Retired Fairfax High School business teacher Jim Becker recalled the day and night stormy weather blew through Fairfax in late June 1974. “It got really dark out around noon. There were very strong winds, bending trees way over. It rained hard,” said Becker. A day later, a high school ...

The New Ulm Battery, one of the city’s oldest institutes, has a new home. For 44 years, the battery’s headquarters were located at North 21st Street next to the city’s compost site and trap shooting range. In March this year, the headquarters were moved to a new building next door, to ...

Not many athletes get to contribute to a college program in their freshman season at the level that Avery Carlson has. But 2024 Wabasso graduate Avery Carlson has gotten that chance, appearing in 36 games for Bethany Lutheran College’s softball team as of May 14 and having a strong presence ...

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. Cecily Foster is an excellent podcast producer, even when working ...

MANKATO — After finishing his senior year of baseball with the Wabasso Rabbits in 2023, expectations were high for Adryen Tietz as he approached the summer and prepared to join the Bethany Lutheran Vikings baseball team in 2024. Tietz, who ended his senior year at Wabasso as the 2023 ...

One of the more talented advertising artists at The Journal, Joyce Reese of Layfayette continues her passion for art in retirement. Long-time Journal readers may remember advertising artist Reese’s full-page advertisements in the Sunday edition of The Daily Journal she helped create ...