Don “Scotty” Scott performed at the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame this past Friday. The Minnesota native, who now lives in North Carolina, also played shows in the area, including a stop at Benny’s in New Ulm on Saturday night. Scott grew up in Chatfield, Minnesota. A friend’s ...
NEW ULM – Eight months after the sale of Associated Milk Producers Inc.'s (AMPI) New Ulm butter plant to Grassland Dairy Products, the building’s exterior has received new signage. The butter plant at 312 Center Street now features new “West Point” signage on the building. The new ...
NEW ULM – For over 45 years, Duane Laffrenzen has worked in the agricultural loan business. For the last 27 years, he has worked for Citizens Bank Minnesota La Salle Branch, but after Thursday, Aug. 20 he will be officially retired. Laffrenzen grew up on small dairy farms around ...
NEW ULM — Craig and Dolly Opel of New Ulm drove their favorite “his” and “her” cars to the New Ulm Car and Bike Roll-in on Minnesota Street Saturday. Craig Opel has owned his 1940 Chevrolet Business Coupe since 1969. “My best friend owned it in high school in the early 1960s,” ...
NEW ULM — Most Brown County primary election polling places will be open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Voters can register on Election Day by bringing approved proof of identity and residence. Before voting, residents are encouraged to verify or update their voter registration, find their ...
NEW ULM — A 36-year-old River Bend Area Learning Center teacher is accused of malicious punishment of a child following a Feb. 19 incident at the school. According to a complaint filed in Brown County Court on Aug. 4, New Ulm Police received a Confidential Student Maltreatment Reporting Form on Feb. 25 regarding the school incident involving a 6-year-old student and a teacher, Stephanie Ruth Wurtzberger of Sleepy Eye. A gross misdemeanor malicious punishment of a child charge was filed against Wurtzberger in Brown County District Court Aug. 4, according to court documents. A court ...
