NEW ULM – On Tuesday, the New Ulm City Council authorized staff to prepare necessary documents for a Garden Terrace tax abatement program. The program allows the city to rebate a portion of property taxes back to a property owner to help offset development or redevelopment costs. In the case ...

NEW ULM – Lynda Grafito is the latest printmaking artist to take up residency at The Grand Center for Arts and Culture and to experiment with her art. Grafito’s current project involves testing various types of printmaking techniques, and the raw materials used to create them. Grafito is ...

NEW ULM — Brown County Public Health Director Jaimee Brand called Minnesota’s declining MMR (mumps, measles, and rubella) vaccinate rates concerning Thursday. “Vaccine rates are steadily decreasing over time. Our vaccine rates used to be above 90%. It is concerning. There is a lot of ...

NEW ULM – The City of New Ulm will move forward with securing documents detailing a plan for the disassembling, salvaging and reconstruction of Hermann Monument. During a Tuesday city council work session, Park and Recreation Director Joey Schugel provided the council with an update on ...

NEW ULM — Leon Olsen, a New Ulm concertina player, bandleader and teacher, died Tuesday at age 72 after a brief battle with cancer. In his life, Olsen recorded more than 250 songs on vinyl, cassette and CD, including at least 19 full-length albums. Volume 17 features his daughter, Alyssa, ...

NEW ULM – The Minnesota House Capital Investment Committee stopped in New Ulm Wednesday as part of a state infrastructure tour. Members of the committee are traveling across the state to view projects for consideration on the 2026 Capital Investment Bill. New Ulm Public Utilities (NUPU) is ...