NEW ULM — While the Minnesota Department of Public Health (MDH) announced 170 layoff and separation notices were recently sent to employees with jobs funded by recently terminated federal grants, no Brown County Public Health layoffs will take place. The MDH reported “at risk” notices ...

NEW ULM — Local law enforcement spoke positively about new mobile drug detection devices that were shown to be effective in testing for drug-impaired driving, according to Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) oral screening tests. Brown County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Andrew ...

NEW ULM—The Grand Center for Arts and Culture's latest Artist-in-Residence, Jessica Dzielinski, completed her three-week stay in New Ulm with a small trove of new mono-prints. Dzielinski is a Minneapolis-based artist, specializing in book arts along with drawing and painting. Her multi-media ...

NEW ULM – Last week New Ulm and Sleepy Eye received a special visitor. Seth Varner of Wandermore Publishing came to New Ulm on Thursday, March 27, and then traveled to Sleepy Eye Friday, March 28 as part of his goal of visiting and documenting 856 incorporated communities in Minnesota. ...

FAIRFAX — A new kind of recycling center is coming to Fairfax called Cosmic Recycling. The new venture was created by Donnie Hopp and Mark Way who share a mutual commitment to addressing the escalating environmental challenge. The two have created other recycling centers in the state. Their ...

NEW ULM – The New Ulm City Council pulled a U-turn on the Garden Street redesign, Tuesday. Last month the council voted to move forward with road redesign for North Garden from Harman Park to 5th North that would include a median in the road. Two concept plans for the road redesign were ...