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 ...
There’s been a lot of bad news for monarch butterflies in recent years. Their numbers have been dropping in recent years, due to a lot of factors, including the loss of habitat, including their favorite food, the milkweed plant. The good news is, there are things people can do to help ...
NEW ULM — Alpha Krav Maga International self-defense training class has been available in Mankato for a number of years and is now coming to New Ulm. The class is 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday at the Mead Martial Arts Center, 319 N. Front Street. The class is open to anyone older ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Vishe Rabb was on the verge of becoming one of the elite players in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference last season, but things came to a crashing halt just six games into the season. The Augustana University sophomore was averaging a team-best 14.2 points per ...
Perhaps the rarest antique tractor in area parades and other old tractor events like the Butterfield Threshing Bee, is Steve Fischer’s 1937 Allis Chalmers A tractor. The bright, orange color may be the first thing you recognize. The big fenders that cover about half of the rear tires. ...
NEW ULM — The Brown County Historical Society (BCHS) Museum is undergoing repairs to the exterior of the building. This is one of several physical changes through the building’s 110-year history and since the building belongs to the BCHS, its history is well documented. The building began ...
SLEEPY EYE — Brandon Polesky always knew he wanted to be a coach. And now he’s even closer to his ultimate dream — a college basketball head coach. Polesky, a 2014 graduate of Sleepy Eye High School, recently accepted a position at Bethany Lutheran College as the top assistant head ...
Gary Schafer of Gibbon is 81, 82 this fall. But don’t him that. He still drag races a 1961 Ford Falcon and a 1970 Ford Maverick. Gary and his wife Judy stay young in other ways too, dancing and hosting an annual Labor Day party. ————— You could call Gary Schafer of Gibbon an old ...
NEW ULM — As Minnesota continues to struggle through a daycare shortage it is more important than ever to focus on those who continue to make a career of watching over the next generation. Amy Apitz has worked as a daycare provider in New Ulm for 22 years and has no intention of stopping. ...
NEW ULM — When Matt Pearson began coaching the St. Paul’s Lutheran eighth grade boys’ basketball team four years ago, he knew he had a talented group of basketball players. But he challenged that group to not only get better on the court, but off of the court, too. Pearson’s goal for ...
Married in 1972, Joel and Bernice Penner lived in Omaha, NE until they saved enough money to make a down payment on 200 acres near Butterfield. In 1973, Butterfield farmer Joel Penner borrowed $500 and borrowed a planter from his father and planted his first crop. He paid his father back ...
Get your hold lists ready; we’ve got some great new releases on order for May! If you can handle more virus talk in your life, check out The End of October by Lawrence Wright. Wright’s novel is strangely prescient and follows the path of a virus that starts in Asia and quickly spreads ...