NEW ULM – St. Nick and Krampus paid a visit to the New Ulm Public Library, Friday to celebrate St. Nicholas Eve. Saturday, Dec. 6, is the feast day of St. Nicholas of Myra. According to tradition, the good children who leave their shoes outside their door on St. Nicholas Eve will find prizes ...

For the second year in a row, the Makatoh Reconciliation and Healing horse ride will be travel from Fort Thompson, South Dakota to Reconciliation Park in Mankato. The annual ride is intended to honor the memory of the 38 Dakota men executed in Mankato, on Dec. 26, 1862, following the ...

WATONWAN COUNTY — A 37-year-old Brooklyn Center woman faces two felony and two misdemeanor charges after authorities found 17 malnourished dogs covered in feces in crates and found the remains of 18 dogs in various stages of decomposition in rural Watonwan County in November. Laura Anne Berg ...

NEW ULM — Six financial institutions, Brown County Human Services, Oak Hills Living Center and local law enforcement gathered Thursday for a fraud-prevention workshop in New Ulm. The event followed a May session at St. Paul Lutheran Church and focused on scams targeting ...

NEW ULM — A bakery giveaway program at the New Ulm Area Emergency Food Shelf Thursday drew a steady stream of visitors. An extension of the food shelf’s normal offerings, the giveaway of cookies, croissants and donuts, the program includes bread if available, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. on ...

GIBBON — Academic spaces in the new pre-K-12 Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (GFW) Public School are being completed this week. “Desks and chairs are being delivered now. Smart screens and whiteboards are being hung now. The school will be complete when we move in,” said GFW Superintendent Allen ...