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Clear Lake ice fishing contest Sunday

CLEAR LAKE — Anglers hope fish are biting again on Clear Lake for the 38th Annual New Ulm Area Sport Fishermen Ice Fishing Contest Sunday. Club member Jim Hulke is hopeful. “The DNR (Department of Natural Resources) stocked the lake with sunfish, perch and northern this fall. People have ...

Comedian David Harris returns to NU for Valentines weekend

NEW ULM – Midwest Emmy Award Winning comedian David Harris is returning to Turner Hall next Saturday for a Valentine’s Weekend dinner and comedy show. The dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15 with the show to follow at 7:30 p.m. This is a return visit for Harris, who played a ...

Courtland Council approves permits for Wishbone Way

COURTLAND - Resident John Stadick, along with eleven other residents of Courtland, were present at Thursday evening’s Courtland City Council meeting to again discuss the water drainage issues on Wishbone Way. Stadick said this is the sixth meeting that he has attended to talk about Wishbone ...

Winthrop day care center receives $240,000 grant

WINTHROP – Last June, the God’s Treasures Childcare Learning Center in Winthrop officially opened and currently has 35 kids enrolled, but those number could rise thanks to a recent child care grant from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). It was ...

NUFD extinguishes AMPI fire

NEW ULM — Firefighters responded to a fire at the Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI) plant on the 100 block of German St. North Friday. New Ulm Assistant Fire Chief Aaron Wilfahrt said firefighters were alerted of the fire at 11:25 a.m. Friday. Four fire trucks, a ladder truck and three ...

South New Ulm loses power for 15 minutes

NEW ULM – The south side of New Ulm briefly lost power around 2:30 p.m. Thursday after a substation breaker was tripped. The outage impacted properties from at least S. 7th Street to the Kraft plant on Bridge St. and lasted for about 15 minutes. Following restoration of power, New Ulm ...