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New Ulm embraces a path to healing

NEW ULM — John Kellen, executive director of the Grand Center for Arts & Culture and a documentary filmmaker and photographer, shared the history of The Makatoh Reconciliation and Healing Horse Ride at New Ulm Community Center Thursday. Dakota riders travel hundreds of miles each December ...

Exploring ‘emotional truth’

NEW ULM — Minnesota author, educator and New Ulm native Nancy Noyes Silcox returned to her hometown Wednesday to share the story behind her historical fiction novel "A Place Called Home." The event at Turner Hall brought a warm group of readers, former classmates and community members eager ...

‘It’s going to take audience help’

MORGAN — Back on stage for their 37th year, the Morgan Community Players present “The Groom Has Cold Feet” this weekend in the Cedar Mountain High School Auditorium. “We gravitate to murder mysteries. That’s what we and our audiences like. I read up on a bunch of plays. I felt this ...

Les Schwab Tire Center rolls into New Ulm

NEW ULM — On Wednesday, Les Schwab Tire Center opened its doors for a soft roll out of its newest shop in New Ulm. The new tire center is located at 1507 U.S. Highway 14 near the roundabout. Les Swab Tires was founded in 1952 in Oregon, where the headquarters remain to this day. Over the ...

BWSR awards $2.5 million in water storage grants

ST. PAUL — In an effort to support work that improves water quality and helps make landscapes more resilient to severe weather in a changing climate, the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) awarded $2.5 million in water quality and storage program grants to 10 government entities Tuesday. Grant recipients include Cottonwood County, Le Sueur, Nicollet and Yellow Medicine County Soil and Water Conservation Districts and the Area II Minnesota River Basin that includes the south side of the Minnesota River from Mankato to Ortonville. “Increasing water storage on ...

Fishing guides bring expertise and passion to area lakes

FAIRMONT – Guiding anglers across Northern Iowa and Southern Minnesota, Aaron Hill, Matt Hutchinson and Lucas Parsons have made the lakes their livelihood with Legends Guide Services. This livelihood comes from their lived experiences and enjoyment of bringing people out on the lakes. ...