NEW ULM – The Minnesota Music Hall of Fame gained six new members Friday. Turner Hall hosted the 36th annual induction ceremony. This year’s inductees included Marv Nissel, Augie Garcia, The Castaways, Herb Philofer, Mark Kreitzer, and Myron Muehlbauer. Marv Nissel, is a polka band ...

SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye Medical Center was listed on the Minnesota Department of Health’s latest “distressed” community hospital list of facilities that lost money on operations in four of the last eight years. Sleepy Eye Medical Center had a -0.5% Fiscal Year 2023 operating ...

NEW ULM – Superintendent Sean Koster told the District 88 school board staff is fine tuning the contract for the naming rights to New Ulm High School gymnasium. Recently the school board learned of rising costs associated with athletic trainer fees provided by New Ulm Medical Center/Allina ...

NEW ULM – Last July, the New Ulm School District was the victim of a check fraud scam in the amount of $216,000. Though the investigation is ongoing, school district businesses manager Mathew Moline is hopeful they will be able to recoup most of the lost funds. At the Thursday board ...

NEW ULM – Tienda Alianza Latina, a new grocery market dedicated to Mexican and Central American cultural foods and goods opened April 4th, 2025, in New Ulm at 1610 S Broadway Street next to Papa Murphy’s. Edwin Morales, a first time business owner, stands proudly under the colorful Papel ...

TRACY — Women from around southwest Minnesota will be gathering at St. Mary’s Church in Tracy this weekend. They’ll be focusing on Catholic faith, but also on showing that faith in their communities, said organizers of the 2025 New Ulm Diocesan Council of Catholic Women Convention. ...