We’ve added some great new titles at New Ulm Public Library in the past few months. Here are a few I’ve enjoyed. Casey Wilson played Penny on one of my favorite shows, a short-lived sitcom called “Happy Endings.” The show had a similar premise to “Friends,” but the jokes were fast ...

Mickey Mantle once said, “If I’d known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.” The latest research shows that no matter how old or fit you are, it is never too late to start enhancing the quality of your life through a healthful lifestyle. Exercise ...

Instead of moving, perhaps modifications to your home wotraffic areas such as airports, train stations and The world of dietary supplements is getting more and more complicated. People are not just taking vitamins and minerals anymore. Now, things like glucosamine, saw palmetto, black cohosh ...

Fra Andreas Garcia was an 18th-century Mexican Franciscan friar and folk artist who worked in what is now New Mexico. He carved and painted wooden figures of saints, called bulto, that were about 12 to 18 inches high. The figures were used as devotional images as well as artistic objects. A ...

Did you know that children whose parents read to them just 5 books a day will hear over 1.4 million more words by the time they enter kindergarten than children who are not read to each day? Ohio State’s Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy member, Jessica Logan, says this ...

By LeRoy Nosker Tanner Programming & Technology Services Librarian In the Star Wars Film, “The Phantom Menace,” the Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn utters the words: “The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.” That’s a harsh insult coming from someone supposed to be a diplomat. ...