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A long, winding road to New Ulm

Although the distance from Willmar to New Ulm is approximately 95 miles depending on what route you take, for new New Ulm resident John Kellen, the path here has encompassed several million miles and has taken him quite literally around the world. Kellen recently became the new executive ...

Inspiration from a feather from the sky

NEW ULM — For New Ulm painter Mark Krambeer, inspiration fell out of the sky. “I was walking down the back sidewalk and I picked these two feathers up,” he said. “Sometimes you get an intuition. Something tells you to do something, and that was the deal. I picked them up, brought ...

Hand-crafting greeting cards ‘a good pastime’

Lois Schorn has moved around a lot over the past 23 years, from Minnesota to Arkansas to Arizona and back to Minnesota. Throughout that time, however, one thing has remained consistent. Since 2001, Schorn has been hand-crafting greeting cards for others to enjoy. The 87-year-old Schorn cuts, ...

How to avoid the tow in the snow

It hasn’t snowed much at all this winter so far, but like it or not, its wintertime and sooner or later a major snowstorm will happen. In the past five years, snowy or icy road conditions were reported in 79,165 crashes that resulted in 181 traffic deaths and 19,218 injuries, according to ...