NEW ULM — Two-time Newbery Award-winning Kate DiCamillo returned to New Ulm on Saturday for the first time in more than 25 years and a sold-out crowd of 125 readers gathered at Lykke Books. The event filled the bookstore with families, teachers, grandparents and fans from the Twin Cities, ...
NEW ULM — The New Ulm Area Foundation awarded a grant to Friends of Minnesota Valley to support its River Sampling Program for student water quality testing. The check presentation took place at Minnecon Park along the Minnesota River on Thursday. Ted L. Suss, president of Friends of the ...
NEW ULM — Mexican American artist and educator Nancy Ariza is working on letterpress prints during her residency at The Grand’s Cellar Press. Ariza, who also teaches at Minneapolis College of Art and Design, is reimagining elements of the traditional Latin American game ...
SLEEPY EYE – Students from the River Bend enjoyed a day on the water Monday during a fishing trip to Sleepy Eye Lake. River Bend teacher Jennifer Isaac said each grade got a chance to try their hand at fishing during the day. This was the first time the school held a fishing field trip. ...
New Ulm - Thursday’s school board meeting confirmed the termination of nine New Ulm Public Schools’ staff members. ISD 88’s school board room was silent following the reading of the action item confirming the termination of nine New Ulm Public School staff members. Board member Amanda Groebner eventually made the motion with a second from board member Melissa Sunderman, which passed as a unanimous decision. “It’s never fun,” Groebner said. Terminations included six paraprofessionals, Mackenzie Kjelshus, Kevin Maudal, and Megan Williams from Washington Learning ...
NEW ULM – If it seems flowers sprang up in downtown New Ulm overnight, that is because of the work of dozens of volunteers and sponsors. Between Tuesday and Thursday, 37 planters, 97 pots and 125 hanging baskets along Minnesota Street and Broadway were filled with flowers for the ...
