NEW ULM – Brown County staff conducted a Public Accuracy Test (PAT) of its electronic voting equipment Friday. State statute requires all Minnesota counties and municipalities that are conducting elections to administer PATs at least three days before it is used. The test must be open to all ...

NEW ULM — The annual Bavarian Blast festival opened for it's 20th anniversary on Thursday evening at the New Ulm Civic Center and fairgrounds with tribute band performances as temperatures and humidity remained high. The four-day event runs Thursday through Sunday, July 16-19. Thursday’s ...

NEW ULM — In a quick 90 minutes Thursday, Sleepy Eye farmer and baseball history lover Randy Krzmarzick glowingly recalled Brown County baseball history from July of 1871 to the present day. His stories ranged from the likes of major league stars Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Terry Steinbach ...

NEW ULM — Election filings continued to pick up in the region. New ULm District 88 School Board member Melissa Sunderman refiled for election Wednesday. School board chairman Steve Gag refiled on Tuesday. School board member Amanda Groebner's seat is also up for election this year, but ...

NEW ULM – The groundwork has begun on New Ulm’s smallest housing division. Last week, the New Ulm Business Resource Innovation Center (NUBRIC) began foundation work at 418 and 424 S. 13th Street and 1305-1315 South Minnesota Street as part of the Tiny Homes projects, also known as ...

NEW ULM – The New Ulm League of Women Voters (LWV) held a candidate forum for Keith Klawitter of Morgan and Lydell Sik of Lamberton, both of whom are seeking the DFL nomination for the State House 15B seat in the Aug. 11 primary. Throughout the forum, the two candidates acknowledged the ...