau State Park. But as the dirt road slopes down between the trees, the view on the right where the camp is located is much different. Now, heading down that path, the cottages, in the past hidden behind the trees, ...

Figures Compiled by Minnesota State Department of Agriculture Are Interesting. ———— 70,400 SWINE ARE LISTED 20,900 MILK COWS IN CO. ———— Other Valuable Information Contained in Pamphlet, Issued Recently. Comparisons Are Made. ———— In a recent ...

Cottonwood Township Youth Pleads Guilty to Burglary in Third Degree, Monday Afternoon. ———— TOOK BICYCLE AND $27 FROM G. J. GAG TINSHOP ———— Left His Own Wheel in Place of the One He Stole. — Confesses Petty Thievery to Police. ———— Nemesis proved ...

Fire Chief Instructed To Ask Property Owners To Trim Trees ———— WESTERN UNION TO LAY WIRES UNDERGROUND ———— Building-Grounds Committee Recommend Removal Of Billboards ———— At the regular monthly meeting of the city council held at the council ...

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of 12 weekly stories focusing on America’s 250th birthday, as told through the lens of our communities and the role many of the places we call home played in shaping the nation before, during and after the Revolutionary War. This week we begin in ...