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Family and friends gathers at MMHF for Johnny Helget Day

NEW ULM — The Minnesota Music Hall of Fame (MMHF) held Johnny Helget Day earlier this month to recognize the New Ulm concertina player and bandleader. The event was billed as Celebrating Oktoberfest — Johnny Helget Day, honoring Helget (1939-2022), inducted 2018, as a New Ulm original, a ...

From Ulm to New Ulm

NEW ULM - Dirk and Gina Becker traveled from Augsburg, Germany, to New Ulm Oct. 9-12 to attend Schell's Oktoberfest and visit friends in the New Ulm Narren group. The couple belongs to the Ulm Narrenzunft - Zunftgruppe Butzaraule and Butzabell. They live in Augsburg and are members of the Ulm ...

Busting an 1862 trust

NEW ULM – In 1862, the City of New Ulm purchased a parcel of land on the northern end of town that carried a restriction limiting the development of the property for the building of a hospital. In the 164 years since the land was purchased, the city has never developed the property beyond ...

Gray’s ‘Weeping Winter’ wins People’s Choice

NEW ULM — The votes for the 18th Annual ArtScape People's Choice Award are in and the winner is Maggie Gray for her piece “Weeping Winter.” The prize for People's Choice is a $200 gift certificate to Blick Art Materials, an art supply store. Marketing and program director at the Grand, ...

DEED awards $347,450 for downtown hotel

NEW ULM – After two years of discussion, bringing a downtown hotel to New Ulm takes a big step forward. The proposed boutique hotel project at 227 N. Minnesota Street was recently awarded $347,450 in funding from the Minnesota Department of Employment Economic Development (DEED). This ...

Hilbert is paralegal of the year

KANDIYOHI - Jodi Hilbert, Paralegal for the Kandiyohi County Attorney's Office was awarded the National Federation of Paralegal Association's Paralegal of the Year Award at its annual conference on September 26, 2026 in Bloomington. This award is given out to one Paralegal in the United ...