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Marti siblings take the same photo 67 years apart

NEW ULM – What started as a Christmas card became a tradition that spans 67 years and 18 photos. Mary (Marti) Borstad, Carolyn Marti Smith, Steve Marti, Jean (Marti) Wenk, Sue Marti, Joe Marti, and Mike Marti were kids when the first photo was taken, as a Christmas card to be given to ...

35 years of the New Ulm Narren

This year’s Bavarian Blast will feature the usual celebrations, with music, parades, and the appearance of New Ulm’s chapter of the Narren. But this year’s festival is a special one for the Narren of New Ulm, as the group will be celebrating its 35th anniversary. With their iconic wooden ...

Gen Z makes AZBY rock again

JANESVILLE — In 1970, four ambitious musicians put together the band AZBY in New Ulm, broadcasting their musical talents out of a garage on the north end of town. That band, consisting of Rod Scheitel, Tom Bauer, Rick Christiansen and Brad Anderson, started taking gigs after that and ...

Solar lights

After retiring as a Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing (3M) production worker, Terry Blume became interested in creating crafty, do-it-yourself outdoor designs including solar lights around her New Ulm residence. She said she found solar light design ideas online. The front and back of ...

Recent reads

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. Cole, recently divorced, has moved from London to a small village ...

Kimbel & Cabus furniture rare and valuable

Identify the designer of an antique and it will usually sell for more. Sometimes an attribution is enough. This Aesthetic Movement table with ebonized finish, incised gilt decoration and flower panels sold for an impressive $6,144 at Neal Auction. While you can’t dismiss its visual appeal -- ...