News of Pope Francis’ death lead to an outpouring of support locally and across the globe. In New Ulm, Bishop Chad Zielinski of the New Ulm Diocese said in a statement: “With a heart formed by Christ the Good Shepherd, Pope Francis responded to his call as Shepherd of Souls of the ...

NEW ULM – Hundreds of children participated in Easter Egg hunts across New Ulm over the weekend. The fun began in Harman Park Saturday morning. The New Ulm Park and Recreation Department had scattered around 1,200 across a section of the park along with hundreds of candy items. Each child ...

NEW ULM— Aqua Bunny mischievously dumped 500 brightly colored Easter eggs into Vogel’s pool with the help of lifeguards this Friday afternoon for Park and Recreation’s annual EGGStravaganza. Over 60 children and their parents attended the event. Kids of all ages attended the event, like ...

NEW ULM – The New Ulm Police Department is granting an early retirement to one of its canine units, Dino. Tuesday, the New Ulm City Council granted a request from Police Chief David Borchert to authorize the retirement of canine Dino and transfer ownership of him to handler Erik Byro. Dino ...

LAKE CRYSTAL – A Union Pacific train collided with a semi-trailer Wednesday afternoon in rural Lake Crystal. The accident occurred at 2:13 p.m. at 200th Street and Highway 60. The train was traveling west when it struck the semi driven by Jerry Lee Budeau, 59, of Bismark, North Dakota. ...

NEW ULM — On Thursday, Adeline Wiltscheck and her close-knit friends visited Pizza Ranch to celebrate her birthday. Wiltscheck’s birthday is actually on Friday, April 18, but her friend group has the tradition of hosting a tea party get-together on Thursday and decided to change it into an ...