NEW ULM - Monday night’s Park and Recreation Commission work session took to the road for a tour of park land considered for development. Park and Recreation Director Joey Schugel drove commission members to six different parks in town. Following the tour, the group discussed which parks ...
NEW ULM - The Red Cross began their multiple day blood drive at New Ulm’s civic center Wednesday. It will continue Thursday from 12pm-6:30pm and Friday 8am-1:30pm. Amid a national blood shortage, Blood Program Leader Ellen Friedrich said that Minnesota and the rest of the Midwest are ...
MARSHALL — Minnesotans could have a chance to see the northern lights in the sky this week, if conditions are right. While reports from around the state say it’s not certain if the aurora borealis will be visible Thursday, there’s still a possibility. “I would say chances are quite good of seeing an auroral display in our northern sky right here (southern Minnesota),” said Ken Murphy, professor of physics at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall. Murphy said the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska has issued a geomagnetic storm watch for ...
HUTCHINSON — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) invites anglers and other members of the public to comment through Friday, Aug. 11 about fishing and fisheries topics on the Minnesota River to inform an update to the fisheries management plan for the 320-mile river. The DNR will use comments and suggestions from the public as it updates the fisheries management plan that identifies specific management activities and goals for the Minnesota River over the next five years. The plan contains a variety of fisheries information, including summaries and evaluation of past ...
NEW YORK — Rainn Wilson wanted to find inner happiness. So he got on a plane. Many planes. The actor, who memorably played scheming, egotistical Dwight Schrute on “The Office” has crisscrossed the world to explore how people in different countries find their glee. The result is “Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss,” a new Peacock series that follows Wilson looking for some deep answers as he takes in a drag show in Thailand to getting in a boxing ring in Ghana. The show premieres Thursday, in time for Mental Health Awareness Month. “I wanted it to be a personal ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday proposed sweeping changes in the way chicken and turkey meat is processed that are intended to reduce illnesses from food contamination but could require meat companies to make extensive changes to their operations. Despite decades of efforts to try and reduce illnesses caused by salmonella in food, more than 1 million people are sickened every year and nearly a fourth of those cases come from turkey and chicken meat. As it stands, consumers bear much of the responsibility for avoiding illness from raw poultry by ...
