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First out of the bullpen

MANKATO — After winning the All-Journal Baseball Player of the Year and Tomahawk Conference Co-Player of the Year in 2022, Jackson Huiras is finding success at the next level, being the first pitcher out of the bullpen this spring for the Bethany Lutheran College baseball team in Mankato. ...

‘Hotdoggers’ get frank about traveling on the Wienermobile

In its 87th year, the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile continues to promote and advertise Kraft Heinz Company Oscar Meyer products in the U.S. One of six Wienermobiles touring the Midwest stopped at the Kraft plant in New Ulm Tuesday, April 25 for employees and their immediate families to ...

Your Move! New Ulm Chess Club meets weekly at public library

Every Tuesday, the New Ulm Public Library hosts epic battles of logic and reasoning. The participants in these battles represent every age group from young and old and it is done over an eight-by-eight square grid. This is the New Ulm Chess Club. The club was first launched in December ...

A generational bond at the lanes

NEW ULM — In the nearly 65 years New Ulm’s Carl and Elaine Paa have shared together in marriage, there’s one other passion the two have shared that dates back even further. Bowling. In addition to sharing New Ulm Bowling Association (NUBA) Hall of Fame honors, Carl Paa, 86, being ...

Get ready to laugh

As a follow up to their production of “Drinking Habits” in 2019, State Street Theater will be presenting the sequel, “Drinking Habits 2: Caught in the Act,” on Friday, April 14 and Saturday, April 15 at 7 p.m., and Sunday, April 16 at 2 p.m. “This is a delightful play,” Director ...

Learning healthy eating habits

B The Light offers support to breast cancer survivors and their families through connection and programs. The group was inspired by New Ulm caregiver Amber Melby’s aunt, Brenda Plinke, who battled metastatic breast cancer for 18 years before dying at 58. Cooking Beyond Cancer is B The ...