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More test needed in search for new water sources, reports says

Further tests to determine water supply potential in four areas is being urged for the City of New Ulm. The recommendation was made following preliminary testing by Eugene A. Hickok and Associates of Wayzata. CITY MANAGER Richard Salvati said New Ulm must soon begin developing additional water sources. “You not only have to contend with increasing demand,” he said,”but with decreasing production of older wells.” New Ulm presently has 11 production wells, some of them in Nicollet County, the rest in Brown County. “Our problem,” Salvati said,”is summer time when you ...

Press box construction

JOHNSON FIELD in New Ulm will have a press box in time for the 1975 football season as construction continues on the new press facility. A construction worker puts in a reinforcing structure for the footing into place. (Photo by Ron Grieser) New Ulm Daily Journal May 12, 1975

Bridge at peak flood stage

THE COURTLAND cutoff bridge, that secret side door out of New Ulm, was to reopen at noon today, according to the city street department. It had been closed since April 24 because the road beyond the bridge was under water, as shown here in a photo taken Saturday ,looking west. The reading this ...

$160,000 grandstand at fairgrounds gets okay

Construction of a new grandstand at the Brown County Fairgrounds looks like a certainty for this fall. The Brown County Board of Commissioners Tuesday gave its stamp of approval to a plan which will help pay for construction of a $160,000 grandstand over a period of eight years. LAWRENCE KRAMER, chairman of the Brown County Agricultural Society, and William Huevelmann, secretary,appeared at the county commissioners meeting Tuesday to ask for help. “We have one of the better fairgrounds in the State of Minnesota,” Kramer said, “but we do need help.” County board members ...

HARRY DIRKS IS CHOSEN PRINCIPAL OF PUBLIC SCHOOL

Graduated From Carleton In 1916. Has Taught Nearly 10 Years. ———— VACANCIES UNFILLED IN TEACHING STAFF ———— New Superintendent Checks References Presented By Applicants. ———— When members of the Board of Education met with the new superintendent, F. ...

JURY FAILS TO AGREE IN HOPP TRIAL FOR MURDER

Case Went To The Jury Shortly Before Six Tuesday. ———— SELF DEFENSE PLEA MADE BY DEFENDANT ———— Woman Testifies As Eye Witness For The Defense. ———— At two o’clock Wednesday afternoon the jury in the case of the State of Minnesota vs. Julius Hopp on trial for murder in the first degree at St. Peter,Minn., reported that they could not agree and were discharged. The jury stood 8 to 4. The case went to the jury at 5:30 Tuesday afternoon and at nine o’clock Wednesday morning they returned to the court room for further instructions. Four Women ...