NEW ULM – The New Ulm Area Foundation (NUAF) celebrated a new endowment fund courtesy of the late Denis Warta. Before Warta’s death in November, he bequeathed $116,850 to the New Ulm Area Foundation to establish The Warta Family Fund. Denny Warta children; Diann and Dean and his grandson ...

SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye’s long-standing tradition of displaying fireworks over Sleepy Eye Lake on July Fourth will continue this summer. The Sleepy Eye City Council unanimously approved a fireworks permit Tuesday allowing the Sleepy Eye Fire Department to display fireworks over Sleepy Eye ...

NEW ULM — A Music & Makers market at Lykke Books on Saturday included a fundraiser for a latex-detection service dog needed by a local teenager with a life-threatening allergy. The market, which occurs every one or two months, gives regional vendors commercial space and offers ...

Minnesota State Patrol • Responded to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 14 and Brown County Road 10, Home Township at 1:03 p.m. Wednesday. A 2014 Jeep Cherokee driven by Kayla Mae Christopherson, 27. Sleepy Eye, was eastbound on Highway 14 when it collided with a 2000 International tractor ...

NEW ULM - Students at River Bend Education District are turning everyday plastic waste into an opportunity for environmental impact through a school-wide recycling competition as part of the NexTrex Grassroots Program. The initiative kicked off on March 2 and will run through April 22 Earth ...

NEW ULM — The New Ulm Park and Recreation Commission reviewed a 90% draft of the city’s 15-year Park and Recreation Master Plan during Monday’s meeting. Claire Roth, a planner with ISG, presented the draft. The plan has been in development since April 2025 and outlines recommendations ...