After COVID-19 wiped away virtually all activities both indoors and outdoors over the course of the last year, the New Ulm Park and Recreation Department is hoping to resume activities this Spring and Summer. Of course, the Park and Recreation will follow all COVID-19 guidelines during the ...
The New Ulm Figure Skating Club will present a high-energy ice show bringing the Wonderful World of Disney to the ice at 1 and 7 p.m., Saturday, April 10 only, at the New Ulm Civic Center. A limited number of tickets are available at Hy-Vee Foods, New Ulm. No door ticket sales this year. The ...
NEW ULM — Why do New Ulm students excel in Knowledge Bowl competitions? For academic competitions centering around answering questions, determining why a school performs well is a natural question ask. Knowledge Bowl (KB) is a series of academic quiz competitions held every year around the ...
ST. PAUL — Last season’s state individual wrestling tournament was one of the last state tournaments to be completed in 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic led to shutdowns and cancelations nation-wide. The 2020 girls’ state basketball tournament was just beginning when talk of ending the ...
NEW ULM — It was during Caleb Christensen’s freshman year of college that he decided that the college lifestyle wasn’t exactly for him. Christensen, who started his college career at Concordia University, quickly made the switch to transfer to Arizona State. But he decided that he ...
NEW ULM — Cala Contemporary Woodwork specializes in creating unique designs balancing the strength of metal and organic warmth of wood. “We create pieces based on our own designs and take custom orders from commercial and residential customers,” said business owner Harold Enamorado. The ...
NEW ULM — The public library has long been synonymous with books, but recently libraries across the country have expanded offers beyond literature. This winter, the New Ulm Public Library has adopted a growing trend of offering a “Library of Things.” Patrons now have the option of ...
Photos courtesy of Sheila Larson SPRINGFIELD — In late March this year, the 2010-2011 Springfield boys’ basketball team will look back and celebrate its Class A state tournament championship win. And even a decade later, the Tigers are still the lone boys’ basketball team from the ...
SLEEPY EYE — Heading into the 2018 high school baseball season, the Sleepy Eye Indians had high expectations for a team that was senior-heavy. The Indians won the Tomahawk Conference title that year after they went 18-6 overall and 6-1 in the conference. But the conference title didn’t ...
The Brown County Museum remains closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but an extensive digital exhibit on the 150-year history of Brown County baseball is available on Brown County Historical Society website: browncountyhistory.mn.org ———— Brown County baseball games were ...
NEW ULM — For the last four months the New Ulm Public Library, New Ulm Cable Access Channel (NUCAT) and Red Dragon gaming have collaborated on a series of board game tutorials. The series is called “Don’t Forget to Read the Instructions” and can be viewed on NUCAT and YouTube. The ...
NEW ULM — Despite the pandemic making things tough for everyone over the past ten months, the New Ulm Figure Skating Club (NUFSC) has been working hard to help keep its skaters happy, active and involved. It’s no easy task with rinks being closed on and off due to COVID-19 restrictions. ...
The 80-year-old theater at the west end of downtown Madelia was extensively remodeled while it was closed due to COVID restrictions last spring and summer. “We were shut down like everybody else last March (due to initial COVID restrictions), so I went to my dad (the late Everett ...
NEW ULM — Dave Biedenbender’s career coaching girls’ basketball at Minnesota Valley Lutheran will always be considered one of the more successful runs in New Ulm sports history. Biedenbender coached for 15 years at the school and had a career record of 316-99. During that time, he took ...
In a year dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, a look back at 2020 should mention all the things that did NOT happen. There was no Bavarian Blast, no Hermannfest. The State Amateur Baseball tournament that was supposed to have been held in New Ulm was moved after the New Ulm City Council decided ...
Happy New Year one and all! I don’t know about you but I have been looking forward to the end of this year since March. I know that many people enjoy year end reviews, but I don’t. The only thing I like about looking back at the previous year is the many lists of “Best Books” produced ...
Winter is not usually the season for new house construction, but for years Chris and Sue Blake have made a tradition of constructing gingerbread houses for the holidays. The couple said they have been making the sweet little houses on and off since they first married, but over the last five ...
If there’s anything that can brighten up the year of 2020 even a little bit, it’s Christmas lights. And lots of them. And there’s no better way to get in on all of the holiday lights than hopping in your vehicle and taking a drive around at night. This year there’s something that ...
The most popular holiday collectibles are related to Christmas. Most families who decorate a tree buy a few ornaments each year and save them along with decorations from earlier years. There are even special boxes to store the fragile, round ornaments. The first decorated Christmas tree in ...
While the COVID-19 pandemic has altered everyone’s way of life in 2020, recruiters at Martin Luther College have remained positive in the toughest of times in their careers at the college. Currently students are off campus, but there’s hope that they will be able to return in January, and ...