NEW ULM — Some things just run in the family. For the father-son duo of Ben and Broddy Enter, two of those things are their 2,500-pound SportMod race cars. While no stranger to racing, Ben Enter returned to dirt oval tracks around Minnesota this summer after an 11-year absence to get ...
A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to visit the Minnesota State Fair for the first time in over a decade. It’s as crowded as I remember. There are plenty of distractions of food and fun, but there are also a lot of great exhibits about science, agriculture, conservation, and more. The hard work that many young people put into raising a diverse array of animals is on full display. The Agriculture Horticulture building sits on a hill overlooking the surrounding avenues and vendors on the state fairgrounds. Built like a many-spoked wheel, it has a variety of entrances and wings ...
“But when are we going to use this in real life?” That question comes up in math classes, much to the chagrin of many teachers. It’s not just a classroom cliche to say that math is everywhere, from planning a budget to decorating a room. Even careers that aren’t directly connected to math require plenty of it. Take agriculture. Today, an online search can bring up farm calculator apps designed to help determine, for example, how much fertilizer a field requires, fuel efficiency of farm equipment, or predictions for product yields. Farm calculators have existed long before apps, ...
A June visit to Aachen, Germany with the Region Nine Development Commission (RNDC) proved to be a great learning and idea exchange experience for New Ulm members Dave Borchert, Andrea Boettger and Derek Nelson. Borchert has many titles including New Ulm Police Chief and Emergency Management ...
There are many “Best Books of 2025 So Far” lists out right now, so I chose some of the top picks to share with you. Mark Twain by Ron Chernow (921 Twain) • Amazon’s Best Books of 2025 So Far Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton (599.324 Dalton) • New York Times Best of the Year (So Far) • Spotify’s Best Biography & Memoir of the Year So Far There is No Place For Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone (362.592 Goldsto) • New York Times Best Books of the Year (So Far) Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston 1777-1780 by ...
It is back to school time for districts across the state, for the Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (GFW) elementary students, they are not going back but forward into a new building. In April 2023, the GFW school board approved the construction of a K-12 school at 1157 E 13th Street Gibbon. After ...
