NEW ULM — Artist Luke Johnson opened his solo exhibition, “Close and Distant Reading,” Friday at the 4 Pillars Gallery in The Grand Center for Arts & Culture. The show, featuring 15 prints and drawings inspired by lead type spacing tools from the building’s Cellar Press, runs ...

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 Lotería.  Ariza ...

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. The ...

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 ...