Growing up on a farm between Winthrop and Brownton, Jim Bartels has fond memories of how he became interested in a radio career. “In my senior year in (Brownton) high school, our English teacher said she’d be gone on Friday. We asked her why, and she said a good friend was getting ...
NEW ULM — Four years ago, the New Ulm Ministerial Association (NUMAS) opened a shelter to provide emergency shelter and support for homeless women and children in Brown County called NUMAS Haus. The shelter is now expanding its service to include transitional housing. NUMAS Haus Board ...
Editor's Note: Because of Gov. Tim Walz's new COVID-19 restrictions, the production of "CHARLOTTE'S WEB" has been canceled. This article was published before the restrictions were announced. NEW ULM — State Street Theater will present Charlotte’s Web this weekend. The play opened Friday, ...
You may have noticed the signs in Kurt Wurtzberger’s yard on State Highway 68, several miles southeast of New Ulm. “Wanted: 1960s - 1990s snowmobiles.” What’s so great about older snowmobiles? “They’re easier to work on. They’re simpler than newer snowmobiles,” said ...
BROWN COUNTY — Tuesday was another historic election night in the United States and the reason these elections can happen at all is thanks to the hard work of Election Judges. Every polling place in Minnesota is managed by a team of poll workers and election judges. In the General Election, ...
WABASSO — Joe Kemp took over as the head coach of the Wabasso football program in 2005 after being an assistant for the program since 1999. It didn’t take him long to become one of the more successful coaches in southwest Minnesota, leading the program to winning seasons year after year and ...
New Ulm and area breast cancer survivors and their supporters raised $50,000 for the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes 2020 breast cancer fundraiser Oct. 1-8. The virtual event included teams of people, individuals and members of New Ulm Crossfit and Power Haus Yoga who even did fundraisers on their ...
BROWN COUNTY — Halloween will be significantly different this year with extra precautions around COVID-19, but spooky activities are still plentiful in the Brown County Area. NEW ULM NIGHTMARES FUNERAL HOME New Ulm Nightmares is continuing the haunted house tradition with its sixth annual ...
WABASSO — Wabasso girls’ basketball coach Neil Dolan knew that his 2003-04 team was stacked with veterans who had played in big games before, but there was one thing missing from that group — a state tournament trip. The previous two years, Wabasso made it to the Section 3A championship ...
Established in 1870, the New Ulm Fire Department (NUFD) celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2020. Since the health and safety of its guests, volunteers, and community is the department’s top priority, celebration events have been postponed to 2021. A 5k walk/run is scheduled for Saturday, ...
NEW ULM — he August Schell’s Brewing Company is celebrating its 160th anniversary this year. The brewing company has seen many shifts in the industry and as Schell’s reaches this latest milestone, the company prepares to shift to the next generation. Schell’s Brewery is the second ...
NEW ULM — Construction projects around the City of New Ulm have been ongoing for quite some time, with a few of them nearly 100% complete. The Amphitheater at German Park nearly finished. The placement of all the structure is complete and the only remaining items of the project involve ...
Brown County Highway Department Assistant County Engineer Andrew Lang says using a drone had added new dimensions to this work. Not only that, he admitted he finds flying the drone a lot of fun. ———— If the weather is nice and the wind is under 25 mph, chances are good you may find ...
NEW ULM — September is here and that means it is back-to-school time. This year might be the most anticipated school start in history. The 2020/2021 school year is expected to be far different than any other school year due to COVID-19 concerns. The viral pandemic brought an abrupt stop to ...
NEW ULM — New Ulm Cathedral football coach Denny Lux had coached in many big games before the 2010 season, including the 2006 state championship game in which his team lost to Rushford-Peterson. But in 2010, everything came together for Lux and the Cathedral program, even with a few ...
Operating on the family farm that began more than 160 years ago in the Minnesota River Valley between New Ulm and Courtland, the Tim and Brooke Guldan family farm has a rich history that continues with Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). The Guldans say the scenic river valley views, ...
NEW ULM — Pedestrians walking along 5th South and Washington Streets have noticed the sidewalks are getting more colorful this summer. New, elaborate chalk drawings have appeared nearly every day for months. The work can be credited to Kara Carlson. Armed with a steady supply of chalk, she ...
SPRINGFIELD — Growing up, baseball was always Jevan Richert’s favorite sport. So the Springfield graduate decided to take his passion and use it as a hobby and he’s starting to make a name for his brand. Richert launched JRichertbats.com and he makes custom wood bats for baseball ...
In case you’ve ever wondered what the concrete building is at 510 N. Front St. is, it’s the Brown County Evaluation Center Drug Detox Division. The licensed, privately-owned, non-profit, 24-hour facility is governed by a board of directors comprised of county commissioners from Blue ...
NEW ULM — Looking back 27 years later, former New Ulm Cathedral softball coach Bob Mertz still remembers in great detail his greatest three-year stretch as a head coach, which began in the spring of 1993. That year, Mertz and the Greyhounds won their first-ever state championship in ...