NEW ULM — While many Minnesotans love having a garden in the summer — either vegetable or flower — the reality of such a project is that it’s a short-lived season to for growing. Now that we’re in the month of September, those who have vegetable gardens are running out of time to ...
NEW ULM — After nearly five years of planning and redesigning the City Center Apartments on Minnesota Street will welcome tenants in their new homes next week. Project developer Jim Kretsch has been working to build these apartments for the last several years. The process has required ...
NEW ULM — One hundred fifty-six years ago, an armed conflict erupted between several bands of Dakota and settlers in Minnesota and Dakota Territory. That conflict came to be known as the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. Stopping into the Brown County Historical Society (BCHS), one is able to ...
This Mexican chair with its leather sling seat is known as a Campeche chair. The style was inspired by a Roman magistrate’s chair, which had a similar shape and sloping seat that was considered very restful. More recent Campeche chairs were made in the 19th century in Latin America, the ...
NEW ULM — With the end of summer near, now is the time to look ahead to the wide variety of fall activities that the New Ulm Park and Recreation Department offers to those looking to stay busy. The department is wrapping up yet another busy summer, and it is starting to shift its gears ...
NEW ULM — For some New Ulm residents, the summer of 2018 will be remembered the as the summer Max Bishop came to town. Who is Max Bishop? Max Bishop is the name of new independent film directed by New Ulm native Jack Beranek. Starting in May, Beranek and the production team came to New ...
NEW ULM — Ready to go on a Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious adventure? Theater fans that answered yes to that question are in luck. The State Street Theater Company (SSTC) will proudly be bringing the story of Mary Poppins to its stage at 7 p.m. from July 26-28 and at 2 p.m. on July 29. ...
FAIRFAX — Jim Weinzetl says he’s always been a fan of baseball, especially in his hometown of Fairfax. However, he thought that he could do more for the history of the game in his town. Late last summer, he came up with a plan to show off the town’s baseball history. It wouldn’t be ...
After six months in development, the New Ulm American Legion Seifert-Bianchi Post 132 Centennial history website is operational. Including 101 years of history from World War I forward, the website edited by George L. Glotzbach, includes photographs and capsule stories of the history of WWI, ...
NEW ULM — Co-Producers Rudy Nelson and John Wildauer have joined forces on a project to raise profiles of local artists. Nelson is the lead singer for the local band The Futons. He studies at Martin Luther College, graduating in December and has spent much of his free time watching session ...
NEW ULM — Do you have a green thumb? Does landscaping your yard sound appealing? If so mark Thursday, June 28th on your calendar for the annual Brown County Master Gardeners’ Gardenfest Tour. The tour will start at 4:30 p.m. and go through 8:30 p.m. on Thursday. Garden site information is ...
NEW ULM — Whether you’re a seasoned shooter or a young beginner, the Sioux Valley Gun Club in New Ulm offers those interested plenty of opportunity to get out there on the range this summer. The club is more than happy to help shooters of all ages get started having fun this summer in a ...
NICOLLET — Sean and Travis Murphy grew up with the sport of football. Their dad, Tom Murphy, is the longtime coach of the program who has given the community a 9-man football identity as a state powerhouse. Tom Murphy, who recently took over as the head football coach at Nicollet, is ...
Sergeant First Class (E-7) Celeste Bischel maintained a family tradition, to say the least, serving 40 years in the Army Reserve. Her voice crackles with emotion when she realizes her military time ends soon. A Winona High School student, she had a brother in the Army and Navy and her father ...
NEW ULM — A little of 1969 will be coming to New Ulm this Father’s Day as the first of an annual music festival raising money for Eden “Bliss” Kalk. Starting at noon Sunday, June 17, Bliss Stock will fill the Turner Hall lawn with music, activities and families the headlining band ...
NEW ULM — Filmmaking comes in all shapes and sizes. For the last decade, local filmmaker Emory Moody has been working in the smaller-scale film style known as stop-motion animation. Moody had dabbled in all kinds of animated films, but stop-motion is his preferred medium. “I sculpt better ...
NEW ULM — CRUSH 80/20 Nutrition is coming up on its one-year anniversary on June 14 and has seen positive growth while making an impact on the New Ulm community and beyond along the way. CRUSH is an Herbalife nutrition club that allows people the opportunity for a healthier way of living. ...
NEW ULM — Six years ago, Kory Kettner had a plan to improve basketball in Southern Minnesota. The plan led to the birth of the MN Rise, a program for youth basketball players at various age levels to better their game for not only themselves, but for the schools they represent. Today, ...
SLEEPY EYE — Operation Iraqi Freedom war veteran Gary Kuebler doesn’t let the loss of both of his kidneys get the best of him. Not even dialysis three days a week can stop him from working, maintaining his physical fitness and doing other things he enjoys like visiting his family and ...
If you’re like most gardeners, I know what you’re thinking; soil doesn’t need the nutrients; the plants do. So how does feeding the soil help our plants? There is another world below the soil surface that most home gardeners don’t fully understand. Yet soil scientists tell us that in ...