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Turnovers, empty red zone visits hurt Rabbits at state

EYOTA — Wabasso was unable to overcome five turnovers and three empty trips to the red zone as it fell to Border West 28-6 in the opening round of the Class Nine-Player Football State Tournament on Thursday. “They’re really well-coached and they have good size and they do a lot of ...

BCHS honors Capt. Bianchi in Veterans Day program

NEW ULM – The Brown County Historical Society hosted a Veterans Day program Wednesday evening in the Annex building to honor Medal of Honor recipient Capt. Willibald “Bill” Bianchi of New Ulm, featuring stories from his family and the world premiere of a choral piece set to his ...

No stall in decking the halls

NEW ULM – Thursday morning workers were busy decking City Hall and downtown Minnesota Street with Christmas decorations. At City Hall, staff from New Ulm Public Utilities were up in cherry pickers adding strings of holiday lights and Christmas ornaments to the evergreen facing Broadway. ...

Picking up the spare leftovers

NEW ULM – Several teams spared their time Thursday afternoon to support Bridging Brown County during the second annual Turkey Bowl at Concordia Lanes. Groups from across Brown County formed teams of four or five players to bowl in the fundraiser for the networking nonprofit. Bridging Brown ...

Knights fight back but fall in state opener

ST. PAUL – The Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s Knights have shown that they can battle back and even beat teams viewed more favorably than them this season. While that tenacity was on display by the seventh-seeded Knights on Thursday night, St. Mary's wasn’t quite able to put enough together to ...

ISD 88 offers investment, budget, staffing updates

NEW ULM – During Tuesday’s Study Session, New Ulm Public Schools Business Manager Matthew Moline gave a presentation on district investment earnings, budget and staffing.  Moline said the amount invested fluctuates depending on the amount of idle money. As an example, Moline said “Hey we just got this big tax payment in from the county. We can probably put this in a CD (Certificate of Deposit) for three months until the bonds are due.” A CD creates interest through an agreement to keep a certain amount of money in an account for a determined period of time. Market rates also ...