NEW ULM — Skeletons scaling homes and creatures creeping across lawns are a few frightful sights that come alive around Halloween time in New Ulm neighborhoods. For Kaitlin Houlihan and her scaling skeletons, the tradition started in 2024, a year after she moved to town. “Halloween is ...
Local law enforcement take a man into custody following a two-hour standoff in an apartment near 3rd North and Minnesota Street. No official information on the arrest has been released at this time.
NEW ULM — The Minnesota Music Hall of Fame (MMHF) held Johnny Helget Day earlier this month to recognize the New Ulm concertina player and bandleader. The event was billed as Celebrating Oktoberfest — Johnny Helget Day, honoring Helget (1939-2022), inducted 2018, as a New Ulm original, a ...
NEW ULM - Dirk and Gina Becker traveled from Augsburg, Germany, to New Ulm Oct. 9-12 to attend Schell's Oktoberfest and visit friends in the New Ulm Narren group. The couple belongs to the Ulm Narrenzunft - Zunftgruppe Butzaraule and Butzabell. They live in Augsburg and are members of the Ulm ...
NEW ULM — New Ulm is Minnesota's 2026-27 Retail Community of the Year. The honor was awarded as new economic data shows a single downtown Oktoberfest weekend generated $417,373 in direct visitor spending. The Minnesota Retailers Association presented the statewide recognition at Retail ...
NEW ULM – In 1862, the City of New Ulm purchased a parcel of land on the northern end of town that carried a restriction limiting the development of the property for the building of a hospital. In the 164 years since the land was purchased, the city has never developed the property beyond ...
