JANESVILLE — In 1970, four ambitious musicians put together the band AZBY in New Ulm, broadcasting their musical talents out of a garage on the north end of town. That band, consisting of Rod Scheitel, Tom Bauer, Rick Christiansen and Brad Anderson, started taking gigs after that and ...

After retiring as a Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing (3M) production worker, Terry Blume became interested in creating crafty, do-it-yourself outdoor designs including solar lights around her New Ulm residence. She said she found solar light design ideas online. The front and back of ...

Identify the designer of an antique and it will usually sell for more. Sometimes an attribution is enough. This Aesthetic Movement table with ebonized finish, incised gilt decoration and flower panels sold for an impressive $6,144 at Neal Auction. While you can’t dismiss its visual appeal -- ...

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. Cole, recently divorced, has moved from London to a small village ...

In the lower levels of State Street Theater Company (SSTC) there is a series of rooms filled with a wide assortment of odds and ends. One room is filled with plastic plants and other faux greenery. The room next door is lined with rows and rows of old telephones and typewriters. The nearby ...

NEW ULM – With the large amounts of rain and plenty of green thumbs in New Ulm, the city’s gardening spirit is blooming. Pollinator Park, New Ulm gardening club, and the downtown waterers are all parts of this gardening spirit. At 2250 North Broadway, the city’s Pollinator Park has ...