NEW ULM – Brown County Historical Society’s (BCHS) U.S.-Dakota War remembrance week continued Thursday, with a presentation on the Dakota attack on Lake Shetek. In August 1862, Lake Shetek, in Murray County, was home to approximately 45 White settlers. Their location near Dakota territory ...
NEW ULM — The New Ulm City Council received an engineering report Tuesday for the 2027 reconstruction of Garden Street. The project is proposed from 1st North Street at Harman Park north to New Ulm Medical Center at 5th North Street. The city is programmed to receive about $3.7 million in federal and state-aid funds for construction in fiscal years 2027 and 2028. City Engineer Joe Stadheim said the council hired SEH to design the project June 4, 2024. The city held an open house Feb. 26, 2025. The state granted a variance April 9 to allow reduced depth for diagonal parking. MnDOT ...
NEW ULM — The New Ulm City Council previewed a revised 2027 preliminary budget Tuesday. Finance Director Nicole Jorgensen presented the draft and said the preliminary budget will be brought forward for formal approval in September. The council will set the preliminary levy, which is the ...
NEW ULM — Brown County Historical Society Program Coordinator Christina Koester led a downtown walking tour passionately detailing U.S.-Dakota War sites to 20 individuals Thursday. Koester said in 1851, the treaties of Traverse de Sioux and Mendota forced the Dakota Indians to sell much of ...
NEW ULM – Wednesday, as part of the Brown County Historical Society's (BCHS) U.S.-Dakota War remembrance week, the museum hosted a presentation on one of the final battles of the conflict, Wood Lake. The Battle of Wood Lake took place a month after the two Battles of New Ulm and the start ...
NEW ULM — Living up to its mission, the New Ulm Sertoma Club served up Santa Claus, an elf, live music, sweet corn, burgers, hot dogs, brats, chicken and all the corn you could eat at the Brown County Fairgrounds Tuesday. Event proceeds are the biggest fundraiser of the year for the Sertoma ...
