NEW ULM — Brown County Commissioners unanimously approved implementing bidVAULT electronic bidding for highway projects Tuesday. Brown County Highway Engineer Andrew Lang said many area counties, cities and consultants use some form of electronic bidding used by contractors for road and ...

NEW ULM – Members of New Ulm Area Chamber and the New Ulm Convention & Visitors Bureau made a surprised visit to KNUJ radio station Tuesday. The group, led by Mayor Kathleen Backer, was on a special mission to find KNUJ program director and announcer Brian Filzen, who received the 2026 ...

NEW ULM — A familiar voice in regional agriculture took center stage Monday as Jim Bartels was honored by the New Ulm Farm-City Hub Club with its Service to Agriculture Award, the organization’s highest recognition. Bartels, a longtime broadcaster at KNUJ and tireless advocate for youth ...

NEW ULM — Brown County Commissioners unanimously approved placing a portable propane tank in the northeast corner of the Brown County Highway Department yard Tuesday. Brown County Heartland/Hermann Express Manager Patrick LaCourse said he and Brown County Highway Engineer Al Lang agree there ...

NEW ULM – About 65 people gathered Saturday evening at the intersection of Center Street and Broadway Street for a candlelight vigil honoring Alex Pretti, a Minneapolis ICU nurse fatally shot earlier that morning by a federal immigration agent during an enforcement operation. The vigil, ...

SLEEPY EYE — The third time was a charm for the 1919 Root Beer pond hockey team as they narrowly beat River Valley Sanitation 17-15 in the Sleepy Eye Pond Hockey Classic championship game Saturday. It was 1919 Root Beer’s third straight pond hockey classic title. The championship game was ...