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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 ...

A farewell to ‘Rosie’

NEW ULM – The Sister Cities Committee and the staff at New Ulm Country Club gave a fond farewell to Jan “Rosie” Rosenberg on Wednesday. For the last 12 weeks, Rosenberg served as the Hans Joohs Cultural Exchange intern. Rosenberg was born in Ulm, Germany, and lived there until May, when ...

Trampled by Turtles perform Music is Grand fundraiser

NEW ULM – The Duluth band, Trampled by Turtles is coming to State Street Theater in New Ulm on Saturday, Oct. 24 as part of the Music is Grand series. The Music is Grand series officially started two years ago as fundraiser for The Grand Center for Arts and Culture. The first year Emmylou ...

MN company presents fertilizer alternative to United Nations

WELCOME – An alternative fertilizer venture from Martin County-based Easy Environmental Solutions Inc. made enough headway to be presented to organizations and national representatives from around the world at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 21. Having worked with thousands of ...