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All the fun of Churchill Downs in Goosetown

NEW ULM – Saturday, Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky was host to the 152nd Kentucky Derby, but the New Ulm area was able to get in on the excitement. For the fourth year in a row, Black Frost Distillery held its Kentucky Derby viewing party. The distillery livestreams the race for ...

NU Garden Club host speaker from Ribizli Seed Company

NEW ULM - The New Ulm Garden Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 6 at the New ulm airport. The guest speaker will be Monika Sziron Torzewski from Ribizli Seed Company. She will share the story of how she started her business of curating heirloom seeds and selling Hungarian heritage ...

‘A space for learning, remembering, grieving and hoping’

HANSKA — Community members gathered Saturday at 102 W. Blessum St. in Hanksa for a vigil to honor Justin Paul Reinarts and Tabitha Leigh Trescott. The event, held six months after their deaths, served as both a memorial and a platform for domestic violence awareness.  Brittany Wojtowicz, ...

SEU keeps control of Tomahawk-Valley tourney

NEW ULM — What has been par for the course for this season’s Tomahawk-Valley Conference Boys Golf Tournament, wind played a hand in many shots during the second leg at New Ulm Country Club on Monday. But just like the gusty first leg of the tournament on April 22, Sleepy Eye United’s ...

Laid to rest in hometown 85 years after serving with valor

NEW ULM — A high-pitched turbine whine from six jet engines and the loud, “whomp-whomp” sound of four rotor blades on each of three Black Hawk helicopters filled the air above New Ulm City Cemetery Soldiers Rest Section Saturday. Sue Marti of New Ulm hugged a tightly-folded American flag ...

Cathedral hosts Glitz & Gamble Prom Night

NEW ULM — Cathedral High School hosted Glitz & Gamble Prom Night with a grand march in the high school gym Saturday night. The junior class helped decorate the high school gym for the prom. The school serves about 200 students in grades 7-12. All faiths are welcome to the ...