Daryl “Red” Kilmer and his siblings learned to sew from their mother Ada at a very young age. “My mother was quite a seamstress. She taught all five of us boys how to sew on on an old treadle (foot powered) sewing machine,” said Kilmer. Now days, he is most often mending torn flags ...

Since the first trip in 2007, New Ulm High School students have experienced many people’s dreams as they traveled to Europe, exploring historical sites, famous landmarks and new cultures firsthand. This past summer, a new group of students got the same opportunity to explore Europe. The ...

On Thanksgiving, lights returned to Sportsman’s Park in Sleepy Eye as part of the Holiday Lights in Motion. This was the first time since 2023 that the park was decorated for the Christmas season. Sleepy Eye Holiday Lights in Motion took a year off in 2024 but is back now. Holiday Lights ...

Here are few of my favorite recent reads. Library staff would be happy to help you place requests on these or any other titles. If you’d like to place your own request, visit www.newulmlibrary.org and choose Library Catalog. A new school year has begun at Tiffin Academy. Amid the flurry of ...

David Keller, a New Ulm native and graduate of New Ulm High School, works as a heavy equipment operator at McMurdo Station in Antarctica — the largest U.S. research base on the continent. He’s currently stationed there for the austral summer season, which runs from August to March, ...