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Lifestyle Feature

Have you seen the laser zone?

They are invisible to the human eye during the day, but at night, laser beams shed a bright green light around turkey barns that is hard to miss. The lasers are on a pole on top of turkey barns for a good reason. Operating around the clock, they reduce the number of birds on or near the ...

Ornate Mt. Washington Glass products one-of-a-kind

The Mt. Washington Glass Company was one of the most important American art glass makers of the 19th century. The company started in 1837 as the Mt. Washington Glass Works in South Boston. Later, it moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts, where it operated until it merged with the Pairpoint ...

A little more pop and hip hop at East High

Cathedral High School students are preparing to bring “High School Musical: On Stage!” to State Street Theater Co. Oct. 10-12. The production features a cast of more than 40 students from grades 7 through 12 and is directed by Michael J. Koester. “High School Musical: On Stage!” is a ...

Once in a lifetime vehicle sale

On Saturday, Sept. 13, Joshua Helget of New Ulm sold his hot rod, a modified 1935 Ford Pickup, to George Moehring III and his family. Helget said the Moehring family are the only people he would sell the vehicle to, because technically their name was on it—literally. Long before Helget ...

Stepping into a new home

Since beginning in New Ulm in 1996, New Ulm’s Just for Kix (JFK) — a youth dance class organization — has had no permanent place to hold its classes. “We’ve been all over the community in different locations, really needing a place that we can be at permanently,” Molly Reinhart, ...

Enters show racing runs in the family

NEW ULM — Some things just run in the family. For the father-son duo of Ben and Broddy Enter, two of those things are their 2,500-pound SportMod race cars. While no stranger to racing, Ben Enter returned to dirt oval tracks around Minnesota this summer after an 11-year absence to get ...